The Influence of Jazz Harmony and Jazz Style

on Selected Bass Trombone Solo Literature

A Doctoral Presentation by Joel A. Keene

• Introduction
  • Historical Development
  • Blues Scale
  • Diminished Substitution
  • Trombone Techniques
• Bozza's New Orleans
  • Example 1 (1-2)
  • Example 2 (7-8)
  • Example 3 (15-29)
  • Example 4 (37-45)
  • Example 5 (57-69)
  • Example 6 (72-74)
  • Example 7 (79-91)
  • Example 8 (94-105)
  • Example 9 (109-123)
  • Lecture & Performance
• Wilder's Sonata
  • Example 1 (I, 1-9)
  • Example 2 (I, 63-66)
  • Example 3 (II, 1-7)
  • Example 4 (III, 1-9)
  • Example 5 (III, 44-58)
  • Example 6 (III, 67-75)
  • Example 7 (IV, 1-17)
  • Example 8 (V, 1-6)
  • Example 9 (V, 13-17)
  • Example 10 (V, 36-53)
  • Lecture & Performance
• Schnyder's subZERO
  • Example 1 (I, 1-12)
  • Example 2 (I, 13-24)
  • Example 3 (I, 86-93)
  • Example 4 (I, 238-245)
  • Example 5 (I, 306-312)
  • Example 6 (II, 1-16)
  • Example 7 (II, 40-47)
  • Example 8 (II, 75-78)
  • Example 9 (II, 99-105)
  • Example 10 (III, 1-9)
  • Example 11 (III, 15-30)
  • Example 12 (III, 31-43)
  • Example 13 (III, 61-69)
  • Example 14 (III, 77-83)
  • Lecture & Performance
• References
  • Published References
  • Online Links
  • Artist Profiles
    • Ben van Dijk
    • Christian Lindberg
    • George Roberts
    • Dave Taylor
    • Bart Varsalona
    • Charles Vernon

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Jazz Trombone Techniques

While the techniques below are not entirely specific to the jazz idiom, they are used often enough that familiarity with them is a necesity for the jazz musician. A complete table of these techniques and their uses in Bozza's New Orleans, Wilder's Sonata, and Schnyder's subZERO follows.

Table of Jazz Techniques Used in Example Pieces

The following is a table of the jazz techniques and where they are located by movement and measure in the selected literature. Note: though the use of "swing" as a style is not listed above, but it is a style intrinsic to the jazz idiom and has been included on the table below.

	New Orleans	Sonata	Schnyder
Falls/Tears		I: 66 III: 74	I: 3-11, 98, 144-146, 300, 306, 312 III: 11, 72, 103, 104, 130
Glissando	8, 20 22, 23, 28, 37, 80, 114, 115, 119	II: 2-3, 31-32 V: 13-14	I: 87, 172, 189-193, 303, 307-311, 332 III: 17, 26, 64, 105, 123-124
Growl/Flutter			I: 307-308 III: 20, 31
Mutes			II: 13-29 (harmon), 40-79 (bucket)
Scoops	82, 135, 142	III: 44	I: 12-56, 102-136, 149, 173-174, 309 II: 60, 104, 105, 109, 112 III: 6, 20, 31, 42, 78, 79, 94, 118, 132
Swing		V: 1, 36	I: 86-88, 264-267