Word: trombonist
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...Sings the Blues (Victor LP). The great jazzman, his trumpet, and the voice that sounds like gravel tossed into a malted machine. There are a dozen tunes (originally recorded from 1933 to 1947), including Basin Street Blues, St. Louis Blues and Rockin' Chair, an exemplary duet with oldtime Trombonist Jack Teagarden. Other supporters: Pianists Teddy Wilson and Johnny Guarnieri, Trombonist Kid Ory, Trumpeter Bobby Hackett, Drummer Cozy Cole...
...Mulligan was great. Still using no piano, counting on drums and a bass to carry the rhythm, he skillfully traded melodic lines in fluid counterpoint with valve trombonist Bobby Brookmeyer. They played all the old Mulligan numbers--Motel, Lullaby of the Leaves, Sextet, My Funny Valentine--old because in only three years they have made their arranger famous for his style. The Mulligan sound is a low sound, a tense sound. Unlike Dixieland, it reaches no climaxes, and explodes in no blasting solos. Instead, it edges back and forth, finds harmony for a few lines, then slips off into exciting...
Suddenly the tension broke as the partly red, partly trench coated band blared out of Memorial; across the street it marched, effectively blocking traffic. A widecyed neophyte questioned the second trombonist, "Where is the band going to march?" The musician answered evasively, "All over," then slyly queried, "You from Princeton?" Seeing the hastily produced Bursar's Card, he explained, "It's a good thing, otherwise you'd get killed tonight...
...Boston Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra have women harpists. (Philadelphia also has a woman second cellist.) Further west women have gained a bit more foothold. e.g., Indianapolis and Houston have women first flutists, St. Louis has a woman first trombonist...
...Tribute to Jazz, Ltd. (Jazz, Ltd. LP). A Chicago jive joint honors itself. Trombonist Miff Mole, Trumpeter Doc Evans & Co. provide the music: Tin Roof Blues, High Society, Jazz Me Blues, Charleston, done at length (eight minutes each) in easygoing Dixieland style...