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Leader and trombonist Ward Kimball was inspired to form the band [1] after spending time with members of the Disney animation and sound department and finding that they had a lot in common as jazz aficionados. The lunchtime chats escalated into a full on lunchtime jam session as Kimball, an amateur trombonist, and animator Frank Thomas, a ...
Ward Walrath Kimball (March 4, 1914 – July 8, 2002) was an American animator employed by Walt Disney Animation Studios. He was part of Walt Disney 's main team of animators, known collectively as Disney's Nine Old Men .
Toto is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1977, the group's original lineup included lead vocalist Bobby Kimball, guitarist and vocalist Steve Lukather, keyboardist and vocalist David Paich, bassist David Hungate, keyboardist Steve Porcaro and drummer Jeff Porcaro.
Records of the term trombone predate the term sackbut by two decades, and evidence for the German term Posaune is even older. [1] Sackbut, originally a French term, was used in England until the instrument fell into disuse in the eighteenth century; when it returned, the Italian term trombone became dominant. [2]
British Trombone Society; Trombone History Timeline by Will Kimball, Professor of Trombone at Brigham Young University; Acoustics of Brass Instruments from Music Acoustics at the University of New South Wales; Sources for the Prescribed Sheet Music for the ABRSM practical exams; Two Frequencies Trombone; NPR story about trombone bands (2003)
He was friend of trombonist and Disney animator Ward Kimball, who created many memorable caricatures of Murphy, and Charles Addams, creator of the Addams Family. Murphy's band played his nightclub, Earthquake McGoon's, [3] which opened in 1960 and moved three times before closing in 1984. In January 1987, he played Carnegie Hall. [3]
The lineup included Frank Demond (trombone), James Prevost (bass), James "Sing" Miller (piano), Cie Frazier (drums), Jim Robinson (trombone), Narvin Kimball (banjo), and Allan Jaffe (tuba). During the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of the touring members were hired by Harold Dejan for his Olympia Brass Band.
Kimball International, Inc. is an American company which consists of furniture brands: Kimball, National, Interwoven, Etc., David Edward, D'Style and Kimball Hospitality. It is the successor to W.W. Kimball and Company , the world's largest piano and organ manufacturer at certain times in the 19th and 20th centuries.