Medical Corner
by Edward A Wolff

Information on congenital defects of the chest wall, itis symptoms and treatment options, and itis effect on trombone playing.

How Can I Say It Clearer? Just How Do You GO About Getting That Great Sound?
by Jay Friedman

Advice on various aspects of performance. Includes thoughts on Bolero.

Lieska Brass Week
by Karl Hinterbichler

A summary of the events at the Lieska Brass Week 1997 in Lieska, Finland.

OK! Bigger Really IS Better: A Report on the 1997 International Trombone Festival
by George Broussard

A summary of the events at the 1997 International Trombone Festival. Includes a review of several performances by the artists and chamber groups.

Keith Brown Retires
by Ted Hale

A summary of Brown's career. Includes a discography.

Trombone Myth Busters No. 2: Rossini Wrote the William Tell Overture for Valve Trombones - Not!!!
by Ken Shifrin

Historical perspective on performance of William Tell Overture.

Remembering "Butter"
by Chris Moncelli

A brief biography of jazz trombonist Bobby Burgess. Includes a discography.

A Concord Jazz Christmas
Jeannie (piano, vocal) and Jimmy Cheatham (bass trombone) and the Sweet Baby Blues Band; Rob McConnell (vavlve trombone) Trio (Concord Jazz)

Amuse-Guele
Quatuor de Cuivres de Fribourg (Marcophon)

Brass Surround
Millar Brass Ensemble (Delos)

British Trombone Concertos
Christian Lindberg, trombone (BIS)

Charles Argersinger: Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and San Diego Symphony Orchestra (Arizona Univiersity Recordings)

Concertin' Brass
Philharmonic Brass Luzern (Marcophon)

Fujitsu - Concord 26th Jazz Festival
Charlie Byrd & Special Guests (Concord Jazz)

Patchwork
Svan Berggen, trombone, voice (Phono Suecia)

Song and Dance
Rhythm and Brass (D'Note Classics)

Velvet & Brass
Mel Tormé - Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass (Concord Jazz)

Ad Te Clamamus, from "Salve Regina"
Georg Reutter, transcribed by Christian Lindberg, dynamics and ornaments by Ken Shifrin, and figured bass realization by Richard and Elizabeth Raum (Virgo Music Publishers)

Concertino
Alan Ridout (Emerson Ltd., and Theodore Presser)

Conditions of a Solitary Bird
Lawrence Borden (International Trombone Association Manuscript Press)

French Music for Low Brass instruments: An Annotated Bibliography
J. Mark Thompson and Jeffrey Jon Lemke (Indiana University Press)

Intrada Fering
Ulrich Dittmar (Editions Marc Reift)

Reflections and Rattledance
John Cheetham (ITA Press)

Slavonic Dance No.8, Op.46
Antonin Dvorák, arr. Dale Hedding (Wehr's Music House)

Sonata in F major, Op.1 No.12
George Frederic Handel arr. Douglas Yeo (International Music Company)

Variations on Barnacle Bill, the Sailor
Steven Frank (Kagarice Brass Editions)

What Saith My Dainty Darling
Thomas Morely, transcribed by Richard Chenowith (Wehr's Music House)