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(Top) Modern B♭–F trombone; (bottom) tenor trombone (sackbut) by Jörg Neuschel, Nürnberg, 1557, in the Anthony Baines Collection
Wind instruments of the Western orchestra
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Glenn Miller, c. 1940.
Glenn Miller
American composer and musician
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
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Willie Colón
American musician
Dicky Wells
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Kid Ory and his band
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J.J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson
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Albert Mangelsdorff
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Teagarden, Jack
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