Is the trombone dead?

Enrico Rava (Italian trumpet player) quintet has a good trombonist, Gianluca Petrella. But I was surprised when I saw them, to see a trombone at the stage. It's really rare; it was never very usual.

 

yes

 

Oh god no!! I heard the trombone wasn't doing well, but to hear that it might be dead. Terrible! Get well soon, trombone.

 

Since the late '60s? IN addition to those listed already, check out George Lewis!

L.

 

Greg Boyer played some tasty Trombone on Princes Musicology tour !

 

Not as long as someone's keeping SKA alive!

 

My son decided to join the school band last year, when he was in the fourth grade, and he picked the trombone as his instrument. I don't think he'll be sparking a trombone revival, but he's given me a new appreciation for the instrument.

I should buy him a couple of CDs from some of the artists mentioned in this thread.

 

The opening track, "Make it Mine" from the new Jason Mraz album has a nice trombone solo!

 

Curtis had half of one lung... or maybe it was an entire lung removed a few years back. He simply cannot blow like he used to or wants to. I've seen him a few times in the past few years and it is hard to see him try and play like he used to. He's better when he uses a clip-on microphone. When he does that "stuff the mic into his bell" playing, it's all muffled.

Oh yeah, and he is 73 years old.

 

Certainly the trombone will always have a home in ska; many of the better bands have a trombone player.

EDIT: I see vince above concurs...

 

Check out jazz trombonist Steve Davis

YouTube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXWWzvWzTw

His Criss Cross discography:

http://www.crisscrossjazz.com/artist/DavisSteve.html

 

Another vote for Roswell Rudd. Excellent stuff. Also, Craig Harris is a monster.

 

Never. I had some Glenn Miller blastin' just the other night.

 

Name? YouTube video?

 

There are all people who have recently put out recordings

Roswell Rudd is still performing
Steve Swell is fantastic! Best thing out there. Really creative player who's been putting out great records since around 98.
Jeb Bishop was a member of Ken Vandermarks five until recently. Heard him last December co-leading a band with Dave Rempis.
Dave Taylor is a master of the bass trombone. He has a quartet with Swell.
Dutch trombonist Wolter Wierbos just did a solo tour of the US and was amazing
Samuel Blaser is a good up and coming player

 

I'd say that the trombone is way down the list in popularity but it's not dead. The only two instruments that are dead in jazz (or close to it) are the tuba and the vibes. The trombone is also doing better than the clarinet.

I'd like to see a lot more trombone featured music. One of my favorite albums is Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson At The Opera House.

 

Amen to that! I saw Roswell a few months back and he was fabulous!


The trombone isn't dead, it just smells funny.

 

Another Roswell Rudd fan! And from Rochester, home of my favorite trio, the Hi-Risers!

Welcome to the Forum!!!

 

It All Depends on What You Know

In addition to those already mentioned,
Al Mangelsdorff
Paul Rutherford
Gunter Christmann
Gary Valente
Jeb Bishop
Konrad Bauer
Grachan Moncur
Isaiah Jackson
Melba Liston
Glenn Ferris
Radu Malfatti
Nick Evans
Malcolm Griffiths
Bruce Fowler
Bernard Hunnekink
Willem van Manen

http://www.amazon.com/Slideride-Anderson/dp/B000001YU5 Unfortunately it's going for big coin on amazon, but it's my favorite trombone record, except perhaps for the Stuart Dempster 1750 Arch classic. Anything by Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath or Globe Unity Orchestra always has a lot of trombone, as does most Afro-Cuban and other Latin jazz fusions. I've had the pleasure of working with Craig Harris, Ray Anderson, and Bernard Hunnekink. Harris insisted that I do more listening to George Clinton (this was 25 years ago) whose P-Funk horn section includes Fred Wesley of the James Brown band. Yes, Mangelsdorff and Rutherford have died, and so will the rest of us. But their recordings are still out there.

 

His name is Derek Kwong. And, well, here's a really bad YouTube video...(prepare yourself for poor video & audio quality and bad sync, but it is what it is...)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUPBRr8vsI

There are also some clips on our myspace page - http://www.myspace.com/equaltime

and on Derek's page - http://www.myspace.com/dkkwongtbone

The clips on Derek's own page might be better actually...

 

Trombone joke:
Q: What's the difference between a duck going down the street in a taxi and a trombone player walking down the street on the sidewalk?

A: The duck's probably on his way to a gig.

 

Here is an awesome CD featuring Roswell plus a couple of talented local guys (if you live in New England) by the names of Charlie Kohlhase and Matt Langley...

http://www.amazon.com/Eventuality-C...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1219338846&sr=1-1

 

Oh man, how could I have forgotten Lester's brother Joe, the founder of Defunkt?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifO6ki1JxnQ