Step 1 : Introduction to the question "What jazz musician was known for playing a bent trumpet?"
...Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most influential and well-known jazz musicians of all-time. He became internationally famous for his legendary ability on the trumpet, and his famous “balloon cheeks”. But the most lasting symbol of his remarkable career may well be his signature “bent” trumpet. In 1953, Gillespie threw a party for his wife Lorraine at Snookie's, a club in Manhattan, where his trumpet's bell got bent upward when a pair of dancers fell on his instrument. He liked the sound so much he had a special trumpet made with a 45 degree raised bell, which became his trademark.