Solo Demos

"...splendid solos...
...virtuosity and musicianship..."
Chicago Tribune

"...knowing solo work on trombone..."
Down Beat

Antonio García has performed and recorded as an instrumental and vocal soloist on countless occasions over the past forty years. Here is a listing of some excerpts in various styles available to you for review; a few are complete tunes.

  ...fine trombone performance, considerable vocal ability, and excellent scat-singing..."
Patrick Crichton,
Head of the Jazz Department, Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, Perth, Western Australia; Artistic Director, Jazz Australia; then-Australasia Representative, IAJE Board
 
"The ITA International Trombone Festival [concluded] with an
all-time brass blowout—and an amazing combination of 'Bone Power'—on 'Jazz Night,' featuring
Michael Davis,
Raul de Souza, Antonio García, Bruce Paulson,
Bill Reichenbach, and Bill Watrous."
The Octopus
 
"Your performance on trombone at the IMEA All-State Convention was superb."
Illinois Music Educators Association Jazz Division
 
"At all times Antonio never played less than the 100% he promised....
He can be in my band whenever he wants."
Phil Collins
 
"The crowd was simply blown away by his scat-singing and playing."
Dr. Scott Garlock,
Director of Bands,
Knox College
 

If you would like to discuss potentially bringing him to your area as a soloist or clinician, please contact Antonio García directly. Fees are flexible, and he may also assist you in identifying co-sponsorship from additional funding sources.

All works listed in the left column below except "I Remember You" are composed by Antonio García. If noted with an asterisk (*), they have further detailed regarding publisher, grade level, required soloists, and price on the Published Works page.

To hear sound files of the pieces below, click on the links in the Recording column. Please note that the mp3 sound files will have better sound quality than the RealAudio files. Click on this link if you need to download the RealAudio Player.

Tenor Trombone Solo Samples
Title Tempo/Style Recording Notes

I Remember You

Medium Swing

a YouTube playlist of virtual duets recorded separately by various artists with me
IRY.GarciaGordon

Wanting to collaborate with other musicians during pandemic lockdown, I began this project, inspired partly by my eternal delight at hearing different musicians improvise on the same musical framework and partly by such wonderful recordings long ago as pianist Bill Evans' "Conversations with Myself." My thanks to my many duet partners on this project! At this writing they include trombonists Russ Phillips and Al Hermann. Soon to be posted are trombonists Wycliffe Gordon and Harry Watters, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and saxophonist Tom Christensen.

I Like Bebop

A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop

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mp3 file

stop-time blues with a bridge (composed García)

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A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop

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stop-time rhythm changes in F, with harmon mute (excerpt)

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Uptempo
Bebop

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mp3 file

with band

S.N.O.W.-Bliz Bop

Uptempo Bebop

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mp3 file

RealAudio File

stop-time bop solis, based on Donna Lee (composed García)

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Medium Up Bebop

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on Joy Spring changes

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Medium Waltz

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from Neil Gonsalves' Southern Skies and Lavender Blue

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Medium Bird Blues

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on Blues for Alice changes

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Medium Bird Blues

on Blues for Alice changes

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Medium Up Bebop

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mp3 file

based on How High The Moon changes

London Town Fantasy* Haydn "London" Symphony even-eighths; "Foggy Day"-style medium swing

performance of live Tbn + MIDI orchestra
soft.spot

also
mp3 of MIDI Tbn + Piano

The orchestral video version above includes trombone improvisation; the piano-reduction mp3 version includes the optional, written-out trombone solo. No improvisational skills are needed by the pianist.

comm. by the Charlottesville Symphony Society for the Charlottesville & University Symphony Orchestra (VA) to "showcase the trombone in a jazz ballad style and somehow reference the Haydn 'London' Symphony" and elements of George Gershwin's "A Foggy Day (in London Town)."

composed GarcĂ­a, currently published in the format of trombone soloist with piano reduction, the orchestral version forthcoming.

Post-Polyposis 'Gnosis Blues

Multiphonic Blues

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(composed García, also playing hi-hat)

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Multiphonic Ballad

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excerpt

Just A Closer Walk With Thee Multiphonic Ballad, then Traditional New Orleans Jazz

soft.spot

An improvisatory duet with my friend and trombonist Craig Klein (bandleader; member of the Grammy Award-winning New Orleans Nightcrawlers; co-founder of Bonerama; and a Preservation Hall Jazz Master).

Performed at the memorial celebration for my brother, José L. García II (the first trombonist in my family).

Loved One*

Ballad Swing

What Are We Here For?, JazzTech Big Band (Sea Breeze SB-2067), 1995
mp3 file
RealAudio File

The complete chart is included; Basie-style ballad a la Li'l Darlin' (composed García)

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Contemporary Ballad Waltz

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excerpt

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Multiphonic Ballad

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excerpt

Home Is Where The Heart Is

Ballad Swing

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The complete chart is included (composed García)

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New Orleans Plunger Ballad

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excerpt

By the Light of the Dawn* Bolero (Latin ballad) live concert video by the Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
By the Light of the Dawn
The complete chart is included (composed García).

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2-3 Clave Blues

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excerpt

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Medium Samba

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excerpt

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Medium Samba archival
tenor.samba.video
This video excerpt from many (many!) years ago is courtesy of the New Trier High School Jazz Festival (IL). My solo during this pro jam session is preceded by the wonderful tenor saxophonist Mark Colby and followed by the superb "harmonicat," Howard Levy. If memory serves, the great rhythm section is Mike Kocour (piano), Larry Gray (bass), and Bob Rummage (drums)—my thanks to all!

Samba Sin Palabras*

Medium Samba

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RealAudio File

This excerpt is over the tune's changes. Below you'll find another excerpt over a montuno (composed García).

Cha-Cha Yunque*

Medium Cha-Cha

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RealAudio File

Most of the chart is included. The solo picks up from the entrance of backgrounds (composed García).

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Bossa Nova

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excerpt

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Funk

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excerpt

Soft Spot*

Slower Swing, Plunger

live concert video of the club recording session for
Eleventh Hour Live! ,
JazzTech Big Band (Sea Breeze SB-2110), 2000
soft.spot

The complete chart is included (composed García): sassy, bump-and-grind plunger trombone feature with blues-march bridge. My thanks to Brian Jacobi (second trombonist in this band) for the video footage, which I then synchronized to the audio from the final CD mix. And special thanks to Rob Parton, whose JazzTech Big Band has been of the highest quality for decades, all the while promoting original compositions.

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Slow C Minor Blues
with Mutes
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Unaccompanied minor blues, using a harmon mute, plunger mute, and wearing Bolivian goat nails on the slide-hand.
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Uptempo Bluesy archival
mp3 file
RealAudio File
a clip from a live recording project
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Medium Up C Minor Blues

from
Jazz Band Big,
Adrien Re (Do Re Mi Studios SO90653137), 2018
mp3 file

from Adrien Re's The Full Bob a Loo
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Slow Bluesy, Plunger from
Jazz Band Big,
Adrien Re (Do Re Mi Studios SO90653137), 2018
mp3 file
excerpt

Metanoia (A Change of Heart)

Rubato Ballad

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RealAudio File

Melody and solis included: ballad shifting to jazz waltz (composed García).

 

Bass Trombone Solo/Ensemble Samples
Title Tempo/Style Recording Notes

"Hang" Time*

Medium Swing

Hot House, Eastman Jazz Ensemble (Mark MJS-57615), 1985
mp3 file
RealAudio File

a walking bass trombone line under a woodwind soli (composed García)

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Medium Rock studio sessions
mp3 file
RealAudio File
Assignment: "EDGE"! Taking the paint off the wall...

 

Piano Solo Samples
Title Tempo/Style Recording Notes

Before I Go

Ballad  

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RealAudio File

playing with the vibes in a "Chick Corea/Gary Burton" style (composed García)

 

Vocal Solo Samples
Title Tempo/Style Recording Notes

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Uptempo Samba

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RealAudio File

unison stop-time, original soli with trumpet

Cheese Blues

Medium Blues

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A spontaneous "vocalese" prompted by a middle-school student's suggested topic of "Cheese." (See video of same on Clinics page.)

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Medium Swing

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on the changes to Take the "A" Train

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Minor Blues

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excerpt

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Bebop Blues

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on the changes to Billie's Bounce

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Medium Up Swing

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on the changes to Sweet Georgia Brown

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Uptempo Bebop

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on Cherokee changes

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Medium Blues

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RealAudio File

taking choruses with a wonderfully interactive rhythm section

Gonna' Go Dancin'*

Medium Up Jazz Waltz

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mp3 file
RealAudio File

stop-time 3/4 solo (composed García)

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Shuffle Blues

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mp3 file

excerpt

NU's to You!

Medium Swing

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RealAudio File

groovin' with a few players (composed García)

 

Tenor Trombone and Vocal Solos Together
Title Tempo/Style Recording Notes

Antonio García Faculty
Jazz Recital 2021

wide variety!

concert video
(Use the player's gearwheel to choose hi-def video.)

PDF program

original compositions and jazz standards in swing, bebop, Latin, New Orleans, and other styles for combos, big bands, and more (an hour and a half)

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Medium Bebop

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RealAudio File

going back and forth from horn to voice

Samba Sin Palabras*

Medium Samba

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RealAudio File

vocal solo, then horn solo over montuno (earlier excerpt above has horn solo over tune's changes)
(composed García)

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