I'm not really a guy that buys albums (have a hard time listening to music much of the time!), but here's some solid stuff-Neptune wrote:I got a PT-60 with a view to playing the travel tuba as substitute cimbasso, so that may do? Can you recommend any good recordings to listen to jazz bass trombonists?Bob Kolada wrote:Jonathan, you should plug in a shallower mp, listen to some jazz bass trombonists to get a feel, and get yourself some big band action! I still wouldn't pay anything near what they cost but as long as you got it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtpIaBCisto
Ben van Dijk and Brandt Attema have some great recordings on youtube (each has a channel). It's not super jazzy but both of them, particularly Ben, have very sing-y, somewhat brighter sounds that I get a jazz vibe from. Brandt has a bit more jazzy stuff and contra on youtube than Ben, as well as a lovely Bruckner arrangement (Locus Iste) for 4 horns, tenor, and contrabass trombone.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BenBasstrombone
http://www.youtube.com/user/brandtattema
Mattis Cederberg (forgot his user name on here!) had some cool stuff on bass trombone and cimbasso-
http://www.youtube.com/user/cimbassonista
And of course, anything with Dave Taylor!
I would conceptualize your travel tuba in a jazz idiom as some sort of bass/contrabone/cimbasso mix. You -might- try a smaller mouthpiece than the 60 for big band stuff- I wouldn't go any bigger than a contrabass trombone mouthpiece. Think powerful, brighter, and don't be afraid of some edge.
Some trombone quartet or quintet playing would be a lot of fun, a good testing ground, and easier to get together.