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  2. Gunhild Carling - Wikipedia

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    Carling became known for her performance at Allsång på Skansen on 20 July 2010. The same year, she became an expert commentator for Dansbandskampen at SVT.Gunhild plays trombone, bagpipes, trumpet, recorder, string instruments (such as banjo, ukulele and harp), and will often showcase all of her skills in one song, sometimes casually breaking into a tap dance or singing.

  3. Seventy-Six Trombones - Wikipedia

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    Seventy-Six Trombones. "Seventy-Six Trombones" is a show tune and the signature song from the 1957 musical The Music Man, by Meredith Willson, a film of the same name in 1962 and a made-for-TV movie in 2003. The piece is commonly played by marching bands, military bands, and orchestras. [1][2]

  4. Melba Liston - Wikipedia

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    Melba Doretta Liston (January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999) [1] was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands, she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger, [2] particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston.

  5. Gertrude Astor - Wikipedia

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    Woodland Hills, California, U.S. Resting place. Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Occupation. Actress. Years active. 1915–1966. Gertrude Astor (born Gertrude Irene Eyster; November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) [1] was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone in a woman's band.

  6. Tuba Skinny - Wikipedia

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    Tuba Skinny is a traditional jazz street band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band's instrumentation includes cornet, clarinet, trombone, tuba, tenor banjo, guitar, frottoir, and vocals. The ensemble draws its inspiration from the early jazz, ragtime, and blues music of the 1920s and 1930s. [1] The group began as an itinerant busking band ...

  7. Trombone - Wikipedia

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    The trombone (German: Posaune, Italian, French: trombone) is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones use a telescoping slide mechanism to alter the pitch instead of the valves used by ...

  8. Trombone Shorty (book) - Wikipedia

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    Caldecott Honor. ISBN. 978-1-41-971465-8. Trombone Shorty is an autobiographical picture book written by Troy Andrews, with illustrations by Bryan Collier. It tells the story of how Andrews grew up in New Orleans and started playing the trombone at an early age.

  9. Rita Payés - Wikipedia

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    Rita Payés. In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Payés and the second or maternal family name is Roma; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i". Rita Payés Roma (born 1999) [ 1 ] is a Spanish jazz and bossa nova trombonist, singer and songwriter. [ 2 ]