The Trombone Kings

The Trombone Kings: Joe Wulf Meets Dan Barrett, George Masso, Roy Williams

by Jack Bowers
September 25, 2003

In December 1999, four world-class trombonists presented a spectacular concert at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, Germany, and a few weeks later they gathered in a nearby studio to record this equally impressive album of colorful mainstream Jazz. The ringleader, Joe Wulf, hails from Germany; his playing partners are Englishman Roy Williams and two Americans, Dan Barrett and George Masso. With help from saxophonists Pierre Paquette and Hans Zähringer, trumpeter Peter Lange and a congenial rhythm section they underscore the exhilarating ...