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Stanford B Vincent
Began playing trombone as a teen, own group soon after; taught by John Coffee of the Boston Symphony; played in school, college, U.S. Army; introduced to traditional jazz by Ed and Jean Kittrell of their Chesapeake Jass Band and Chicago Stompers in the late '50s; member of the Jazz Doctors featuring banjoist Gil Roberts in '60s; founding and still active member of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band 1971, which has played throughout North America, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Western Europe and the Far East; performed our own arrangements with orchestras in this country and abroad; and recorded 55 albums including one nominated for a Grammy.
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"Few trombonists since J C Higginbothom have played with the raw, lusty, full bodied bray that Stan Vincent achieves." John S Wilson, High Fidelity.
"Especially noteworthy is the plunger work by Stan Vincent and Tony Pringle on East St. Louis Todddle-oo and a really sweet duet between trombone and clarinetist Billy Novick on Melodie au Crepescule."Jim Shearer, ITA Journal
