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bill watrous -lrb- photo by john dugan -rrb- william russell watrous iii middletown , connecticut yes non_vocal_instrumentalist bill watrous -lrb- photo by john dugan -rrb- . trombone jazz bill watrous.jpg bill watrous
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william russell watrous iii -lrb- born june 8 , 1939 in middletown , connecticut -rrb- is a jazz trombonist .
he is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music for his rendition of sammy nestico 's arrangement of the johnny mandel ballad `` a time for love , '' which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name .
a self-described `` bop-oriented '' player , he is well known among fellow trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound .
