[Dixielandjazz] Tenor Sax for Trombone

[Mike]

The styles are different because not only are the instruments different 
but the way they are played are different as well. I think a tenor can 
work in a pinch but most people who listen to OKOM want and expect to 
heat that trombone player glissing and playing those countermelody 
lines. To me, tenor just doesn't cut it when it comes to attempting to 
replace the trombone. Besides, can you imagine songs like these being 
played on tenor:

Trombone Cholly
Kid Ory's Creole Trombone
Trombone Rag

MIke





My question is does the style played by the Tenor differ much from what
> the Trombone does and can you freely switch the two?  I have listened to 
> a lot of Dixieland bands and so few use tenors it's hard to get a feel 
> for it.

-- 
"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or
a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it."

-John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (1917-1993)