From: milo@cbnews.cb.att.com (guy.f.klose)
Subject: Re: JAZZ TROMBONE
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 16:07:18 GMT
Keywords: JAZZ TROMBONE

In article <1992Oct7.223455.5689@gw.wmich.edu>, x92gwinnell@gw.wmich.edu writes:
> 	HELLO, I AM A TROMBONIST IN THE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY JAZZ
> ORCHESTRA. BESIDES JJ JOHNSON, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD INPUT ON ANY GOOD
> JAZZ TROMBONIST RECORDINGS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO. I WOULD BE VERY
> GRATEFUL.

Here's a few suggestions:

When listening to J.J., be sure you hear his Columbia compilation, which
I think is called "J.J. Johnson - Trombone Master".  This album has some
of his greatest solos on it.  I also really like some of his early work,
including a Miles Davis album, on which they play "Walkin'".  That may
also be the name of the album.  About the same time period, he did two
albums, which are now available as "The Eminent J.J.Johnson" Volumes 1
and 2.

I really like Bennie Green.  One CD he has is "Bennie Green -- Blows
His Horn".  Out of all my trombonist albums, this is one I wouldn't
give up.

Carl Fontana is a seriously under-recorded dude.  Two albums are under
his own name: "The Great Fontana" and "The Hanna-Fontana Band".  He
recorded with Woody Herman and Stan Kenton in the 50's, and after that
did the Las Vegas Show routine.  So, between the 50's and the late 80's,
recordings by him are really scarce.

Curtis Fuller:  played with John Coltrane on "Blue Train".  Then he spent
a long tenure with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.  One album there
that stands out is "Caravan".  Lots of choices, though.

Slide Hampton has a couple of recordings around.  One is an all-trombone
group called "World of Trombones".  You may enjoy that.

Frank Rosolino had an unusually good grasp of trombone techinique.  Like
Fontana, he made his name with Stan Kenton.  Recordings are pretty scarce.
I must have about four CDs of his, and maybe one of them was under his
own name.

One of my absolute favorites is Al Grey, who has made a resurgence in the
last couple of years.  I can only think of one other trombonist that has
a more influential command of plunger (Tricky Sam Nanton).  About five or
six albums in the last couple of years under his own name, with Buddy
Tate, and with Arnette Cobb.  Many albums with Basie.  If you do any
plunger work at all with a big band, you have to hear Al play his ass
of with a plunger, especially with Basie.

There's a guy I just heard the other night at a club in Sommerville, MA.
Hal Crook is on faculty at Berklee, and did a bunch of albums with Phil
Woods's group.  He played with two other faculty guys from Berklee,
Phil Wilson (played with Buddy Rich's band in the 60's) and Tony Lada.
Great gig.  Hal also has a very interesting textbook called "How to
Improvise", which is really about the technique of practicing
improvisation.

There's lots of others:  Steve Turre, Jiggs Whigham, Robin Eubanks,
Ray Anderson, Tricky Sam (and all the others with Ellington), Bill
Watrous (lots of variability in his albums...I'd choose some early ones
before I'd pick up the recent ones with Patrick Williams), and more.
I'm sure other net.dudes will post their favorites.

-- 
Guy Klose
milo@mvuxi.att.com
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