The principal trombonist played brilliantly in his extended solos.
He was a fine big-band jazz trombonist with a broad, expressive sound.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra was looking for a bass trombonist.
Or, if one avenue is cut off, another may take its place - a trombonist may become a cellist, for example, or a listener a performer.
Above all there is the interaction with the solo trombonist, who begins by playing from a prone position and gradually emerges as the focus of the performance.
It is all very well to sit on sidelines, sniping, and playing at being a trombonist, but this matter is much too serious for that.
The trumpeter, the violinist, the saxophonist, the clarinetist, and the trombonist have to pay tax on their instruments, yet the pianist pays no tax on his piano.
He began his musical education as a slide trombonist at 11, switching to guitar in his mid-teens as he learned the popular 1960s folk songs.
