Robert Trowers

Who is Robert Trowers?

Robert Trowers is a jazz trombonist who has recorded two albums and performed with The Count Basie Orchestra, Randy Weston and George Gee.

Robert Trowers was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1957. His family contained many musicians and lovers of the art form. This fostered a love of and appreciation for music at an early age. After the mandatory piano lessons during early childhood, he developed an interest in the trombone from listening to the music of the "swing era". Among the bands that sparked his interest in jazz were those of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw.

The trombonists that first gave him an idea of the possibilities of the instrument were Laurence Brown, "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Tyree Glenn, Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller and Jack Teagarden. Later, he became enamored of the "bebop" school of playing, particularly the work of J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland, Curtis Fuller, and Frank Rosolino.

During his college years, Mr. Trowers played in numerous professional - level bands in and around New York. He was a member of Jaki Byard's "Apollo Stompers" during their Monday night appearances at New York's "Ali's Alley" in the late '70's.