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'Bones: Instruments and players - jazzboCR - 20-02-2015
Flexible instrument, the trombone. Showing some outliers first, the soprano and the contra-bass trombones.
Soprano--playing by a master first, talking about next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezsxpH4n3AI << It's almost comical seeing such a massive man playing such a small instrument. Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SABcmyFxGU
Contra-bass demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dOIfC08m2U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXitAt16meo Used to good effect by Saint-Saens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9t2qrL9Q7I
An outlier among outliers--the piccolo trombone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-HAR_Raf4
'Bones: Instruments and players - jazzboCR - 22-02-2015
Women don't have a rich history with the trombone but there are some good ones. Here's one such in an interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db_lQAqzQUU And here's another perf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMuK4nFZo4U << Funk jazz done right...not a bad singer either--she's emphasizing that recently.
'Bones: Instruments and players - jazzboCR - 22-02-2015
By most measures the finest jazz 'bone player of the post-War time and absolutely the best on valve trombone: Bob Brookmeyer. Liked and admired by other contemporaries, mentor and teacher to many, he lent his time and talents to a wide variety of projects including the very commercial (took some heat for those). A monster player who's also a gentleman is not common--he was. His Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brookmeyer His descriptor on a 'Bone-specific Site: http://www.trombone-usa.com/brookmeyer_bob.htm His memorial Site: http://www.bobbrookmeyer.com/ His discog: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-brookmeyer-mn0000051233/discography/compilations << His individual albums stayed very good to the end but try one of the compilations/2-fers first.
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-_nqyZiMc << If this doesn't break your soul loose, nothing much will...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o-pi8rs1Jk << w/John Scofield in a killer duet on a very "explorable" song. Music ends at 3:55; convo thereafter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8--v60BrA << W/Jimmy Giuffre's band--a bit more exploratory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvoTHa5dIM W/ Jim Hall << 2 greats having a bit of noodling fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjq3L2J2zuQ << Big band setting, with Mr. Brookmeyer arranging and playing
'Bones: Instruments and players - jazzboCR - 23-02-2015
One of the best ever and we are blessed to have him in our era: Wycliffe Gordon--It'd be enough if he was just a leader/player, but no--he's an instigator. Tough to talk about him without getting gushy but he's worked most of the areas of soul and jazz with mastery, and his Gospel album was a prize-winner. Singers love to work with him, 'cuz that 'bone sings. He's written, is a multi-instrumentalist including the didgeridoo, and a full-on graduate/post-grad level instructor.
His Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe_Gordon His Site: http://www.wycliffegordon.com/ A discog--love the headline note: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wycliffe-gordon-mn0000960062/discography
Some tunes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epHkaOxZhV8 << been working/touring with this terrif Australian sax player, Adrian Cunningham q. freakin' v. << great solos; pithy comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xR7x04EhL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsMkNevPNgv << Down home, just dropping in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTQkTLKA8Pc << lovely medley format
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MB3T0Pq-dE << I think Wynton Marsalis has several elements of the insufferable gasbag but as long he's kept this Ork alive and thriving, I'll forgive him his excesses.
A demo of his pre-concert warm-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfaLYqOEBr8