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I was chatting with a longtime friend last night who is a fellow trombonist and we were trying to take inventory of current professional bass trombonists who still play with a dependent valve setup. Classical or Jazz.

I know Yeo and Pagano are retired, and Pagano eventually switched to independent. Dave Taylor still uses dependent, right? Any others? Thanks.

Bill Reichenbach.
I think he uses both.

I think Dave Taylor also uses both - I saw a picture of him with a dependant Thayer horn recently.

JS

Angus Butt is on a 502D.

Isn’t Randy Campora of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra still playing on a dependent setup?

Crazy4Tbone86 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:26 am Isn’t Randy Campora of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra still playing on a dependent setup?

Last I heard he got an indy 454.

John Rojak

My friend Chuck Morris here in Boston plays a dependent axial set. He puts up a lot of overdub videos of his arrangements on youtube. Great player.

Bob Sanders in LA.

Pierre Beaudry of the Montreal Symphony.

I played dependents professionally for about 10 years, and I play single valve a lot now.

Micha Davis of the Israel Philharmonic plays single valve.

I think Andy Chapelle of the Minnesota Orchestra played dependents for a while.

There are a number of great freelancers in NYC who play dependent:
- Max Seigel plays various dependents.
- James Rogers plays a dependent Holton (if I'm up to date).
- Bill Whitaker was in the pit of Phantom on Broadway with a dependent Holton mostly.

Also, I'm pretty sure when Mick Mulcahy moves over to the bass trombone chair in the Chicago Symphony he plays a Bach with dependent Thayers.

hornbuilder wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2024 12:39 pm John Rojak

I love his first CD, have heard the Lebedev so many times...

Others with dependent basses:

Alan Kaplan usually plays a 62h and he is great on bass. I think some of the other LA people also play 62h or basses in that general flavor.

Quite a few UK people play dependent basses. I heard Septura Brass 1.5 years ago and the bass trombonist sounded great on his 62h.

In Germany I don't know any orchestral bass trombonists right now who play dependent, but a lot of the jazz and bigband guys do.

UK, yes!

Josh Cirtina of the Royal Philharmonic is now a Shires artist, playing dependent rotors.

Thanks, everyone, for your input. Very helpful.

Doesn't George Flynn play an original 62H?

sf105 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2024 10:54 am Doesn't George Flynn play an original 62H?

When I've seen him, yes.

Hans Ströcker from the Vienna Philharmonic played dependent axials on a MV bell for a long time. Switched to independent a few years ago.