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
Jazz band earlier periods of jazz, a bass saxophone was used as a bass line instrument, though this is far less common today. The trombone section consists of three tenor trombones and one bass trombone. The trumpet section consists of four trumpets, though some compositions and arrangements call for five trumpets. A trumpet player may sometimes double on a flugelhorn. The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. This instrument made its first appearance in the 19th century, being played at orchestras. When involved with jazz, most tubas are played outdoors. Tuba players are generally called "Jazz tubists." Jazz violin is