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'Betto Debuts at IAJE Convention Trombonist Nelson Harrison Unveils His Icon At
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San Francisco Bay design firm, imajinnWEST and Pittsburgh native, Dr. Nelson Harrison have given 'birth' and the coming out party is the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention in NY this week. 'Betto is the alter ego designed by Principle Djinn Carl Lewis and spawned by the veteran trombonist of the Count Basie Orchestra's pocket trombone. The trombetto is a one-of-a-kind brass instrument conceived in 1980 by Dr. Harrison. Fitted with a trombone mouthpiece, which gives it the timbre of ...
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