A lengthy 1991 "Academy of Achievement" interview with Wynton Marsalis If you like him, you'll enjoy this. If you don't like Wynton, well, you should read it anyway.
The Pantheon of Jazz Trombonists
Dirk Ludigkeit's site is EXCELLENT. Spend some time there.
An interview with Art Baron (former Duke Ellington trombonist) on the art and craft of using the plunger.
An interview with Steve Turre, modern jazz trombone master.
An interview with Conrad Herwig.
The Online Trombone Journal's Ten Questions with Robin Eubanks
Another Ten Questions article, this time with former Blues Brother's trombonist Tom "Bones" Malone.
Malone gives some very clear insights into the modern "scene" and has an excellent list of 10 rules to live by as a musician.
MFs Anonymous
This site is the source of the Miles Davis Mailing List, for people who are really into Miles. There's some good Miles links here too.
The 75th Anniversary Charlie Parker Discography
for Bird nuts only.
The official site for A Great Day in Harlem
This was a 1958 Esquire magazine photograph of 57 jazz musicians which has since become a much-loved film of the same name.
A lengthy 1991 "Academy of Achievement" interview with Wynton Marsalis
If you like him, you'll enjoy this. If you don't like Wynton, well, you should read it anyway.
Music Boulevard's J. J. Johnson info center
The Intelligent Music Network's page on J. J.
The Jazz Profiles radio show's Internet summary of their show on J. J.
A 1997 Christian Science Monitor article on J. J.
The Verve Interactive site on J. J.'s recent album, The Brass Orchestra
Music Life's page on J. J.
The Indianapolis Indy Jazz Legends bio on J. J.
The Centaurian- A Home Page for John Updike Information and Discussion
Apostrophe City- Rules and Guidelines
Wav Central: The Audio, Multimedia, Sound Database
Useful Web Sites for Communications
This site has some sound clips of J. J. speaking.
This site has an enormous image of the cover of his album Vivian.Links to other Jazz Trombonist's Sites
Pete McGuinness
Other Interesting Sites
John Updike is possibly America's most honored living writer.
Doe's it ever bother you when people put apostrophe's in all the wrong place's?
Did the above sentence not bother you at all? Better visit this link.
This site has lots of nifty sound clips from movies, TV, commercials, etc., many of which are great to use for your PC's sound prompts.
If you're like me and you sometimes need to refresh your knowledge of the English language and written communications, you'll find this site of links VERY helpful.Back to Christo's Home Page