1945—Newbridge, England

Frank Howes writes an orchestration text that says the following about orchestral trombone solos: “…solos are rarely satisfactory, as may be ascertained in any performance of Mozart’s Requiem, where a tenor trombone obbligato in the ‘Tuba Mirum’ sounds like a bad cornet player outside a public house round the corner” (Howes 56).

late 1940s—J. J. Johnson (1924- ) is one of very few trombonists invited into exclusive jazz bebop circles. He plays with nearly all the major bebop pioneers (Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Miles Davis, etc.).