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This is the ska band I was in back in Houston from 1994-1998. I personally appear on Ninety-Nine Paid (1995), How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ska (1997), and Panic Button (2000). I think Panic Button was Continue reading The Suspects from Houston, TX
I got this etude book from the Schneider Music Library at Texas State. I was pretty intimated by the etudes at first, partly because Bob Mintzer plays tenor sax and not trombone, although I do appreciate the editing that was Continue reading 12 contemporary jazz etudes by Bob Mintzer
Here are some of my favorite jazz trombone solos. Click on the upper right hamburger menu to see the different tracks.
I used iRealPro to generate a rhythm section backing track. My library in iRealPro did not actually have a track for Blue Train, so I created a new song in iRealPro. As strange as this might sound – because Blue Continue reading Curtis Fuller trombone solo on Blue Train – performance and video
I transcribed the solo by Curtis Fuller using the music notation software Finale. I started with the video below, which I watched several times and paused along the way, copying it by hand into Finale. I made changes to the Continue reading Curtis Fuller trombone solo on Blue Train – manuscript