Chronological Order
List of Authentic Trombone Players Related to
the New Orleans Jazz Style
Research and Compilation by Jasper van Pelt
To complete the Trombone list to add or change names/dates or any information please contact me!
Sources:
The Song for Me – Brian Wood
Frederick H. Sayles
redhotjazz
hurricanebrassband
Click On Names for More Information And Sometimes Sound Clips.
Tromboneplayers with unknown dates for me!
To complete the Trombone list to add or change names/dates or any information please contact me!
John Anderson
Keith “Wolf” Anderson
Morris (Maurice) Arceneaux
Jules Barnes
Roland Cayette
Octave “Big Belly Fob” Clements
Boo Boo Fortunea
Frank Gibbs
Sam Head
Clarence “Frogman” Henry
Ronell Johnson
Lawrence Jules
Foster “Forstair” Lewis
Lawrence Martin
Kenneth Maxwell
Freddie “Boo Boo” Miller
Edward Pack
Joe Smith
Mark Brooks
Rick Trolsen
Archie Robinson
Pierre Anderson
Aaron Clark
Ulyss Cack Riley
Henry Brunies
Merritt Brunies
Steve Johnson
Bill Bardin
Edward Love
Jim Mathews
Sam Williams
Freddie Thompson
Jules Cassard
Henry Brunies
Buster Moore
Louis Rodriguez
George Barth
Freddie Miller
Paul Cinquemano
Arthur Stevens
Russ Papalia
John Mayfield
Charlie Green
Al Gande
Fayette Williams
Frank Netto
Harvey Lankford
Ricky ‘Cougar’ Nelson
Jeff Albert
Tom Steptoe
Arthur Stevens
Hugh Watts
Ronell Williams
William “Willie” Young
Ambrose
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| Anthony Page | b pre-1861 | d 1905 |
| Baptiste Delisle | b 4/20/1868 | d.1920 |
| Dave Perkins | b 1868 | d 1926 |
| Ed Jones | b 1869? | d ? |
| Boulboul Augustat | b 1870 | d 1924 |
| Buddy Johnson | b 1870 | d 1927 |
| Boudoul Valentine | b 1870 | d 1924 |
| Tom Landry | b 1870 | d ? |
| George Filhe a.k.a. Fields | b 11/13 1872 | d 1954 |
| Vic Gaspard | b 4/14/1875 | d 4/271957 |
| Willie Cornish | b 8/1/1875 | d 1/11/1942 |
| John Pendleton | b 1875? | d ? |
| Leonard Bechet | b 4/25/1877 | d 3/9/52 |
| Arthur ‘Yank’ Johnson | b 1878 | d 1938 |
| Albert Paddio | b 1879? | d ? |
| Eddie Vincent | b 7/3/1879 | d 10/23/1935 |
| Ricky Toms | b 1880 | d ? |
| Frank Keeling | b 1880 | d ? |
| Ulysses Jackson | b 1880 | d ? |
| Bill Sr. Gallaty | b 11/9/1880 | d 9/29/1943 |
| Octave Brown | b 1880? | d ? |
| Joseph "Joe" Petit | b 1880 | d 1946 |
| Frankie Duson | b 1881 | d 4/1/1936 |
| William Bebé Ridgley | b 1/15/ 1882 | d 5/28/1961 |
| Bernard “Benny” Raphael | b 1883 | d ? |
| Hamilton ‘Hamp’ Benson | b 1885 | d ? |
| Charles ‘Sunny’ Henry | b 11/171885 | d 1/7/60 |
| Albert Carroll | b 1885 | d 1910 |
| Ernest Kelly | b 1886 | d 1927 |
| George Sr. Schilling | b 4/26/1886 | d 2/28/1964 |
| Charlie Christian | b 7/25/1886 | d 11/7/1964 |
| Edward ‘Kid’Ory | b 12/25/1886 | d 1/13/73 |
| Peter Bocage | b 8/4/1887 | d 12/3/67 |
| Tom Brown (white) | b 6/3/1888 | d 3/25/1958 |
| Oscar ‘Chicken’ Henry | b 6/8/1888 | d ? |
| Gustave ‘Gus’ Fontenette | b 12/15/1888 | d 1967 |
| Harrison Brazlee | b 10/25/1888 | d 11/?/54 |
| Leonce Mello | b 1888 | d 1941 |
| Jack Carey | b 1889 | d 1935 |
| Edward Atkins | b 10/15/1889 | d 1928 |
| Harrison Barnes | b 1/13/1889 | d 1960 |
| Henry Sawyer | b 1890? | d ? |
| Dan Moody | b 1890 | d 1959 |
| Marcus Kahn | b 1890 | d 1946 |
| Musterfer “Moses” Johnson | b 1890 | d ? |
| Ovette Jackson | b 1890? | d ? |
| Arthur Campbell | b 1890 | d 1941 |
| Maurice French | b 1890 | d ? |
| Joe Black | b 1890? | d ? |
| Albert Warner | b 12/31/1890 | d 9/10/1966 |
| Wellman Braud | b 1/25/1891 | d 10/29/1966 |
| Isaiah Robinson | b 3/16/1891 | d 10/8/1962 |
| ‘Zue’ Alvin Robertson | b 3/7/1891 | d 1943 |
| Eddie Edwards | b 5/22/1891 | d 4/91963 |
| Joe Avery | b 10/3/1892 | d 12/91955 |
| Nathan ‘Jim’ Robinson | b 12-25-1892 | d 5/4/1976 |
| Raymond Brown | b 1892 | d 1940 |
| Royal ‘Roy’ Palmer | b 4/2/1892 | d 12/22/1963 |
| Benny Deichmann | b 1893 | d 1/13/1939 |
| August Rousseau | b 1894 | d 1956 |
| John Lindsay | b 8/23/1894 | d 7/3/1950 |
| Honoré Dutrey | b 5/22/ 1894 | d 7/21/1935 |
| Ambrose Powers | b 1895? | d ? |
| Gus Metcalf | b 1895? | d 1929? |
| Bob Aquilera | b 1895 | d 2/27/1945 |
| Willie Edwards | b 1895 | d ? |
| Alonzo Crombie | b 1895 | d ? |
| Joe ‘Red’ Clark | b 2/12/1895 | d 11/30/1960 |
| Jules Cassard | b 1895 | d ? |
| Emile Christian | b 4/20/1895 | d 12/31/1973 |
| Gil Duhé | b 1895 | d ? |
| George Washington | b 1896 | d 1942 |
| Dr. Alton Ochsner | b 1896 | d ? |
| Eddie Morris | b 7/19/1896 | d 1962 |
| Milton Martin | b 11/24/1896 | d 1977 |
| Mel Berry | b 1897 | d 1929 |
| Avery Loposer | b 1898 | d ? |
| Charles Hartmann | b 7/1/1898 | d ? |
| Albert Jackson | b 3/13/1898 | d 3/3/1978 |
| Bob Thomas | b 1898 | d 2/26/1960 |
| Rapp “Guyé” Butler | b 1898 | d 1931 or 1942 |
| Henry Knecht | b 1898 | b 7/21/1968 |
| Bill Matthews | b 5/9/1899 | d 6/3/1964 |
| John Mullen | b 1900 | d ? |
| Frank Jacquet | b 1900 | d ? |
| Joe ‘Red’ Margiotta | b 1900 | d ? |
| George Morris | b 1900 | d ? |
| Wilbur de Paris | b 1/11/1900 | d 1/3/1973 |
| Preston Jackson | b 4/29/1902 | d 11/12/1983 |
| George Brunies | b 2/6 /1902 | d 11/19/1974 |
| Earl Humphrey | b 9/9/1902 | d 6/26/1971 |
| Louis Nelson | b 9/17/1902 | d 4/5/1990 |
| John Thomas | b 9/18/1902 | d 11/17/1971 |
| Santo Pecora | b 3/31/1902 | d 5/29/1984 |
| James H. “Jimmy” Archey | b 10/12/ 1902 | d 11/16/1967 |
| Eddie Summers | b 9/15/1903 | d 10/27/1977 |
| Jim Benarby | b 1904 | d 1926 |
| Ellis Stratakos | b 12/1/1904 | d 1/25/1961 |
| Eddie Pierson | b 8/1/1904 | d 12/17/1958 |
| Paul Evans | b 10/18/1904 | d 8/29/1928 |
| Robert “Buster” Moore | b 8/5/1905 | d 10/24/1966 |
| Irving “Cajun” Verret | b 1906 | d ? |
| Jay C. Higgenbotham | b 5/11/1906 | d 5/26/1973 |
| Al Wynn | b 7/29/1907 | d 1972 |
| Julian Laine | b 1907 | d 9/7/1957 |
| Worthia “Showboy” Thomas | b 2/26/1907 | d 8/8/1994 |
| Carroll “Cal” Blunt | b 2/171908 | d 1/?/1970 |
| Joe Harris | b 1909 | d ? |
| Homer Eugene | b 6/16/1914 | d 6/7/1998 |
| Bob Astor | b 10/5/1915 | d ? |
| Cement Tervalon | b 11/13/1915 | d 12/2/1989 |
| John Ewing | b 1/19/1917 | |
| Joe Rotis | b 10/30/1917 | d 4/24/1965 |
| Waldron ‘Frog’ Joseph | b 9/12/1918 | d 9/19/2004 |
| Tom Ebbert | b 9/19/1919 | |
| Wendell Eugene | b 10/12/1923 | |
| Angelo “Bubby” Castigliola | b 8/28/1924 | |
| Paul Crawford | b 2/16/1925 | d 7/30/1996 |
| William J. “Bill” Crais | b 6/20/1927 | d 5/26/1986 |
| Lou “Red Blunt” Sino | b 1933 | d 7/30/1986 |
| Frank Demond | b 4/3/1933 | |
| Awood “Magic” Johnson | b 1930 | d 8/11/1993 |
| Jack Delaney | b 8/271930 | d 9/22/1975 |
| Louis “Lou” Scioneaux | b 1931 | d 1986 |
| James Jr. Crawford | b 1934 | |
| Maynard Chatters | b 1935 | |
| Eddie Noble | b 3/26/1937 | |
| Gerald Joseph | b 1940 | |
| Frank Naundorf | b 1940 | |
| Layton Martens | b 1943 | d 3/18/2000 |
| Lester Caliste jr. | b 8/13/1947 | |
| Scott Hill | b 10/7/1947 | |
| Frederic Lonzo | b 8/20/1950 | |
| Charles Joseph | b 1955 | |
| Lucien Barbarin | b 7/17/1956 | |
| Robert Harris | b1958 | |
| Eddie ‘Boh’ Parish | b 11/3/1962 | |
| Craig Klein | b 1964 | |
| Mark Mullins | b 1964 | |
| Wycliffe Gordon | b 5/29/1967 | |
| Revert Andrews | b 1975 | |
| Stephen Walker | b 1975? | |
| Corey Henry | b 1976 | |
| Joseph Williams | b 1982 | d 8/3/2004 |
| Troy Andrews | b 1986 |