slide trombone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Fuller was among the dozens of musicians to emerge from the fertile mid-century jazz scene of Detroit, where he learned to play intricate, fast-paced bebop lines on the unwieldy slide trombone.
From Washington Post • May 11, 2021
The rock core of piano, bass, guitar and drums gained color and range from the slide trombone, trumpet and violin, and the inventively mashed-up rock numbers revved the show into a very high gear.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2018
Pileggi's father was a musician who played slide trombone in a cinema orchestra for silent films.
From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013
He calmed the mourning, muted trumpet, put brakes on the slide trombone, and made them all tell stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
Herbert even entertained the idea of getting into music and bought a slide trombone at a pawnshop.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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