slide trombone
Britishnoun
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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.
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The note came out like a slide trombone.
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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.
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Speaking of music, the versatile Karen Hansen is back with the gang, playing everything from violin to lyre and slide trombone.
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“Armpit, huh? I used to know a dude who called himself Burnt Toast. He played the slide trombone. You play an instrument, Armpit?”
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