Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 9:58 am
Also posting to share this fun recording. Great solos!
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Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 12:00 pm
Jim Sawyer? Bruce Paulson?
Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 12:44 pm
Possibly Hart Smith and Chris Seiter.
Definitely:
Conrad Herwig on 3rd
Matt Finders Bass Trombone
Definitely:
Conrad Herwig on 3rd
Matt Finders Bass Trombone
Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 2:47 pm
I want to take this opportunity to express me admiration of Lew Tabakin. Incredible musician!!
Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2025 3:47 pm
That's definitely Hart Smith in the lead chair. I got to know him a bit in the 80s.
Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2025 10:58 pm
Such a great band.
Listened to them a lot when I was in high school attempting to learn to play like big band like this.
Listened to them a lot when I was in high school attempting to learn to play like big band like this.
Re: Name these trombonists! - Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra - Long Yellow Road
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2026 5:07 am
This was the second professional big band I saw in person when I was growing up. The first was Maynard… I was blown away by the Akiyoshi/Tabakin Big Band. The players in the section I saw were Bill Reichenbach, Bruce Fowler, Jim Sawyer, and Phil Teele. In this video the only one I can make out is Conrad Herwig.