Word: trombonist
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Indeed, considering the number of musicians inthe area, there is neither enough venues nor theaudience for everyone to play as much as somemight like. "There are so may musicians here,"says trombonist Bill Lowe. "Boston has a reallyinteresting mix of young and old musicians, amixture that doesn't get exploited enough...
...decided to take a couple of years off, but we've brought it back now to provide an opportunity for people who love to play the trombone to get together," Everett said. Steve Turre, a jazz trombonist with "Saturday Night Live's" band, will be a Trombone Day guest...
...fine painters, he trained a virtual Who's Who of the younger generation: Harry Connick Jr., Terence Blanchard, Marlon Jordan, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, saxman Donald Harrison and flutist Kent Jordan, to name a few. But the most remarkable crop of Marsalis pupils was his own sons: Branford, Wynton, trombonist Delfeayo, 25, and drummer Jason, 13. (Another son, Ellis III, 26, is a computer consultant in Baltimore; Mboya, 20, is autistic and lives at home with his parents...
...aftermath of that derailment, which launched Branford on a highly successful career of his own, Wynton has assembled a group of young players (pianist Eric Reid, 20; drummer Herlin Riley, 33; trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, 23; saxophonists Todd Williams, 23, and Wes Anderson, 25) remarkable not only for their musicianship but also for their loyalty to his leadership. Says Anderson: "Wynton is someone who can guide us. He's one of the shepherds of this music...
When Marsalis decided to include a New Orleans-flavored suite on his 1989 Majesty of the Blues album, he asked White to come up and record with him, along with other members of White's Original Liberty Jazz Band: trombonist Freddie Lonzo, 40, trumpeter Teddy Riley, 66, and banjoist Danny Barker, 81, a veteran of the famous Cab Calloway orchestra. (Marsalis as a little boy had actually known Barker and played very briefly in a children's marching band organized by the banjoist...