Jazz trombone anyone?

Bob Brookmeyer (a valve trombonist) put our some great stuff including an album with Stan Getz. I also highly recommend any of the J.J. Johnson/Kai Winding colaborations.

As a former trombone player I was always amazed by Bill Watrous back in the '70s. I think his best was Bill Watrous' Manhattan Wildlife Refuge. This was before he started playing mostly Musak-like stuff. I've been listening to my LP (bought new) a lot lately and was shocked to find it available on CD. There is some brilliant trombone playing on this one. The Great Kai and JJ is another good one. The Kenton orchestra had some good players, also.

So you like horns eh?

Well if you do not have Tower of Power "Soul Vaccination" in your collection then you are missing the tightest horn section I know of. Even if you don't care for funk - the muscianship is absolutely stunning and they do amazing ballads too! Mic Gillette was one of the original three that started this famous band.

The TOP horn section is famous globally and has appeared on many artists' recordings, including Little Feat, the Monkees, Santana, Elton John, Linda Lewis, John Lee Hooker, Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Heart, Huey Lewis and the News, Spyro Gyra, Lyle Lovett, Poison, Phish, Toto, and Aerosmith.

J.J. Johnson, as others have noted, is perhaps the best-known jazz trombonists, and while he was a featured player or a supporting player in many dozens of recordings, one of my favorite is "At The Opera" which matches Johnson with a young Stan Getz. Great interplay between the two, live recordings, one in stereo and the other in mono.