Robert Trowers

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Robert Trowers (* 1957 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is an American jazz trombonist who is mainly active in big band and mainstream jazz .

Live and act

Trowers first had piano lessons before switching to the trombone under the impression of swing records . His early role models include Laurence Brown , Tricky Sam Nanton , Tommy Dorsey , Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden , and later bebop trombonists such as JJ Johnson , Jimmy Cleveland , Curtis Fuller and Frank Rosolino . During his time in college, Trowers played as a professional musician in the New York area, including a. with Jaki Byard 's Apollo Stompers and in the Ray Abrams / Hank Doughty Big Band. In 1979 he toured Europe with Abdullah Ibrahim ; from the 1980s he played with Lionel Hampton , with Illinois Jacquet and from 1989 in the Count Basie Orchestra (which Frank Foster was leading at the time ), he also belonged to the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis , the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra conducted by Jon Faddis and the Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Orchestra. In 1994 he performed with the Concord Jazz All Star Big Band led by Gene Harris , Rob McConnell and Frank Wess at the Fujitsu Concord Jazz Festival . He also played with George Gee , Randy Weston , Susannah McCorkle , Randy Sandke , Chris Murrell , Michel Sardaby , Ken Peplowski and Carlos Garnett . In 1993 he presented the album Synopsis at Concord Jazz , on which Jesse Davis , Carl Carter (piano), Marcus McLaurine (bass) and Lewis Nash had participated. In 1995 Point of View (Concord) followed, with Richard Wyands , Marcus McLaurine and Gene Jackson as rhythm section and Al Gray , Fred Wesley and Slide Hampton as guest soloists. In the field of jazz he was involved in 26 recording sessions between 1978 and 2012. Trowers teaches at North Carolina Central University .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Robert L Trowers" . North Carolina Central University. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 2, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Trowers, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City