Recommended Jazz Trombonists

Recommended Jazz Trombonists

Jazz is a quintessentially aural art form, and listening to recordings is among the most important things you can do to really understand the style(s). I frequently get requests from students for recommended jazz trombonists. Here is my non-comprehensive, admittedly-biased list:

J.J. Johnson

Bill Watrous (especially ballads)

Conrad Herwig

Ray Anderson

Andy Martin

Steve Turré

Wycliff Gordon

Carl Fontana

Frank Rosolino

Urbie Green

Curtis Fuller

Bob Brookmeyer (valve)

Kid Ory (Dixieland)

Al Grey (plunger)

Slide Hampton