Jazz

Eddie Bert

I tried to sound like a tenor sax because the tenor sax plays more melody. The melodic content of the tenor is better than the trombone?and Lester Young he started the whole trend. Beginning with ...
The Boston Globe

Eddie Bert; played trombone in jazz clubs, on Broadway

NEW YORK — Eddie Bert, a jazz trombonist whose virtuosity and versatility allowed him to fit comfortably in a wide range of musical contexts, from the infectious swing of Benny Goodman to the wild ...
The News-Times

Trombone legend Eddie Bert dies in Danbury

DANBURY -- Trombonist Eddie Bert loved to play so much that, if he had a free night, he would sit in with student musicians. During Bert's more than 70 years as a trombonist, though, free nights were ...
Jazz

Eddie Bert

Trombonist Eddie Bert's career spans nearly seven decades of Jazz, from big bands to bebop and beyond. In addition to being a Jazz musician who's played with one and all, he's been a regular in ...