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Hello everyone! I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd ask you fine folks a question. Who would you all consider to be the Top 5 Tuba/Bass Trombone duos in the world of orchestra? And I do mean all time, if that's even possible. The reason I ask is not to invoke some sort of "My list is WAAAAAY better than yours!" argument, but to rather find some recordings of great low brass sections playing some great literature and go out and buy them. I guess I could have put low brass sections, but maybe this would be better..or worse. I'll soon find out. The only one I could think of was Jacobs and Kleinhammer. Thanks and have a great evening!

Ralph

It's like trying to name the top five polka bands hailing from the island of Guam. You are lucky to find any. (I used to live on Guam, so I know.)

There aren't any regularly performing low brass duos that I can think of, except, as you said, the bass bone player and the tubist in a symphony orchestra. Only, most of the bass bone players I worked with weren't interested in that sort of thing.

I think you guys are missing Ralph's intent with his post. I believe he is referring to tuba & bass trombone combos in current & past orchestral low brass sections. He starts the list off with Jacobs & Kleinhammer. And what a duo that was! He is asking us to add to the list. Every professional orchestra has a tuba & bass bone duo. Admittedly, few, if any, can match Jacobs & Kleinhammer.

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TubaRay wrote:I think you guys are missing Ralph's intent with his post. I believe he is referring to tuba & bass trombone combos in current & past orchestral low brass sections. He starts the list off with Jacobs & Kleinhammer. And what a duo that was! He is asking us to add to the list. Every professional orchestra has a tuba & bass bone duo. Admittedly, few, if any, can match Jacobs & Kleinhammer.

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Thanks, Ray.

I haven't heard them in person yet; but I suspect Harwood and Baer can rock the house in New York. And, of course, there's Vernon and Pokorny.

I like Vernon and Pokorny. But it's too hard to compare. There's also Herring and Campbell and Yeo and Roylance etc. There is no answer

Easty621 wrote:I like Vernon and Pokorny. But it's too hard to compare. There's also Herring and Campbell and Yeo and Roylance etc. There is no answer

And that's the point! There is NO definitive answer. Only a list. That's all I wish for. Thank you to all who have replied!

Ralph

I like Vernon and Pokorny, but i really liked symphony fantastique which was Ed Kleinhammer And Arnold Jacobs with the CSO. Im pretty sure it was them, but whoever was on that recording was still good.

Last night with the Atlanta Symphony, Mike Moore and the Bass Trombonist (don't know the name, it wasn't the regular guy) sounded REALLY good together on Tchaikovsky's 6th. Probably the best blend of Tuba and Bass Trombone I've ever heard.

Doug "who admits that the crowd applauded after the 3rd movement because it Really Was That Good"