Trombone
World
Nearly 600 years in the making.
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Letters to the station
More than 2,400 hours of listening a month, from the United States and Japan to Spain, Germany, Poland and Brazil. The station is free to hear.
“Now that I’m retired I listen to it all day, especially when I’m in my woodworking shop. I just love the jazz trombone.”
“It’s my favorite station in the world! I love jazz and trombone, and I am in love with the music you play!”
“Just recently bought a trombone… am really enjoying your program and the amazing talent displayed.”
Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Watrous: A Trombone Virtuoso
Speed, range and a singing tone: how a player from Middletown, Connecticut, redefined what the instrument could do.
Urbie Green: A Trombone Legend
In a music where the saxophone often takes the spotlight, Urbie Green gave the trombone a voice as soulful and expressive as any instrument in jazz.
The Lasting Legacy of J.J. Johnson
How one player carried the trombone into bebop and changed the instrument for good.
There is no museum for the trombone. We are building one.
It opens online first, with galleries drawn from the Trombonepedia and material from the families of great players, and grows toward a real building within a train ride of New York, with music in the galleries.
Who builds the horns
A directory of trombone makers, mouthpiece and mute makers, and the custom shops that keep players in tune.
- Bach
- Conn
- Edwards
- Getzen
- Herb Bruce Custom Trombones
- King
- Rath
- S.E. Shires
- Yamaha
- Denis Wick
- Schilke
- Humes & Berg