 The flugelhorn is a member of the very large horn family; renowned instrument scholar Anthony Baines describes it as a valve bugle which is related to both the key bugle and signal horn. Flugelhorns have a short, wide mouthpiece, valves and a flared bell. They range in size from bass instruments with wider bores to small soprano horns in f or e flat.
After being used primarily as a band instrument during the 19th century, the versatile flugelhorn has been adopted since the 1930s by many jazz musicians including Dmitri Matheny, composer/performer Tom Harrell from the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Hugh Masekela and Jerry Gonzalez from the Fort Apache Band.
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