Romantic trombone ballads with strings/orchestra and rhythm section

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tbdana
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by tbdana »

Hi. I need to make a list of smooth, romantic ballads played by solo trombone with strings/orchestra and rhythm section accompaniment. Please link to the arrangement you're referring to, if possible. Like this:

"I like Dick Nash playing Hank Mancini's "Too Little Time." Here it is:

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I'm hoping to find at least 10 good ones. This is research for a potential project. Can you help me out? Thanks. :)
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by EriKon »

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There's some lovely stuff on this album but it's not available to listen to online, I think. Emily is wonderful.

Jiggs Whigham, Bill Holman, Mel Lewis, WDR Big Band And Strings – The Third Stone – Vinyl (LP), 1982 [r4526331] | Discogs <LINK_TEXT text="https://www.discogs.com/de/release/4526 ... HOOlysH6Xt">https://www.discogs.com/de/release/4526331-Jiggs-Whigham-Bill-Holman-Mel-Lewis-WDR-Big-Band-And-Strings-The-Third-Stone?srsltid=AfmBOorPemFPffK1-3XRVtjdReWuMWCkFv-epvbVxFxgbCHOOlysH6Xt</LINK_TEXT>

Some of my favorite playing

Frank

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Dick

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tbdana
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by tbdana »

Eric, Bert Kaempfert's "I Love You" is just the kind of thing I am looking for. I also love the Rosolino one. He's my favorite jazz trombone player of all-time, though I'm much closer in style to the other guys you suggested.
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LeTromboniste
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by LeTromboniste »

I always thought a lot of the Tommy Dorsey ballads would work great (sometimes even better) with string orchestra
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by MStarke »

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Ludwig Nuss is such a great player and this is a really nice arrangement.

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These could be from Alan Kaplan's recordings, not sure. Also what a great player she is!
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by Enelson »

Lots of beautiful ballads on Jiggs Whigham’s Brazilian Portrait album.

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by Vegasbound »

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Ludwig Nuss is such a great player and this is a really nice arrangement.

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These could be from Alan Kaplan's recordings, not sure. Also what a great player she is![/quote]

These are Carol’s arrangements and available to buy the parts as pdf downloads from her website www.caroljarvis.com
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by PhilTrombone »

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by PhilTrombone »

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by dougm »

Don't forget about Alan Kaplan's offerings - Lonely Town is a great album.

http://www.alankaplan.org/buy-cds/

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by tbdana »

[quote="PhilTrombone"]<YOUTUBE id="cO3Gz5TgOBI">[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO3Gz5TgOBI</YOUTUBE>[/quote]

That's certainly a wonderful ballad, and is probably what Watrous is best known for besides his cadenza in Fourth Floor Walkup, but it doesn't meet the "rules" of this thread. That's a big band playing, and I'm looking for strings and orchestras with rhythm section.

BTW I'm playing on this.
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by EriKon » (edited 2025-09-01 3:41 p.m.)

[quote="tbdana"]<QUOTE author="PhilTrombone" post_id="284597" time="1756642411" user_id="3923">
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That's certainly a wonderful ballad, and is probably what Watrous is best known for besides his cadenza in Fourth Floor Walkup, but it doesn't meet the "rules" of this thread. That's a big band playing, and I'm looking for strings and orchestras with rhythm section.

BTW I'm playing on this.
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Just out of curiosity:

Was Watrous part an overdub or did you all record together?

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AndrewMeronek
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by AndrewMeronek »

Maybe some of the tracks from Andy Martin's Metropole Orkest album have arrangements for smaller orchestras than Metropole? I'm not sure. Might be worth asking him if you can.

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by AndrewMeronek »

[quote="LeTromboniste"]I always thought a lot of the Tommy Dorsey ballads would work great (sometimes even better) with string orchestra[/quote]

Maybe something like this?

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