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: a brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a usual range one octave lower than that of the trumpet
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There was big yellow music paper that would be on the piano, and down the left side would go trumpets, clarinets, trombones, violins.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 20 May 2024
The band members are Dave McMurray (sax), Luis Resto (keyboards), Vincent Chandler (trombone), Wayne Gerard (guitar), John Douglas (trumpet), Jeff Canaday (drums), Mahindi Masai (percussion), and Steffanie Christi’an (vocals).
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 20 May 2024
The band members are Dave McMurray (sax), Luis Resto (keyboards), Vincent Chandler (trombone), Wayne Gerard (guitar), John Douglas (trumpet), Jeff Canaday (drums), Mahindi Masai (percussion), and Steffanie Christi’an (vocals).
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
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“Trombone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trombone. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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