Trombonists not featured here

tbdana · by **tbdana** » 2025-06-15 11:54 a.m.

We get a lot of talk about a small number of trombonists, so I thought I'd invite people to post about trombonists they like that don't get much attention.

I'll start with Raul de Souza. I always liked him, but hear very little about him.

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Burgerbob · by **Burgerbob** » 2025-06-15 12:06 p.m.

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tbdana · by **tbdana** » 2025-06-15 12:12 p.m.

Love Brian Wendel. :)

harrisonreed · by **harrisonreed** » 2025-06-15 12:40 p.m.

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Slightly off topic, but this video shows a pretty good view of the mic technique I most frequently suggest to use on the forum here. Two spaced condensers, off axis. These are probably in omni, but could also be in wide cardioid.

Very realistic sound. Contrast with the usual suggestion of sticking one mic close in front of the bell. Brian Wendel sounds awesome here.

harrisonreed · by **harrisonreed** » 2025-06-15 12:45 p.m.

And on topic:

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EriKon · by **EriKon** » 2025-06-15 4:20 p.m.

Glenn Ferris, to my ears a very unique approach and a huge inspiration to many more modern trombonists in Europe.

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Doug_Elliott · by **Doug_Elliott** » 2025-06-15 5:10 p.m.

Add Juan Pablo Torres to that list

Finetales · by **Finetales** » 2025-06-15 8:16 p.m.

Wayne Wallace:

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Mike Fahn (valve trombone player, here playing with Andy Martin):

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Olaf Ott:

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Britt Woodman:

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Skip Layton:

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Alex Wasily, a good friend of mine: <INSTAGRAM id="C_tjqgNS9_q">~~[media]~~<LINK_TEXT text="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_tjqgNS ... VuZW44cw==">https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_tjqgNS9_q/?igsh=MXBpY3pzdGVuZW44cw==</LINK_TEXT></INSTAGRAM>

Every UHOP trombonist, including these guys:

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Well-known names that I still feel like we don't talk about enough:

Elliot Mason

Conrad Herwig

Barry Rogers

Fred Wesley

Rita Peyes, Carol Jarvis, Megumi Kanda,...basically just everyone in the "female trombonists" thread

Klimchak · by **Klimchak** » 2025-06-15 8:54 p.m.

Karin Hammar and Natalie Cressman

Christopher Washburne

Fidbone · by **Fidbone** » 2025-06-16 2:52 a.m.

I’ll chime in with some UK friends and colleagues that just happen to be fantastic players but are under the radar especially to you Americans……

Barnaby Dickinson

Alistair White

Trevor Mires

Richard Edwards (RIP) <EMOJI seq="1f622" tseq="1f622">😢</EMOJI>

Rory Ingram

David Sears

Andy Wood

Gordon Campbell

Dennis Rollins

mikerspencer · by **mikerspencer** » 2025-06-16 3:43 a.m.

A bit of Mark Nightingale in your life:

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Fidbone · by **Fidbone** » 2025-06-16 10:10 a.m.

[quote="mikerspencer"]A bit of Mark Nightingale in your life:

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Mark would have been on my list too but he’s already mentioned quite a bit on the forum. :good:

I’m going to add some European players…….

Nils Wogram

Adrian Mears

Günter Bollmann

Ludwig Nüss

Denis Leloup

Robinson Khoury

Nils Landgren

JTeagarden · by **JTeagarden** » 2025-06-16 10:47 a.m.

Two thumbs up for Nils Wogram especially, definitely plays great, I like Andy Hunter a lot as well.

mikerspencer · by **mikerspencer** » 2025-06-16 12:40 p.m.

[quote="Fidbone"]

Mark would have been on my list too but he’s already mentioned quite a bit on the forum. :good:
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So hard knowing who's been covered :lol:

Nomsis · by **Nomsis** » 2025-06-17 5:01 a.m.

I'm not quite sure if such a list does make any sense because it's already grown to lengths nearly impossible to check out. I think this shows how many good trombone players are out there. Somehow astonishingly many of the names mentioned are familiar to me.

Nevertheless I'll add a few to the list, missing out many others:

Alois Eberl

Maxine Troglauer

Raphael Strasser

Bernhard Holl

...

trombone ensembles:

trombone unit hannover (how are they even so unknown?)

octotrip

vienna bone artists

StephenK · by **StephenK** » 2025-06-17 6:55 a.m.

"A bit of Mark Nightingale in your life"

Great! I have that cd too.

I'd add Peter Moore and Matt Gee to the list also Helen Vollam and Emily White

Soulbrass · by **Soulbrass** » 2025-06-17 8:20 a.m.

[quote="tbdana"]We get a lot of talk about a small number of trombonists, so I thought I'd invite people to post about trombonists they like that don't get much attention.

I'll start with Raul de Souza. I always liked him, but hear very little about him.

<YOUTUBE id="MojMj0FeW80">https://youtu.be/MojMj0FeW80?si=Dnoi8iubcWdDYNtP</YOUTUBE>[/quote]

Great thread…lots to digest here!

I enjoyed the set you shared on YouTube! Tasty! I became a fan of his work in the early 80s but he played a valve trombone then (or something called a Souzabone)…clearly, he’s also adept with a slide.

…and I had no idea he played tenor sax, too!!! Impressive!!!

Good share… :good:

harrisonreed · by **harrisonreed** » 2025-06-17 10:13 a.m.

How about Antonis Andreou?

Here he is "messing around":

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Wish my play tests sounded like that...

claf · by **claf** » 2025-06-17 11:10 a.m.

I'll add Zoltan Kiss to the list

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Grotewobbo · by **Grotewobbo** » 2025-07-19 5:15 p.m.

Jamaica's Don Drummond and Rico Rodriguez. Drummond was named one of the world's best in the '60s. He had a tragic end and has become some sort of mystery and I think he deserves to be on the list of the world's greatest. He was very prolific and one of the founders of Ska and Reggae music. Maybe even more important than Bob Marley. He started out as a Jazz trombonist and reinvented himself as a leading figure for the development of Jamaican music styles.

Rico was taught by Don Drummond and made a couple of solo records and joined The Specials. Maybe they don't play super fast technical stuff to show off their skills but their skills lie somewhere else.

dukesboneman · by **dukesboneman** » 2025-07-22 7:39 a.m.

Trombonist Francois de Lima is someone that needs better exposure in the US

And he`s such a nice guy. I`ve had the privledge of playing with him on a number of occasions

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Trombo · by **Trombo** » 2025-07-29 1:39 p.m.

The great trombonist Bert Boeren playing Back Home Again In Indiana:

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tbdana · by **tbdana** » 2025-07-29 5:33 p.m.

[quote="Trombo"]The great trombonist Bert Boeren playing Back Home Again In Indiana:

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This IMHO is how a trombone is to be played. The light touch, the easiness, the solid but relaxed embouchure, the fluidity, the almost languid approach. He never works too hard. He never pushes harder than he has to. He doesn't play note by note, but plays long lines just lighting on notes without marrying each one. This was how Watrous played. It's how I try to play. It's the kind of playing I admire most.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread.

kingsk1117 · by **kingsk1117** » 2025-07-29 8:37 p.m.

Massimo Pirone

Michael B. Nelson of The Hornheads

tbdana · by **tbdana** » 2025-07-29 9:28 p.m.

[quote="kingsk1117"]Massimo Pirone

Michael B. Nelson of The Hornheads[/quote]

Max is a member of this forum.

biggiesmalls · by **biggiesmalls** » 2025-08-06 12:08 a.m.

Erling Kroner was a member and contributor on the old TTF, but he passed away in 2011, and he's only been mentioned a handful of times here on the Chat.

I posted this video back in 2019, but it's always worth another listen: <YOUTUBE id="H0wvcLcN_G8">https://youtu.be/H0wvcLcN_G8?si=xp2YEeQbu9ks60Ic</YOUTUBE>

iranzi · by **iranzi** » 2025-08-19 5:50 p.m.

Dino Piana - Italian valve trombone player

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Piana

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He appears on two amazing 1967 albums by Pedro Iturralde Quintet with Paco De Lucia

'Bulerías' from Jazz Flamenco 2

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Flamenco-Jazz

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Savio · by **Savio** » 2025-08-21 7:12 p.m.

There was a thread about how many trombonist there is in this world. I asked AI and got the answer trombone is not popular enough to make an effort to make the research. :biggrin: :D If Trump had played trombone he would probably say billions :pant: :D

I think there is so many good trombone players out there. So many professional in symphonic, jazz and variation of ensembles. They are all amazing. But there is also so many talents from 8 - 16 years old that play the trombone in a spectacular way. Technically much better than ever before. We are used to read and listen about the most famous in our trombone world. Among us trombonists there is in fact a lot of famous trombone players. But out among other people?. Maybe Tommy Dorsey or Glenn Miller ring a bell in older people.

Trombonists not featured here? There is so many good trombone players in the world that will never be featured here.

AI tell about J.J. Johnson in jazz and Christian Lindberg in classical. I got a little mad AI didn't even mentioned me? I thought Google and Meta could listen how hard I practice and appreciate my effort behind the trombone? :shuffle: :D They do it in how to make the right advertisement in whatever we do in internet. Some say they listen our microphone on our phone? So I have to play louder then :D :biggrin:

Anyway, there is so many great trombonists out there. They seems to get better and better technically while I get worse. But I hope the joy and musicallity will still be a part of it?

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Leif

FranzS · by **FranzS** » 2025-09-05 7:44 a.m.

Robinson Khoury

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Oslide · by **Oslide** » 2025-09-10 2:06 p.m.

[quote="Savio"]- - - snippet - - -

I thought Google and Meta could listen how hard I practice and appreciate my effort behind the trombone? :shuffle: :D They do it in how to make the right advertisement in whatever we do in internet. Some say they listen our microphone on our phone? So I have to play louder then :D :biggrin:[/quote]
:good: :hi:

sacri · by **sacri** » 2025-10-19 6:42 a.m.

Don Immel.

An outstanding musician and teacher currently based in Melbourne, Australia.

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