Baritone horn of his three solos (the other two involving a valved trombone and a trumpet) in a live performance of his song "Great Guns". Japanese free-improvisation trumpeter Toshinori Kondo has played baritone horn on some dates and recordings (e.g., "Jazz Bunker"), as has saxophonist Ralph Carney (e.g., "Night on Earth") Baritone horn The baritone horn, or sometimes just called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family. It is a piston-valve brass instrument with a bore that is mostly conical, like the flugelhorn and alto (tenor) horn, but is narrower than the conical bore of the euphonium. It uses
The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane The Ray Draper Quintet featuring John Coltrane is the second album by tuba player Ray Draper recorded in 1957 and released on the New Jazz label. Scott Yanow of Allmusic reviewed the album, stating "Draper had ambitious dreams of making the tuba a major jazz solo instrument; the tuba/tenor front line is an unusual and generally successful sound... One does admire Draper's courage, and it is a pity that he hardly recorded at all after 1960 because he had strong potential". The All About Jazz review by Douglas Payne stated "Even though Draper's