MASON CITY — Paul Amundson brought a 100-year-old valve trombone that his grandfather played to his first rehearsal with the New Horizons Band this week at The Music Man Square. The Frost, Minn., ...

In 1954 and 1955, Bud Shank recorded two 10-inch albums for the Pacific Jazz label that teamed him with valve trombones. The LPs were Bud Shank and Three Trombones and Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer.

Rob McConnell (valve trombonist, arranger, composer, big band leader) was born on February 14, 1935 in London, Ontario, and passed away on May 1, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario at the age of 75 McConnell ...