Solo Trombone Recordings (jazz)

[EriKon]

So, I've already asked about trombone recordings at another thread, but this one is more specific.

I'm currently analyzing lots of solo jazz trombone recordings (like really solo, no accompany at all) and I wonder if there are any more recommendations and hints besides of what I'll list you below thanks guys!

Solo trombone recordings: (albums)
Albert Mangelsdorff - Trombirds
Albert Mangelsdorff - Tromboneliness
Albert Mangelsdorff - Albert Mangelsdorff Solo
Albert Mangelsdorff - Purity
George Lewis - The Solo Trombone Record
Conny Bauer - Der gelbe Klang
Conny Bauer - Live im Völkerschlachtdenkmal
Conny Bauer - Hummelsummen
Conny Bauer - Konrad Bauer Solo
Conny Bauer - Das flüchtige Glück
Conny Bauer - Toronto Töne
Ed Neumeister - One and Only
Nils Wogram - Bright Lights
Samuel Blaser - 18 Monologue Elastiques
Samuel Blaser - Solo Bone
Günter Christmann - Solo (Solomusiken für Posaune und Kontrabass)
Paul Rutherford - The Gentle Harm of the Bourgeoisie
Paul Rutherford - Solo in Berlin 1975

to be continued...

Are there solo recordings of Vinko Globokar? I know it's not improvised and more classical, but I would be interested in that as well. Thanks again!

[cmcslide]

I have a record called “Horns” by Gunter Christmann. Not just one soloist but five, I think, including Christmann and Mangelsdorff on trombones, Manfred Schoof and Kenny Wheeler on trumpets, and Paul Rutherford on euphonium. Starts and ends with collective improv, then each player plays a solo, a true solo like you are talking about. That’s the only example of something like that I can think of, except maybe for a solo cadenza by JJ. Now that I think of it, I heard JJ live in the late 80’s and he played “It’s Alright With Me” by himself and dedicated it to Kai Winding. Don’t know if he ever recorded that? It would be an interesting contrast to the other things that you mentioned!

[EriKon]

I have a record called “Horns” by Gunter Christmann. Not just one soloist but five, I think, including Christmann and Mangelsdorff on trombones, Manfred Schoof and Kenny Wheeler on trumpets, and Paul Rutherford on euphonium. Starts and ends with collective improv, then each player plays a solo, a true solo like you are talking about. That’s the only example of something like that I can think of, except maybe for a solo cadenza by JJ. Now that I think of it, I heard JJ live in the late 80’s and he played “It’s Alright With Me” by himself and dedicated it to Kai Winding. Don’t know if he ever recorded that? It would be an interesting contrast to the other things that you mentioned!

Oh wow! That sounds like a fun recording to check out, thank you!
Unfortunately nothing found on the JJ solo but sounds like a great memory! Thanks for your input!

[EriKon]

I've found a few solo tracks of Eje Thelin where he had some solo spots within his Eje Thelin Group and without rhythm section and everything, which are also fun to hear.

[Bleek]

Nils Landgren - Nature Boy

Sort of jazz/folk but very beautiful. All in a church.

[BrianJohnston]

Slide Hampton - Lament
Bill Pearce - You Needed Me

[EriKon]

Slide Hampton - Lament
Bill Pearce - You Needed Me

Those are all accompanied, right? At least I haven't found them as real solo trombone recordings.

[EriKon]

I've checked out "Horns" which was recommended above and which is a great recording!

There seem to be solo recordings of Günter Christmann, but they're unfortunately not available over here. I think it's called "Solomusiken für Posaune und Kontrabass".

Then I've made some research on Paul Rutherford and he has released several improvised solo recordings that I've just ordered two albums that I was able to get other here. Will add them to the list above. If anyone still knows something, please add it here also still interested in Vinko Globokar stuff if someone is into that and knows something.

[soseggnchips]

I don't think it's the recording cmcslide was referring to, but JJ plays a nice unaccompanied version of 'Beautiful Love' on Let's Hang Out, one of his later records from the early 90s.

Marshall Gilkes has a tune, 'Puddle Jumping' which features an extended solo cadenza. Not sure if it's available on an album, but there are several versions on YouTube.

I'm sure I've seem someone else doing lengthy unaccompanied improvisations, but I can't quite remember who right now... Ray Anderson maybe?

[mbarbier]

Then I've made some research on Paul Rutherford and he has released several improvised solo recordings that I've just ordered two albums that I was able to get other here. Will add them to the list above. If anyone still knows something, please add it here also still interested in Vinko Globokar stuff if someone is into that and knows something.

https://youtu.be/fXkvpkN_a4s this is a great four video set of Globokar doing a solo show. Must've been not long before his stroke. I love Paul Rutherford's stuff- he did some killer sets.

All the George Lewis Voyager stuff is really great too, though the solo trombone record is still my favorite. Here's a very recent version- it's cool how much it's developed! https://youtu.be/ncy4_FHX3Jc

I've got a portion of a class I teach that covers a lot of solo improvisors, though most aren't jazz. I'm away from my computer this week, but can parse through it for relevant links when I get back to LA.

[GGJazz]

Hi EriKon .

Here a J.J. Johnson solo cadenza , from the CD "The Brass Orchestra"



This is another J. J. solo performance ( as indicated above by Soseggnchips ) on Beautiful Love , from the CD "Let' s Hang Out"



This is a Phil Wilson solo performance , from the LP " That's All"



Regards to everyone
Giancarlo

[rickfaulknernyc]

Joe Fiedler has a solo album (The Howland Sessions) coming out later this year:

https://joefiedler.bandcamp.com

Almost qualifying is this J.J. Johnson/Joe Pass track (Pass doesn't play until more than halfway in):

[johntarr]

Bryan Hooten - Isolation

[iranzi]

Fantastic thread!
I'd also like to mention some trombone solo albums. Some of them include the use of electronic sound effects or/and overdubbing. In no particular order (in brackets is the year of recording).

Øyvind Brække - Aller Anfang ist schwer (2021)
Francesco Bucci - Zobibor (2023)
Paul Rutherford - Trombolenium: Solos 1986-1995
Sebi Tramontana - Unfolding To Be You (2022)
Walter Wierbos - Wierbos (1982)
Zekkereya El-magharbel - 8 Quranic maqamat organized by size (2023)
Zekkereya El-magharbel - 5 named scenes live from a parallel dimension in which Europe does not exist (2023)
Alan Tomlinson - Still Outside (1980)
Gerhard Gschlößl - Solo1 (2023)
Jacob Garchik - The Heavens: The Atheist Gospel Trombone Album (2012)
Miles Anderson - Garagemusik (1990) released on his website trom-bown.com
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - Solo (2011)
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - Solo Norwich (2023)
Matthias Müller - Solo Trombone (2016)
Matthias Müller - Acud/Bunker (2018/2016)

P.S. It's my first post and I want to say hello to all of you here and to introduce myself. I'm a saxophone player and also been learning/playing trumpet for a few years recently. Started learning trombone and reading Trombone Chat only a month ago and its been great joy! I think i'm going to devote my time solely to the trombone now. Really looking forward to conversing with the great and knowledgeable people here.

[iranzi]

Would be nice also to compile a list of trombone duos and trios!

[jacobgarchik]

Bruce Fowler - One Man One Bone from Ants Can Count
Ray Anderson - Marching On
Steve Swell – The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Improviser
Kalia Vandever - We Fell In Turn
Andy Clausen is doing one now I believe
Roswell Rudd – The Definitive Roswell Rudd

[jacobgarchik]

Stuart Dempster's solos like In The Great Abbey Of Clement VI sort of fall in the cracks between classical and experimental - not sure how much of those is improvised to be honest.

[jacobgarchik]

Daniel Ivan Bruno
https://www.danielivanbruno.com/alone/

Many many things by Ben Gerstein
http://bengerstein.com/alone.html

[iranzi]

Bruce Fowler - One Man One Bone from Ants Can Count
Ray Anderson - Marching On
Steve Swell – The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Improviser
Kalia Vandever - We Fell In Turn
Andy Clausen is doing one now I believe
Roswell Rudd – The Definitive Roswell Rudd

Wow these are great! The Definitive Roswell Rudd has some of my favourite trombone sounds ever. There's another rare solo trombone track "Four Lessons From The Third World" from the same period on Roswell Rudd & Giorgio Gaslini album Sharing.

[halfabrown]

Does anyone know when the earliest solo Trombone record was released?

[BGuttman]

Does anyone know when the earliest solo Trombone record was released?

It was well before the era of Jazz. There are Arthur Pryor recordings from the early 1900s. Early jazz recordings can be found on www.redhotjazz.com. Look for recordings by Miff Mole and Jack Teagarden among others.

[SteveM]

Does anyone know when the earliest solo Trombone record was released?

It was well before the era of Jazz. There are Arthur Pryor recordings from the early 1900s. Early jazz recordings can be found on www.redhotjazz.com. Look for recordings by Miff Mole and Jack Teagarden among others.

The website www.redhotjazz.com apparently no longer exists. The is a website https://syncopatedtimes.com/red-hot-jazz-archive/ that has archived their material.

[tbdana]

[iranzi]

Giancarlo Schiaffini - Edula (1993/1988)
Giancarlo Schiaffini - L'anello mancante. The Missing Chainring (1997)
Paul Rutherford - Old Moers Almanac (1976)

[tbdana]

Bruce Fowler - One Man One Bone from Ants Can Count

Bruce was always a really interesting cat, but not always easy to play with. The thing I love about that cut is that he appears to circular breathe the whole darn thing. I think there's, like, two places in the tune where he stops to breathe. Wowza. A tremendous amount of effort to play all that especially while circular breathing. Don't think I'd classify it as jazz, though.

[iranzi]

Bryan Hooten - Isolation

Thank you johntarr, really enjoying this!
There's also earlier Bryan Hooten solo album called "Richmond Love Call" – also excellent (both on his bndcmp page)

[iranzi]

Eje Thelin:
’My Grain Attack’ (from Bits & Pieces)
’Duett 2’ (from Candles Of Vision) with occasional very quiet percussion
’track 6’ (from Night Music 1974)
’Solo V - Capricorn’ (from Eje Thelin Group)
’Solo VI’ (from Eje Thelin Group Live '76)
’Solo VIII’ (from Hypothesis)

Gueorgui Kornazov, couple of solo intros:
’Strast’ (from Suznanie) - first 3 minutes
’Around Sofia’ (from Staro Vreme) - first 2 minutes

Craig Harris:
’Blues Dues’ (from Blackout In …)
’TestiMoan Tro 1’ (from Souls Within The Veil)

Hannes Bauer - Summer Music 1995

[iranzi]

Are there solo recordings of Vinko Globokar?

There's an album called Globokar By Globokar on Harmonia Mundi label — there are several solo trombone pieces. Other pieces include solo alphorn and small ensemble or overdubs (not sure)

As for Günter Christmann, there is a Christman-Schönenberg duo album called Remarks which has several trombone solo bits. But even when percussion comes in, it's so sparse that the two instruments don't get tangled, like sympathetic solos a lot of the time (my favourite recording of Christman's).

Also not pure solo, George Lewis & Bertram Turetzky track 'Blues For Lester B,' from Conversations album — in the first half has only sparse quiet arco bass behind the trombone, less sparse/quiet in 2d half.

Can also look on Inconstant Sol blog, maybe there's more among the live recordings (and I'm sure there's some Globokar there too, possibly early Radu Malfatti solos too – when you could actually still hear him). They have one called Trombone Workshop Live in Moers '77 which is a group consisting of Günter Christmann, Albert Mangelsdorff, George Lewis and Paul Rutherford !

[iranzi]

Hasan Gözetlik is great! Proof, if any was needed, that trombone is ideal for 72-tone octave division.
Played along a drone, not in vacuum, so only partially relevant here (if can't quite hear jazz in this, please also check out Robinson Khoury)

[iranzi]

Compilation of recent avant-garde/experimental solo trombone from 2018, Trombilation, on Faux Amis label (1st thing i'll buy after getting paid tomorrow )

[mbarbier]

Zekkereya El-magharbel - 8 Quranic maqamat organized by size (2023)
Zekkereya El-magharbel - 5 named scenes live from a parallel dimension in which Europe does not exist (2023)
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - Solo (2011)
Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø - Solo Norwich (2023)
Matthias Müller - Solo Trombone (2016)
Matthias Müller - Acud/Bunker (2018/2016)

Awesome to see one of my students pop up on here- Zekkereya is a really special musician! They're fantastic!

Henrik and Matthias are amazing. Matthias has a great trip with Jeb Bishop and Matthias Muche (who also has an amazing ten trombone and snare drum group called Bone Crusher ).

Compilation of recent avant-garde/experimental solo trombone from 2018, Trombilation, on Faux Amis label (1st thing i'll buy after getting paid tomorrow )

That's a great one- glad it hasn't fully disappeared into the ether- it was a really cool project with an awesome mix of folks. Henrik's track on it is great!

[iranzi]

How could i forget
Mattie Barbier - threads (2020)

[mbarbier]

How could i forget
Mattie Barbier - threads (2020)

Oh! Thank you so much- that's very kind of you! Incredible space to get to play/record.