J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson

male, deceased (2001)
Third Stream trombonist, From Indianapolis, Indiana, music arranger, American jazz trombonist, Bebop trombonist, Hard-bop trombonist…Jazz trombonist, Trombonist
J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist,...
Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey

male, deceased (1956)
Big band bandleader, Swing trumpeter, Swing bandleader, Swing trombonist, American jazz trombonist, American jazz bandleader…Trombonist, Jazz trombonist
Tommy Dorsey (November 19 1905 - November 26 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, trumpeter and bandleader in the Big Band era. He was the...
Curtis Fuller

Curtis Fuller

male, 74 years old
Hard-bop trombonist, Mainstream jazz trombonist, Count Basie Orchestra member, American jazz trombonist, hard bop, Prestige Records…Trombonist, Jazz trombonist
Curtis DuBois Fuller (born in Detroit, December 15, 1934) is a United States hard bop trombonist. Fuller's parents were Jamaican and died when he...
Bob Brookmeyer

Bob Brookmeyer

male, 79 years old
Post-bop trombonist, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Mainstream jazz pianist, West Coast jazz pianist, Cool jazz pianist, Post-bop pianist…West Coast jazz trombonist, Cool jazz trombonist, Mainstream jazz trombonist, Progressive jazz trombonist, Trombonist
Robert Brookmeyer (born December 19, 1929) is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, and arranger. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer...
Slide Hampton

Slide Hampton

male, 77 years old
musician, NEA Jazz Master, from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, National Endowment for the Arts, From Pittsburgh, American jazz trombonist…Jazz trombonist, American trombonist, Trombonist
"Slide Hampton" is a jazz trombonist and arranger. He was born Locksley Wellington Hampton on April 21, 1932 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, but...
Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

male, deceased (1964)
Mainstream jazz trombonist, Swing trombonist, Dixieland trombonist, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, American jazz trombonist, Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries…Trombonist, Jazz trombonist
Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905-January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist and vocalist. Born in Vernon, Texas, his brothers...

George Lewis

male, 57 years old
Big Science, Bonesman, Ray Anderson, New Interfaces for Musical Expression, University of California, San Diego, Skull and Bones…Trombonist, Jazz trombonist
George Lewis (born 1952 in Chicago) is a jazz trombone player and composer. In addition to his own recordings, he has recorded or performed with...
Steve Turre

Steve Turre

male, 61 years old
musician, From Omaha, Nebraska, great barrier reef, American jazz trombonist, middle C, caribbean…Jazz trombonist, Trombonist
Steve Turre (born September 12, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an internationally renowned trombonist, recording artist, arranger, and educator. In...
Fred Wesley

Fred Wesley

male, 66 years old
New Friends, arrangement, arranging, Band Leader, Musical Director, live album…American jazz trombonist, Trombonist, Jazz trombonist
Fred Wesley (born 1943) is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s. Wesley was born...
Roswell Rudd

Roswell Rudd

male, 74 years old
Avant-garde jazz musician, sharon, Kora, free jazz, avant-garde jazz, New York Eye and Ear Control…Jazz trombonist, Trombonist
Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd, Jr. in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist. Although skilled in all...