The below image and caption were just added to the Trombone History Timeline (20th century). 1909—Seattle, Washington: A postcard features a clown band at Luna Park, an amusement park in Seattle from 1907 to 1913. The postcard is labeled “LA….
Just for Fun
Just for Fun—Spot the Metaphors
This is absolutely off-topic for a trombone site, but I’m posting it just for fun. I was recently reading a book on the history of universities, and I came across this paragraph. Set aside the fact that the prose is…
Gordon Goodwin Chart for Cannonball Big Band
Just for fun, here’s a big band recording I participated in last December. I’m the tall guy in the middle of the bone section. All the instruments in the band are by Cannonball. The trombones are prototypes (nothing in production…
Where Can You Buy Trombone Art?
Quite a few people who have visited my office at Brigham Young University or visited my webpage (especially the Trombone History Timeline) have asked where they can buy reproductions of the trombone artwork. Below are the images I have had luck…
What a World-Famous Anthropologist Wrote About Trombone Players
I just added the below quote by Claude Levi-Strauss, often called “the father of modern anthropology,” to the Trombone History Timeline (20th century). By way of comparison, you may have heard or read Garrison Keilor’s Young Lutheran’s Guide to the…
Short Trombonist
I recently found the below image, which I will be adding to the Trombone History Timeline (19th century-first half). It is a print by a respected German artist, apparently produced in one of his more whimsical moments. At 6’4″, I…
One Man Bands
Over the weekend I posted a just-for-fun article on HubPages—One Man Bands: The Ultimate Multi-Taskers. There isn’t a lot that’s trombone-related, although a couple of the images include low brass, both predecessors to the tuba: one picture with an ophicleide…
Charlie Brown Christmas Session: Mimic This Actor
I just read an interesting firsthand account about the creation of the popular “Charlie Brown Christmas,” an animated feature that aired for the first time in 1965. Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles Schulz, the film uses trombone in place…
Just for Fun: Band Cap with Lamp from 1880
Some time ago I posted a few entertaining images from the 1894 Lyon & Healy music catalog (see also here). Below is another interesting offering, this one from the 1880 catalog. The cap’s miniature kerosene lamp, it explains, burns for up to…
Vote for Trombone Article on HubPages
Not sure what to make of this, or why they would want to feature a trombone article, but I got the notice shown below today from HubPages. So, if you get a minute and you’re so inclined, I would love…