Though the vocalizing of jazz lines and effects on wind instruments is famously attributed to saxophones, cogent arguments can be made for trombones, as well. The large traditional trombone embouchure ...

Brian Allen is from Lake Jackson, Texas where part of this solo trombone album was recorded. He studied with some of the masters of avant-garde /free jazz such as Roswell Rudd and Ellery Eskelin. To ...

Watching jazz trombonist Michael Dease improvise solos in front of a wailing big band is like watching a high-flying trapeze artist. He soars to great heights, takes huge risks, depends on the team ...

For all of the progressive funk-meets-rock-meets-jazz-meets-blues fusion of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue’s kinetic opening-night show at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Experience, the song that ...

Unlike his more well-known namesake, our Alex Rodriguez plays the trombone. He also blogs at Lubricity. And writes for Jazz.com. And interns with Josh Jackson at WBGO's The Checkout. And is earning an ...

In the liner notes to the Uptown Jazz Orchestra’s new CD, “Jazz Party,” trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis describes an encounter in Stockholm, Sweden, with a fan who wanted to know what kind of jazz he ...

He was a fixture on the New York jazz scene since shortly after his arrival in 1957. He also made his mark as a composer. By Giovanni Russonello Curtis Fuller, a trombonist and composer whose ...

How New Orleans was Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's 2015 New Orleans Jazz Fest finale at the Acura Stage? It encompassed the 9th Ward, the 6th Ward, Treme, a Neville, a Meter, and Drew Brees. The ...