The jazz trumpet dates back to Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke. The saxophone can be traced to Sidney Bechet and Frankie Trumbauer. And the piano dates back to Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton. As for the jazz trombone, it starts with Miff Mole. [Photo above of Miff Mole]
Mole is arguably the pioneer of the solo jazz trombone style. Born in New Yor…
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