Hello y’all I’m curious at to what some of your favorite jazz trombone solos are.

One of my favorites us Carl Fontana on Emily (1971)

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George Roberts on bass trombone, "Killing Me Softly".

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This is my all-time favorite jazz trombone solo. There's just an ocean of soul oozing from every note.

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I can’t say “favourite” because of liking solo x in a certain style and solo y in a different style.

The most impactful solo was the Watrous cadenza on Fourth Floor Walk Up. I was 11 when I heard that and had been playing just over two years. I won’t debate artistic merit or anything like that.

I’m just saying that at 11 years old I heard this thing that made me take it for granted that my chosen instrument could do anything. That made practicing make sense. I knew what could be done. I wasn’t there yet, so I had to keep working.

This is high on my list:

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[quote="VJOFan"]I can’t say “favourite” because of liking solo x in a certain style and solo y in a different style.

The most impactful solo was the Watrous cadenza on Fourth Floor Walk Up. I was 11 when I heard that and had been playing just over two years. I won’t debate artistic merit or anything like that.

I’m just saying that at 11 years old I heard this thing that made me take it for granted that my chosen instrument could do anything. That made practicing make sense. I knew what could be done. I wasn’t there yet, so I had to keep working.[/quote]

That cadenza changed my life. I was a young adult trying to embark on a professional career. Somebody brought that album over and played it for me, and I was destroyed. Lol! I had never heard a trombone player do anything like that. I had no idea it was physically possible. It completely blew me away.

At that moment, I decided I had a choice. I could either throw my trombone in the ocean and find something else to do or lock myself in the practice room for 10 years. Because the moment I heard that cadenza I knew I couldn’t keep going the way I was.

Now I do parts of that cadenza as my daily routine! And so do a lot of other trombonists. It changed the way we all thought about the Trombone.

It’s nowhere near a favorite, at least for me, because I just dislike the tune so much.

I listened to MWR recently. What struck me was that what probably was hip and modern then now sounds dated, while the mainstream stuff sounds great.

Hi all.

I love hundreds of jazz trbn' solos , ranging from the early ones to nowadays .

Anyway , if I have to name one as my absolutely favorite , I will call J. J. Johnson' solo on " Stardust" , from the album "Really Livin' " (1959)

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Regards

Giancarlo