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(Top) Modern B♭–F trombone; (bottom) tenor trombone (sackbut) by Jörg Neuschel, Nürnberg, 1557, in the Anthony Baines Collection Wind instruments of the Western orchestra
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Also Known As posaune

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(Top) Modern B♭–F trombone; (bottom) tenor trombone (sackbut) by Jörg Neuschel, Nürnberg, 1557, in the Anthony Baines Collection
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Glenn Miller, c. 1940.
Glenn Miller
American composer and musician
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey
American musician
Willie Colón
Willie Colón
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Dicky Wells
American musician
Kid Ory and his band
Kid Ory
American musician
J.J. Johnson
J.J. Johnson
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Albert Mangelsdorff
German musician
Teagarden, Jack
Jack Teagarden
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