[Dixielandjazz] tailgate trombone

[BOB GRINSTEAD]

on 5/30/02 10:05 AM, hrgrin@jps.net wrote

> Luis,
> 
> Here is my spin on your question:
> 
> With a good technique you can improvise on a trombone in the same way that a
> trumpet does and almost make it sound like a trumpet, with good chops.  This
> sometimes seems like a waste to me, when one can do so many interesting
> thing with the slide.
> 
> In so far as "what is tailgate?"  I believe it relates to the original
> traditional New Orleans style of trombone playing   (Ory, Brunis, Archey,
> Palmer, Dutrey, Jim Robinson etc defined it)
> Players like Jim Snyder do it well in recent times.   Lots of long slurs or
> smears and a punchy rhythmic style.  In the ensemble - one foot in the
> rhythm section and one foot in the tront line could be one description of
> the role.
> 
> Typically he (tbn) plays less notes in the ensembles than the trumpet and
> far, far fewer than the reed player.  He fills in the gaps and links the
> phrasing of the other front-line players both harmonically and rhythmically.
> When it all works out and everyone plays their correct role, you have a
> typical New Orleans styled counterpoint and it needs that "tailgate" sound
> in there to achieve it.
> 
> As for how did this term come into common usage:
> 
> To drum up business, or to take part in carnival parades etc,  the New
> Orleans bands used to set up on a truck and play in the streets.  The
> trombone would be at the back of the truck (known as the tailgate) as he
> needed lots of room to pump his slide in and out.
> Brian Towers,
> Hot Five Jazzmakers, Toronto, Canada
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> By the way, how you guys define a tailgate trombone play? comparing with
>> which other styles?
>> thanks
>> Luis Flores
>> 
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