Ask any lay listener to list the most influential jazz saxophonists of the 20th Century and you're likely to come up with a short list including Coltrane, Bird and a few others. But, ask an educated ...

A: Only one. But he takes an hour deciding which position to use. Get it? If not, chances are you are not a trombone player. The brass instrument, ubiquitous in summer parade marching bands, attracts ...

I wish my friend Bill Swanson were alive to hear this. Bill loved the trombone, and would have greatly admired this picturesque performance by Slide Hampton’s World of Trombones in concert at the ...

Say “trombone” and what comes to mind? Kids in red-and-gold uniforms and plumed hats, high-stepping along with their 76 gleaming instruments in “The Music Man.” Or maybe the back row of players in a ...

The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" hosted its annual Eastern Trombone Workshop March 16 through 19 in Brucker Hall on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. "The Army Band has run this festival for over 20 ...

Pity the poor trombone player. For centuries we were revered members of society, marking the time from atop 16th century German city towers, performing at Beethoven’s own funeral, played by Paul ...

Trombone Shorty’s new album, “Say That to Say This,” released in September has already made history. It brought together the members of the seminal New Orleans band, the Meters, to record for the ...

Claim: A band musician received a fatal head injury from a trombone slide. say the tragedy occurred as the Gratzfeld College band was rehearsing the spirited American jazz classic, "When the Saints Go ...

More than 70 strangers brought together by their love of the trombone joined together in harmony Saturday. Players as young as 13 and as old as 83 flocked to Palmer Ridge High School in Monument for ...

Last year’s most unusual viral video game, Trombone Champ is out on Nintendo Switch today, with motion controls and multiplayer thrown into the mix. Trombone Champ on Nintendo Switch will be playable ...