Jazz Articles about Manhattan Bones

Manhattan Bones: Tribute

by Michael P. Gladstone
November 18, 2005

Calling all trombone enthusiasts! This septet includes four trombonists and devotes most of this album as an homage to jazz trombone moments of the past. Beginning life in Southern Maine as the “Maine Bones," this group gravitated to New York, took on a new identity, went through various personnel changes, and presents a tribute to trombone masters on its first album.

In addition to two original compositions by Scott Reeves, the album revisits J.J. Johnson's “Shutter-bug" from his ...