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Tenor
Trombone Solo Samples
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| Title |
Tempo/Style |
Recording |
Notes |
| Fast Friends |
Uptempo Bebop |
It Could Happen To You, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU 00100-5), 2002
mp3 file |
on Just Friends changes, with my then-VCU colleagues Mike Ess (guitar), Bob Hallahan (piano and composer), Victor Dvoskin (bass), and Howard Curtis (drums) |
| What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? |
Ballad |
A Time for Miracles, Volume Two, Children's Miracle Network Richmond, 2005
mp3 file |
with Thomas Wakefield (guitar) and Jon Cannon (bass) |
| The Core |
Uptempo Bebop |
A Joyful Noise, Virginia Commonwealth University (Mark Records 7324-MCD), 2008
mp3 file |
with my then-VCU colleagues Bob Hallahan (piano), Victor Dvoskin (bass), and Tony Martucci (drums) |
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Medium Swing |
 |
on Emily changes (sharing the stage with the Northern Illinos University Jazz Orchestra, directed by Dr. Roosevelt Griffin III) |
|
Medium Swing |
a YouTube playlist of virtual duets recorded separately by various artists with me
 |
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 Wycliffe Gordon, Russ Phillips, Al Hermann, Philip Jones, and Harry Watters; trumpeter Ingrid Jensen; and saxophonist Tom Christensen. |
| Struttin' With Some Barbecue |
Medium Up Traditional New Orleans Jazz |
 |
Halfway through my first chorus and into my second (sharing the stage with my friend Jamil Sharif, trumpet; Steve, piano; Ted, bass; and Doug, drums) at Mahogany Hall in New Orleans.
video courtesy Perry Francis |
| C Blues |
Medium Swing |
 |
Enjoying sharing the stage at my undergraduate alma mater while a clinician at the Loyola University Jazz Ensemble Festival in March 2026 with my mentor and friend Prof. John Mahoney (trombone, former Coordinator of Jazz Studies), one of the most lyrical trombonists I've ever heard. Colleagues there include Profs. Wes Anderson (alto), Jason Mingledorff (tenor), Gordon Towell (tenor, Coordinator of Jazz Studies), Nick Volz (trumpet), Matt Lemmler (piano), Ed Wise (bass), and guest Ronan Cowan (drums).
video courtesy Loyola University New Orleans |
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Medium Swing |
 |
on In a Mellow Tone changes (sharing the stage with Darren Kramer, trombone; Mike Kocour, piano; John Madere, bass; and Mike Brothers, drums)
video courtesy Darren Kramer |
Jumpin' at
the Westside* |
Medium Swing |
Fascinatin' Rhythm, JazzTech Big Band (ROPA Jazz 1033), 1997
mp3 file |
comm. by Dowling
HS Jazz Band (IA); based on Shiny Stockings & Satin Doll; opt funk section |
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A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
stop-time blues with a bridge (composed García) |
|
A Cappella Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file
|
stop-time rhythm changes in F, with harmon mute (excerpt) |
|
Uptempo
Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
with band |
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S.N.O.W.-Bliz Bop
|
Uptempo Bebop
|
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
stop-time bop solis,
based on Donna Lee (composed García)
|
|
Medium Up Bebop |
archival
mp3
file |
on Joy Spring changes |
|
Medium Waltz |
archival
mp3
file |
from Neil Gonsalves' Southern Skies and Lavender Blue |
|
Medium Bird Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
on Blues for Alice changes |
|
Medium Bird Blues |
 |
on Blues for Alice changes |
|
Medium Up Bebop |
archival
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
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 García, published in the formats of trombone soloist with orchestra or with piano reduction. |
Post-Polyposis 'Gnosis Blues
|
Multiphonic Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
(composed García, also playing hi-hat) |
|
Multiphonic Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
| Just A Closer Walk With Thee |
Multiphonic Ballad, then Traditional New Orleans Jazz |
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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) |
|
Contemporary Ballad Waltz |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
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Multiphonic Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
|
Home Is Where The Heart Is*
|
Ballad Swing
|
archival
mp3
file
|
The complete chart
is included (composed García)
|
|
New Orleans Plunger Ballad |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
| By the
Light of the Dawn* |
Bolero
(Latin ballad) |
live concert
video by the Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage
And here you can hear an excerpt of the version recorded in the studio by the band with me. |
The
complete chart (composed García) is included in the video, plus an excerpt in the mp3. The latter comes from the album YJED 2000 by the Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage. |
|
2-3 Clave Blues |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
|
Medium Samba |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
|
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|
Medium
Samba |
archival
|
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
|
archival
mp3
file
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
|
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
Most of the chart
is included. The solo picks up from the entrance of backgrounds (composed García).
|
|
Bossa Nova |
archival
mp3
file |
excerpt |
|
Funk |
archival
mp3
file |
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
 |
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
|
archival
mp3
file
|
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 |
archival
mp3
file
RealAudio File
|
Melody and solis
included: ballad shifting to jazz waltz (composed García). |
By Request
&
Diana
|
Medium Swing |
from
The International Jazz and Pop Harpfest opening concert, May 25, 1993
mp3
file
|
I composed "By Request" at the request of harpist Carrol McLaughlin for premiere at the 1993 International Jazz and Pop Harpfest that I co-hosted at Northern Illinois University. We debuted it as a duo (with my doubling on piano and trombone), performing it off of my lead sheet. We then continued with a David Palermo composition, "Diana." |
| Jitterbug Waltz |
Ballad, Medium Jazz Waltz |
mp3 file
|
I was asked to arrange a tune for String Orchestra, Rhythm Section, and Trombone Soloist to premiere at a Northern Illinois University scholarship benefit concert, soloing on its debut there on April 1, 1989. I recall that the wonderful Huntley Brown, then a student, was the pianist; and I believe my colleague Carl Roskott was the conductor. This was a live, direct-to-two-track recording. Some years later I again performed the chart under my friend Stephen Alltop's direction for another benefit concert. |
