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Abbie Conant is an American trombonist and former professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen. [3] She was selected in a blind audition as the overwhelming first choice for Principal Trombonist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra in 1980, [4] but was subject to sexist discrimination once the selection committee learned they had chosen a woman.
Willie Cornish (1875–1942) Hal Crook (born 1950) Elmer Crumbley (1908–1993) Michael Davis (born 1961) Steve Davis (born 1967) Raul de Souza (1934–2021) Michael Dease (born 1982) Willie Dennis (1926–1965) Vic Dickenson (1906–1984)
thecountbasieorchestra.com. The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of ...
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.
New York Philharmonic: Ian Bousfield: 2000–2012 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Gordon W. Bowie: 1985–1997 Bangor Symphony Orchestra: Dudley Bright: 2001–2018 London Symphony Orchestra: Abbie Conant: 1980–1993 Munich Philharmonic Orchestra: Eric Crees: Since 2000 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: Jay Friedman: Since 1962 Chicago Symphony ...
Musician. Instrument (s) Trombone, vocals. Years active. 1920–1964. Weldon Leo " Jack " Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) [1] was an American jazz trombonist and singer. [2] According to critic Scott Yanow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 1940s and "one of the ...
1950s–2021. Labels. MCG Jazz, Atlantic, Epic. Website. www.slidehampton.com. Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger. [1] As his nickname implies, Hampton's main instrument was slide trombone, but he also occasionally played tuba and flugelhorn.
Trombone. William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 2, 2018) [1] was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico 's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name. A self-described "bop-oriented" player, he was well known among ...