Definition of "flugelhorn" [flugelhorn]

• A bugle with valves, similar to the cornet but having a wider bore. (noun)

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• "A discreet virtuoso, Yates adapts skipping folk-fiddle melodies to trumpet, flugelhorn and tenor horn, and his engaging themes – full of light, fluttering figures – are compatibly supported by Bende's bell-like chording and Byrne's galloping low-register sounds on the bodhran drum and Latin-American cajon."
• "Kenny Wheeler, the expat Canadian trumpeter and jazz composer, was 82 last week – but this big band session featuring new themes and plenty of flugelhorn improvising, was recorded only a few months ago."
• "Comba N3, with its pensive flugelhorn and delicate alto-sax passages, and the lovely Old Ballad a Wheeler staple are among the highlights of another essential item for followers of Britain's most reluctant jazz hero."