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All terrible and misconstrue-able puns and jokes aside, this is a jazz trombone post. To start off I'll go over the top jazz trombone brands. There's Shires, Conn-Selmer, King, Getzen, Bach and Yamaha. If there are any other brands that have good jazz trombones tell me in the comment section. So, there lots of horns to go over.
The good horn from S.E. Shires right now is the Michael Davis+. The bore size is 5.08" with a 7.75" bell. In this video you can see Michael Davis himself play the Michael Davis+. The video does a good job off showing off the trombone's greatness, especially with a great trombone player like Michael Davis to show it off.
The Conn-Selmer horns that are known to be the best and comparable to the King 2b and 3b are the Conn 4h and 6h the Conn 4h being at a 4.90" or 5.0" bore size and the 6h bore size is at a 5.08". The Conn 4h would be geared towards lead parts with a little bit of a brighter tone than the 6h. The 6h would be better for 2nd and 3rd parts.
Next is the King trombones. The kind of King trombone you want is a silver sonic or SGX. like I said in the past paragraph the King 2b is at a 4.90"/5.00" bore size and is geared a little bit more toward lead parts than the 3b and the 3b is more geared toward towards the 2nd and 3rd parts. If you are going to get a King the best horns are from 1945, if you could get one of those rare beauties then you are golden. Many reviews show that they haven't been making any as good trombones in the past years.
To continue is the coverage of the Getzen trombone. Getzen has been renown for its pure goodness along with shires horns. Their horn comes in a 5.00"/ 5.08" with a dual bore slide and 3 different lead pipes. I've been hearing about the Getzen horns for the past two years and I haven't heard anything bad about them so far.
Almost there, the Bach trombones! The best Bach jazz trombones are the Bach 12 and 16 Stradivarius's from the 60's and 70's. The 12 is at a 5.00" bore size and a 7 1/2" Bell. The 16 is at a 4.95"/5.08" dual bore and a 7 1/2" bell.
Lastly is the not as good(slightly biased) yamaha horns. I personally have a classical Xeno f-attachment large bore tenor trombone made in part by principal trombonist Larry Zalkind in the Utah Symphony Orchestra and I love it, but yamaha isn't known for their Jazz trombones. Alright I'll go easy on them, they make pretty good horns. Their jazz horns are YSL-897z and the YSL-891z trombones. The YSL-897z has a bore size of .484"/.490" and a 7 1/2 bell. It was designed by Andy Martin and Alastair Kay and was definitely made for upper range work.
Next is the King trombones. The kind of King trombone you want is a silver sonic or SGX. like I said in the past paragraph the King 2b is at a 4.90"/5.00" bore size and is geared a little bit more toward lead parts than the 3b and the 3b is more geared toward towards the 2nd and 3rd parts. If you are going to get a King the best horns are from 1945, if you could get one of those rare beauties then you are golden. Many reviews show that they haven't been making any as good trombones in the past years.
To continue is the coverage of the Getzen trombone. Getzen has been renown for its pure goodness along with shires horns. Their horn comes in a 5.00"/ 5.08" with a dual bore slide and 3 different lead pipes. I've been hearing about the Getzen horns for the past two years and I haven't heard anything bad about them so far.
Almost there, the Bach trombones! The best Bach jazz trombones are the Bach 12 and 16 Stradivarius's from the 60's and 70's. The 12 is at a 5.00" bore size and a 7 1/2" Bell. The 16 is at a 4.95"/5.08" dual bore and a 7 1/2" bell.
Lastly is the not as good(slightly biased) yamaha horns. I personally have a classical Xeno f-attachment large bore tenor trombone made in part by principal trombonist Larry Zalkind in the Utah Symphony Orchestra and I love it, but yamaha isn't known for their Jazz trombones. Alright I'll go easy on them, they make pretty good horns. Their jazz horns are YSL-897z and the YSL-891z trombones. The YSL-897z has a bore size of .484"/.490" and a 7 1/2 bell. It was designed by Andy Martin and Alastair Kay and was definitely made for upper range work.
The YSL-891z trombone bore size is at .508" and it has a bell diameter of 8" and was designed in part by Andy Martin again and Wycliffe Gordon. All in all, the people who helped create these trombones are all amazing musicians.
To end this blog post I'll leave you with this video featuring Andy Martin, Jim Pugh, Bill Reichenbach and Adam Machaskee with the US Army Blues Band. Make sure you get to 11:00 minutes, because if that isn't fun trombone section music then I don't know what is.
Thanks for reading, make sure to comment on this post on what your favorite instrument brand is personally, since I couldn't decide. Have a nice day.
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