TromboneChat

AndrewMeronek wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 4:09 pm Something to have a bit of fun with that isn't trombone-specific.

In My Very Humble Opinion, the greatest just might be Police Squad. I ran across this live recording of the Tom Kubis Big Band performing it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNTyTZIKfvQ

The tune starts at about 0:32

tbdana wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 9:23 pm Hey, there's my old buddy Rich Bullock on bass trombone.

I got to play that theme for the first Naked Gun movie.

Kingfan wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 5:16 am Mannix had a good theme song, and there is a big band arrangement available for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml4tE5EyNBw I think the original version was a bit faster...

AndrewMeronek wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 3:22 pm

tbdana wrote: Sun Jan 11, 2026 9:23 pm Hey, there's my old buddy Rich Bullock on bass trombone.

I got to play that theme for the first Naked Gun movie.

Please do tell more!!!

tbdana wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:41 pm Ah, sorry, let me explain: The Naked Gun movies were a spinoff from the Police Squad TV show. The movies used the same theme as the TV show, with the same big band general sensibility to the soundtrack. I didn't get to play the music for the TV show, but did for the first movie. And I do think it's a great TV theme. The triplets were awkward to play though.

Schultz wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 2:42 am And I always liked this one as well.

https://youtu.be/Rm8oxxRhUyg?si=20dcjt4E6TLX4tkx

JTeagarden wrote: Fri Jan 16, 2026 5:40 pmThis one sounds like the soundtrack from one of the old NFL highlight films: “The 1975 Denver Broncos were mired in a sea of ineptitide as they strode into Giants stadium.”