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  • noun Plural form of trombonist.

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Examples

  • Players like trombonists Larry Farrell, George Flynn and Bruce Eidem; trumpet players like Jon Owens (substituting for Tony Kadleck) and Craig Johnson; saxophonists Marc Phaneuf (substituting for Jay Brandford) and Ed Xiques along with those mentioned previously all create this unified sound that is the WJO.

    Ralph A. Miriello: Opening Night for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra With Special Guest Joe Lovano Ralph A. Miriello 2011

  • Players like trombonists Larry Farrell, George Flynn and Bruce Eidem; trumpet players like Jon Owens (substituting for Tony Kadleck) and Craig Johnson; saxophonists Marc Phaneuf (substituting for Jay Brandford) and Ed Xiques along with those mentioned previously all create this unified sound that is the WJO.

    Ralph A. Miriello: Opening Night for the Westchester Jazz Orchestra With Special Guest Joe Lovano Ralph A. Miriello 2011

  • Anyhow, 500,000 YouTube viewers can't be wrong, so here is the Rage medley being performed at an actual basketball game, by clarinetists and flautists and trombonists in actual Green Machine uniforms.

    George Mason's band plays Rage, in the stands 2011

  • For Band of Bones, which consists of eight trombonists and a rhythm section, celebrating Johnson's birthdate seems a foregone conclusion, since the group was inspired by the classic Johnson-Kai Winding Octet album to begin with.

    The Jazz Scene: Giving Cole the Royal Treatment Will Friedwald 2012

  • There are probably as many great jazz guitarists as there are trombonists.

    From Melodies to Medleys Will Friedwald 2011

  • A circus-like atmosphere is promised with clowns, jugglers, stilt walkers and as many trombonists as are willing to bring their instruments and play in a special 4th of July parade.

    Rock and Sway for the Holiday 2010

  • The band teams two brilliant post-modern trombonists — Roswell Rudd and Ray Anderson — along with such pan-stylists as trumpeter Randy Sandke and pianist Lewis Porter.

    A Tour of Jazz Heroes, With a Ride on the Coltrane 2010

  • It takes a tremendous amount of time to compose and arrange music for a band with five trumpeters, four trombonists, five saxophonists, a pianist, a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer.

    The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue 2009

  • It takes a tremendous amount of time to compose and arrange music for a band with five trumpeters, four trombonists, five saxophonists, a pianist, a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer.

    The History of Jazz, by Darcy James Argue 2009

  • I started violin at six because my dad (a symphony conductor) said that there are only one or two clarinet players or trombonists in an orchestra, and violinists always get work.

    oh yeah, and i like cheese 2009

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