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Jerry_Jelinek · #16 Post by **Jerry_Jelinek** » Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:32 pm

Hi all,

One of my favorite subjects. I did a 4 hour radio tribute back in 2002 to significant trombone jazz players. Here is the info I sent out prior to the show. Now remember this is jazz players. Some is dance related, some isn't. But this might help stear you toward recordings.

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Probably the most overlooked jazz instrument is the trombone. Well the
FM 91.5 Friday Night Feature is going to put an end to that!!!

We'll be presenting a spotlight on some of the most famous jazz
trombonists in recorded history. This special program is so large that
we'll be presenting it in 2 parts. That's right, 4 hours of trombone
jazz history will be yours to listen to.

Here is a sample of the artists we'll be featuring:

Dan Barrett, Milt Bernhart, George Bohanon, Will Bradley, Bob
Brookmeyer, Lawrence Brown, Vernon Brown, Bob Burgess, Jimmy Cleveland,
Vic Dickenson, Tommy Dorsey, Carl Fontana, Curtis Fuller, Wycliffe
Gordon, Bennie Green, Urbie Green, Al Grey, Slide Hampton, Bill Harris,
J.C. Higginbotham, Jack Jenny, J.J. Johnson, Abe Lincoln, Dick Lusher,
Andy Martin, Murray McEachern, Glenn Miller, Russ Morgan, James
Morrison, Buddy Morrow, Benny Morton, Tricky Sam Nanton, Dick Nash, Kid
Ory, Jim Pugh, Frank Rosolino, Bill Schaefer, Jack Teagarden, Juan Tizol,
Bart Varsalona, Bill Watrous, Dickie Wells, Jiggs Whigham, Sandy
Williams, Phil Wilson, Kai Winding, Britt Woodman, Trummy Young, Si
Zentner.

flyingcamel · #17 Post by **flyingcamel** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:51 pm

Don't forget Rob McConnell - a trombonist who leads a Toronto big band called the Boss Brass.

djstarr · #18 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:19 pm

flyingcamel wrote:Don't forget Rob McConnell - a trombonist who leads a Toronto big band called the Boss Brass.

Now there's a name I haven't heard since college jazz band days --- do you spin them at dances? How are they?

djstarr · #19 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:25 pm

I'm listening to my new Eddie Condon CD and really digging Cutty Cutshall - haven't seen him mentioned yet on this thread.

flyingcamel · #20 Post by **flyingcamel** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:35 pm

djstarr wrote:
flyingcamel wrote:Don't forget Rob McConnell - a trombonist who leads a Toronto big band called the Boss Brass.
Now there's a name I haven't heard since college jazz band days --- do you spin them at dances? How are they?

I can't imagine that I would. They're a little to stage band-ish for my taste as dance music.

flyingcamel · #21 Post by **flyingcamel** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:22 am

OK, I just found a version of "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" by Rob McConnell & the Boss Brass that is danceable.

It's on an album called Jazz At The 19th Hole, Concord Jazz, 2000

Lots of good stuff on here, IMO.

RaleighRob · #22 Post by **RaleighRob** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:46 pm

I enjoy Curtis Fuller's stuff, but most of his CDs have only 6 songs and all are 6+ min long. If you use iTunes, you can check out Blues-ette.

I'm also pretty partial to J.J. Johnson and Al Grey's version of "Things Ain't What They Used To Be" from Things Are Getting Better All The Time.