The Trombone
"The most common trombones are the tenor and bass counterparts of the trumpet. In its most familiar form the trombone is characterized by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube; hence the term ‘slide trombone. The two parallel inner tubes of the slide are connected at their upper ends by a cross-stay. The mouthpiece is inserted into the top of one tube; the bell joint fits on to the top of the other, the tube being either tapered externally or attached to the bell by means of a threaded collar (the ‘bell lock’). "
Quote Source: "Trombone" in Grove Music Online. Accessed 04/29/2017.
"The slide trombone was favored by American players in the 20th century. However, there is abundant evidence to show that the valve trombone was most popular in bands of all types in the second half of the 19th century. Throughout the 20th century, American instrument manufacturers produced tenor and bass trombones aimed at particular musical contexts such as the dance band and the symphony orchestra."
Quote Source: "Trombone" in The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed., ed. by Charles Hiroshi Garrett [online]. Accessed 04/29/2017.
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Online Sources
- KokorokoKOKOROKO were founded by Onome Edgeworth (percussion) and Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet, vocals) in response to, Adenaike says, the “lack of representation for traditional African music coming through the lens of Africans being brought up in the UK”.
African American Women Trombonists
- Anna WellsSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Della SuttonSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Elizabeth KingSource: Stormy weather: the music and lives of a century of jazzwomen by Linda Dahl
- Esther L. CookeSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Leila GipsonSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Lela JuliusSource: Stormy Weather; the music and lives of a century of jazzwomen by Linda Dahl
- Marie Lucas (1891-1947)Source: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Nettie Garland GoffSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
- Thelma PattersonSource: Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras by D. A. Handy.
Books
Madame Jazz: contemporary women instrumentalists by Publication Date: 1996, 1995
The trombone in the shout band of the United House of Prayer for All People by Publication Date: 1999Dissertation: D.M.A.; University of North Carolina at Greensboro; 1999- Twentieth-century trombone music by women of the United States and Canada by Publication Date: 2003Dissertation: D.M.A.; University of Cincinnati; 2003
