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 ...

When a young girl is choosing an instrument to be her primary musical focus, the slide trombone is far down the list of possibilities — ahead of the tuba but not much else. Having been down that path ...

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 ...

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 ...

I would have liked Claude Shannon even if he couldn't juggle, ride a unicycle and hadn't invented a slide trombone flamethrower. Shannon, born in Gaylord in 1916, is the subject of the book "A Mind at ...

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 ...

Giants of Jazz XI with Slide Hampton. When: 7:30 p.m., Saturday. Where: South Orange Middle School, 70 N. Ridgewood Rd., South Orange. Howmuch: $35-$40. Call (973) 378-7754, ext. 3, or visit ...