>> ^HaricotVert:
Slide vibrato @ 2:40... why...


^ Because he is a jazzer and this sort of performance is what you get with those who attempt crossover, not to mention the chainsaw tone and overall sloppy technique.

Sorry, but I would definitely down vote if I were privileged. I'm sure he is a great jazz player, but it doesn't really work here.

A straight alto saxophone, an inverted sousaphone, a trombone which coils under the arm, and that cornet or whatever it is is just weird. Anyone else find the instruments stranger than the performance?

Joaquim Phoenix.. sad trombone.

That was a fantastic trombone solo.

Credit's no good for an anvil salesman.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Why don't you add to it? You're a music man. Who sells the clarinets to the kids in the town with the big trombones and the rat-a-tat drums, big brass bass, big brass bass, and the piccolo, the piccolo with uniforms, too with a shiny gold braid on the coat and a big red stripe runnin . . .

>> ^kronosposeidon:
Why don't you add to it? You're a music man. Who sells the clarinets to the kids in the town with the big trombones and the rat-a-tat drums, big brass bass, big brass bass, and the piccolo, the piccolo with uniforms, too with a shiny gold braid on the coat and a big red stripe runnin . . .


I don't have a camera.

Why don't you add to it? You're a music man. Who sells the clarinets to the kids in the town with the big trombones and the rat-a-tat drums, big brass bass, big brass bass, and the piccolo, the piccolo with uniforms, too with a shiny gold braid on the coat and a big red stripe runnin . . .

Trombone == *jazz

Mmmm, smooth trombone action at the 2-minute mark.

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I bet grandma Fujitomo was giving the trombone players a sour look.

Trombones sounded a bit off...

heh, no I don't play - I just love the sound of horns.

In reply to this comment by wazant:
Wow, lots of trombone vids in your PQ. You play 'bone? (I do!) You might also like: http://www.videosift.com/video/How-its-made-Trombones

Wow, lots of trombone vids in your PQ. You play 'bone? (I do!) You might also like: http://www.videosift.com/video/How-its-made-Trombones