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 played in the school band, starting with a big bull tuba but settling finally for a slide trombone.
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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