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Often, a traditional education for hornists lacks any kind of basic overview of jazz history and more significantly, how correct performance practice (to use a classical term) applies to the diverse styles found within the idiom. Since this space does not allow for an exhaustive or thorough overview, what follows will hopefully provide some basics for further exploration. The intent was to introduce the audience to a sampling of the wide variety of musical situations the horn has found itself in over the last 100+ years. The following is a brief synopsis of the presentation given at the International Horn Society’s 50th Symposium.