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Bob Cochran's Trombone Page

"In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility and grandeur to the highest degree; it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outbursts. Directed by the will of the master, the trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter gloomy sighs, a mournful lament, or a bright hymn of glory; they can break forth into awe-inspiring cries and awaken the dead or doom the living with their fearful voices."

Treatise on Instrumentation, Hector Berlioz, 1843

Bob’s comments on the trombone and trombone playing

Links

Trombone Ensembles

• The Bones Southwest Home Page (Led by Bob Weller, Bob C plays in this one)
• The BonesWest Home Page
• The Scottsdale Trombone Choir

General

• Trombone Page of the World (great site!)
• The Slide Doctor's Home Page

Organizations

• The International Trombone Association Home Page
• The Online Trombone Journal Home Page
• The British Trombone Society Home Page

Trombonists

• Bob McChesney's Home Page
• Joe Alessi's Home Page
• Christian Lindberg's Home Page
• Ben van Dijk's Home Page
• Douglas Yeo's Home Page
• Ray Anderson (ENJA Records)

Equipment

• Doug Elliott Mouthpieces
• Bach Stradivarius Professional Trombones
• Edwards Trombones
• S.E. Shires Co. Custom Trombones
• United Musical Instruments
• Yamaha Trombones
• Thein Instruments (click on "Instrumente" then "Posaunen")

MP3 and RealAudio Clips of Trombone Playing

Go to http://www.real.com to get RealPlayer FREE if you need it.

When you get to the web site, fill out the form and download RealPlayer, saving it to your hard drive. Finally, run the setup program after it is downloaded.

What you will hear involved low-end recording equipment and no professional sound engineers. No animals were harmed during the recording sessions.

Click each title to hear it.

• "Lord, I Come Before You"

Recorded on top of the Salvador CD (see recording notes)

• "Jammin’ with Aebersold B-flat Blues"

Spontaneous, trying to get back on the improv bike (see recording notes)

• "More Fun with Aebersold B-flat Blues"

More planned out, overdubbed “trombone section” near the end (see recording notes)

• “Vexilla Regis"

A one-half-step-up arrangement of what I heard on Ben van Dijk’s web site (see recording notes)

• "The Crazy G Scale"

Bob playing up to a high G (see recording notes)

• "Danny Boy"

A trombone quartet arranged by John Mutch (see recording notes)

• "Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe" aka "Arioso"

Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156 by J.S. Bach (see recording notes)

How to put your own recordings into RealAudio format

This web page is dedicated to Bob’s late mother, Marian