“Bluesette”
“Triste”
Apparently there is an appetite for Jazz Trio with Bass Trombone!!! Especially with Piano & Guitar…
YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE! (maybe the only place…you know what I mean….)
A few more tunes from the night my friend came to visit the gig…
For Tenor Trombone, it seems easy to think of a few very successful small groups-J & K!, J. J. Johnson Quartet, Frank Rosolino Quartet, Al Grey and others…
Bass Trombone alone with a trio or quartet is harder to recall. George Roberts, “Bottoms Up”! Some of the bass bone tradition is to just play the melody like a great singer-hopefully! This comes from George!
Bass trombone seems most successful with quintet alongside tenor trombone, a la J & 8VB K! Think Raul de Souza with Frank Rosolino, Daye Taylor with Jim Pugh, Bill Reichenbach with Mike Davis, with Wayne Coniglio & Scott Whitfield…
Pat Zielinski and I agree the best setting for Bass Trombone in jazz trio is with piano and guitar. Add bass, and you have too much bass! Hard to find masters like these who can comp well together. Sometimes it is best just to stay out of the way!
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