Jazz Articles about Don Doane

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Don Doane and The Super Senior Sextet: Live on Maine Public Radio

by Dave Nathan
July 1, 2000

By the time this album was cut, Don Doane had come full circle. In 1961 he was teaching music in the Maine school system. Then Stan Kenton Orchestra came to town. At the urging of a fan, Kenton listened to tapes of Doane's trombone playing with the result that he urged Doane to go to New York to try his hand at earning a living as a professional musician. Over the next few years, Doane held a trombone chair with ...