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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...