Comments:
Man, this is a great site! I will definitely frequent this place. BRING US MORE...MORE...MORE! I can't get enough of JJ! Before I leave, I have a question for you and other visitors...why did they change the cover for "Four Trombones"? The cover that's on the CD isn't the original that was on the album. "Keep Slidin' in Style"

REPLY: Album covers frequently changed over the years. Who knows the reason for all the changes- most of them were probably marketing decisions, and I'm sure the artists had no input on the choices. Take At the Opera House for example. I lik the old cover much better than the newer one- C.

Leif Hokanson - 07/28/00 16:26:29
My Email:Leif6773@aol.com
City, Country: Naperville, IL
Are you a trombonist?: no (elite rhythm master)
If so, jazz or classical?: N/A

Comments:
Nice job on the site. I'm proud to say you are my bro. Site needs a bigger pic of you on there for all to see, though.

Terry Wright - 07/18/00 22:41:00
My Email:teejay@sympatico.ca
City, Country: Belleville,Ont.Canada
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
It is great to have a site, dedicated to jazz trombone. With JJ as our mentor, and, you in charge of it, there is no where to go but up. Well done.

Brooks Barnes - 07/12/00 16:16:55
My Email:skoorb59@hotmail.com
City, Country: Ann Arbor, MI
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:


Marty Nichols - 07/11/00 21:36:00
My Email:marnichols@yahoo.com
City, Country: Rockledge FL
Are you a trombonist?: Yas
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
Hi Christo! took the test and failed! How ya doin? I quit the tbone list, the jj list and the dixie list. Never been happier. I played a great dixie session in March with Al Stevens, pno, Punch Thomas, cornet and a good rythm sect. I still practice though. Maybe fame will come late!? Love ya cause you play bone! Later.

Eric Bernreuter - 07/11/00 20:34:54
My Email:ebernreuter@costargroup
City, Country: Chicago
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz, but I work on classical from time to time

Comments:
Loved your site, Chris. Haven't looked at all of it yet. I'm very impressed! Will visit again...

Terrence Wright - 07/06/00 18:34:17
My Email:teejay@sympatico.ca
City, Country: Belleville,Ont.,Canada
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: jazz

Comments:
Love the sight, looking forward to the advice from the pro's that is being set up. How is JJ doing, and, is his Method book still on track? Admire what you are doing for the trombonists around the world.
REPLY: Terry, thanks for all your nice comments. J.J.'s Method Book is in fine-tuning mode at Hal Leonard, as I understand. Word through the grapevine is that it's a massive and inspired effort by our hero. Stay tuned......
Richard Savitski - 06/21/00 13:00:35
My Email:rsavitski@mail.com
City, Country: Dexter, MI USA
Are you a trombonist?: No, Trumpet
If so, jazz or classical?: Both

Comments:
Your site looks great. I caught BOPO at the A2 Summer Festival and you guys sounded fantastic!! And to think I jammed with you under the distinguished direction of Morris Lawrence Jr. I wish you the best of luck in the future and hope to see/hear you agai , soon. Rich Savitski

Micah Everett - 06/20/00 17:18:27
My URL:http://micaheverett.tripod.com
My Email:meverett@tecinfo.com
City, Country: Cleveland, MS USA
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: classical mainly, jazz wannabe

Comments:
Christo, No worries about the lip -- I was just making sure. The word "stigmata" never really came to mind, though. :-) I'm working on the picture thing, too. Cool site. -Micah

Terry Wright - 06/13/00 13:37:02
My Email:teejay@sympatico.ca
City, Country: Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: jazz

Comments:
Keep up the great work. By the way, I would love an autographed photo of you, for my music stand. Terry Wright 22-l79 Herchimer Ave. Belleville, Ontario Canada K8N 4G7

JR Shade - 06/13/00 03:28:14
My Email:IBJR13@AOL.com
City, Country: Columbus/OH/US
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:


Terry Wright - 06/11/00 20:16:46
My Email:teejay@sympatico.ca
City, Country: Belleville, Ontario,Canada
Are you a trombonist?: In 7 positions
If so, jazz or classical?: jazz

Comments:
Great to see a site, of importance to all trombonists, jazzers or not. Great to see our heroes of the sliphorn given their recognition. Enjoy the site

Dennis Kitchen - 05/29/00 01:39:46
My Email:dennisk@erie.net
City, Country: Edinboro PA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz Wannabe

Comments:
Hi Chris, Been awhile since we've talked. Are you coming back to the JJ list any time soon? You may remember, I teach middle school band. Our high school band recently had its Spring Jazz Concert and brought in clinician/soloist Richard Shanklin. The ban played one of his, called Chris-tal Clear. Introduced it as having been written for his good friend, trombonist extraodinaire Chris Smith. He had to split right after he played, so I didn't get to ask him -- dedicated to you? Dennis

Big D - 05/25/00 07:28:31
My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/bigdscott
My Email:darnellscott@icqmail.com
City, Country: Lancaster, PA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:
Great page Christo!

Allen Robnett - 05/24/00 23:10:36
My Email:AlRobnett@aol.com
City, Country: Gallatin, TN
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
Especially liked the sound clips, though the site Flying Home was not available. Great Job. Allen
REPLY: That clip has been fixed- C.
Andrew Custer - 02/09/00 02:15:49
My Email:Sacuster@ameritech.net
City, Country: Ann Arbor, USA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:


Ruedi Neeracher - 01/11/00 08:15:42
My URL:http://www.neeracher.com
My Email:r.neeracher@bluewin.ch
City, Country: Switzerland
Are you a trombonist?: at least I pretend to be one...
If so, jazz or classical?: whatever they let me play

Comments:
I enjoyed your site very much. How about some details about your horn/mp for the equipment junkies (like me)? greetings form swiss mountains Ruedi

Gary Haendiges - 08/16/99 06:00:57
My Email:tenortbn@aol.com
City, Country: Huntington Beach, USA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: both, plus salsa, rock, ska, etc...

Comments:
I loved the J.J. Johnson album cover gallery (I got the URL from the JJ List). You did not have a "home" button anywhere on that page, though, so I couldn't check out the rest of your site. :-(


Marty Nichols - 08/11/99 17:31:07
My Email:nichols1@excelonline.com
City, Country: Rockledge FL
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
I thoroughly enjoyed the Chicago Jazz Band show in Daytona and it was good to meet you and chat between sets. It is a resourceful band and capable of appearing in this "high performance venue." The band won the audience "over" rather than as individual pe formers. This was apparent when the band received a standing ovation and a curtain call after your finale. While looking at my jj albums I noticed I have a couple that are not on your Album Covers page: "Trombone and Voices" and "Touch of Satin." I wondered if you were aware of the "Trombone and Voices" album on Columbia. Catch you later.

Allen Robnett - 08/11/99 14:16:03
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
Fabulous, Christo, Keep it up!

Jeff Adams - 07/19/99 13:25:14
My URL:http://members.aol.com/neobopr/neobopr.html
My Email:neobopr@aol.com
City, Country: Millersville, MD
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Both

Comments:
I've been here before but had some time to listen to some of the clips this time--sounds good man! Thanks for defending Sara, I was just getting ready to do the same. J

Mike Hall - 07/14/99 21:54:36
My Email:Mike.Hall@juno.com
City, Country: Ypsilanti, MI
Are you a trombonist?: still working at it
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:
Love the album covers, Chris! What a great idea. Don't have time to look at everything right now but I'll come back.

Mike Hall - 07/14/99 21:46:51
My Email:Mike.Hall@juno.com
City, Country: Ypsilanti, MI
Are you a trombonist?: perhaps
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:
Love the album covers, Chris! What a great idea. Don't have time to look at everything right now but I'll come back.

peter honeyman - 07/13/99 21:57:30
My URL:http://www.citi.umich.edu/u/honey
My Email:peter-christo@honeyman.org
City, Country: ann arbor, mi
Are you a trombonist?: um, no

Comments:
i found your page with a search engine, i.e., the web crawlers found it. (i searched for "bird of paradise ortchestra" on altavista.) if you had an email address on it (it appears you don't), you'd be getting a lot of spam.

hopievestergaardandson - 05/15/99 16:10:10
My URL:http://www.
My Email:hopah@aol.com
Are you a trombonist?: Yep
If so, jazz or classical?: I'm a butt trombonist!

Comments:
Having difficulty finding your link to wav files. Getting closer.

robin eubanks - 04/23/99 06:26:50
My URL:http://robineubanks.com
My Email:rdeubanks@earthlink.net
City, Country: Bklyn, NY
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: jazz (but i practice classical frequently)

Comments:
I like it... but you should have a picture of you on there somewhere.... do you?? I didn't see it. -Robin

Matt Calvert - 04/22/99 06:45:43
My URL:http://www.calvert.com/jj.html
My Email:slideman@calvert.com
City, Country: San Francisco, CA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: classical, starting to dabble in jazz a little bit

Comments:
Thanks for providing another resource for J.J. on the web, I can't do it all by myself. ;^) Seriously, though, the discography must have been a huge undertaking, considering J.J.'s long career. I look forward to it, as always. Who knows? Someday someone might be doing a discography on you! :^)

Paul - 04/14/99 16:18:23
My Email:Naucoridae@aol.com
City, Country: Santa Clara, CA
Are you a trombonist?: no, but I've got a horn in my closet
If so, jazz or classical?: country

Comments:
How do you know where the notes are on that thing?

Peter MacHare - 04/09/99 16:17:29
My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/BourbonStreet/Square/2660/
My Email:machare@geocities.com
City, Country: Maryland
Are you a trombonist?: keyboardist (as in computer)

Comments:
Thanks for your work on J.J. Johnson.
Check out my pages on Ellington. We are both on the LYM discussion group.

Marty Nichols - 03/29/99 22:52:22
My Email:nichols_L3@popmail.firn.edu
City, Country: Rockledge FL
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
Appreciate your clips Christo. You sound great-- I particularly liked "Beale St."

Arnold Skulsky - 03/09/99 10:30:22
My Email:askulsky@jps.net
City, Country: Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Are you a trombonist?: yes, but quite prior to your birth
If so, jazz or classical?: jazz mainly, but I fondly remember summers at Interlochen

Comments:
Christo, As a former Michigander and Asquare scene player, I have taken note of your site. I particularly want to commend you on your JJ Discography undertaking. Many years ago. I helped John Sinclair do a Trane disco. I have fond memories of the area and of the vibrant jazz scene there. Unlike JJ, I sometimes am nostalgic. I was a student of Sherman Mithell in Flint when Miles and JJ appearred in '60 for a full week (a real backwater for a major band then, but a full w ek even!), and I will make a full report on JJ's site. Keep up the good fight. PS I will email some comment about your site.

Arnold Skulsky - 03/09/99 10:09:48
My Email:askulsky@jps.net
City, Country: Laguna Hills, CA
Are you a trombonist?: Not now, quit before you were born
If so, jazz or classical?: mainly jazz, but played classical at Interlochen

Comments:


Michael Gröschl - 03/02/99 08:29:17
My Email:michael_groeschl@hotmail.com
City, Country: germany

Comments:
I've scanned several album-covers, where JJ was in the trombone section, example recordings with Diz, Bird, Bean, Ella. Most of these are in black/white, because I've scanned them from discographies. The format is JPG. Tell me if you want to integrate the to the others and the adress where I should send them to. Later michael

Tim Oldham - 02/18/99 20:35:00
My Email:toldham@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
City, Country: Waterloo, Canada
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Both

Comments:
I enjoyed your page very much. I am relatively new to improvising on the trombone and find it quite difficult. I look forward to your thoughts on this. Lots of luck with the jj discography.

Kenneth Hershberger - 02/17/99 16:20:07
My Email:mdsuvcw@aol.com
City, Country: Baltimore, MD
Are you a trombonist?: Yes -- lapsed since 1968
If so, jazz or classical?: half & half

Comments:
I've enjoyed your commentary on the JJ list for some time now (I lurk and haven't yet posted). I signed the guestbook before viewing your site, so I can't comment on it yet.

Richard Z. Johnson, Jr. - 01/10/99 04:11:15
My URL:http://expage.com/page/zemry
My Email:zemry@aol.com
City, Country: Mansfield, La.
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Both

Comments:
I enjoyed your site. It is very well constructed.

Sara - 01/07/99 00:13:24
My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/BourbonStreet/1647/
My Email:schwab@teleweb.net
City, Country: Lake Orion MI
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: wanna-be-jazzer

Comments:
Kristeux, Now I feel totally cool and 'with-it'. I've finally joined the throngs of worshipers to sign the golden guestbook. Howdy Miss Gena, Miss Bonnie. I'll have to work VERY hard on my bands web site to equal yours. Good job bud! Of course I will have one distinct advantage, I'll have pix of ME. (I'm practicing my diva attitude) Some day the diva confidence WILL come through in my playing. That is a BEAUTIFUL silver Yamaha in JJ's picture! WOW, now that's something I'd like to have as a pin-up! Dsts

Tim Hall - 01/06/99 18:05:31
My Email:thall1@hfhs.org
City, Country: Detroit, USA
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Both

Comments:
Very nice, Chris. Needs some live action video and music clips, though. Where's the trombone stuff?

Ardell Haskins - 12/30/98 16:41:30
My URL:http://listen.to/ardell
My Email:ArdellJazz@Hotmail.com
City, Country: San Diego,CA USA
Are you a trombonist?: nope

Comments:
Hey Christo! Really nice page. Looking forward to your finishing touches. A Wonderful And Abundant New Year to You And Your Wife Plus Little One. Enjoyed the Beautiful Picture You sent to the J.J. List. Warmest Regards, Ardell:)

Mike - 12/30/98 10:39:59
My Email:michael_groeschl@hotmail.com
City, Country: nuremberg,germany

Comments:
I've got plenty of J's original LP-covers. If you've got an idea how to scan them with a flatbed-scanner, I could send them to you for your collection. happy new year mike

Robyn L. Jenkins - 12/29/98 20:37:24
My URL:http://geocities.datacellar.net/Augusta/7790
My Email:robyn@aloha.net
City, Country: Kalaheo, Kauai, Hawaii
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: both

Comments:


Bill Egan - 12/23/98 13:05:03
My Email:wce05@health.state.ny.us
City, Country: Watervliet,NY 12189
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Somewhat of a mix

Comments:
Iterestering site.

Marty Nichols - 12/23/98 10:50:30
My Email:nichols_L3@popmail.firn.edu
City, Country: Rockledge FL
Are you a trombonist?: Yes
If so, jazz or classical?: Jazz

Comments:
Merry Christmas Christo, This is one time I had a corresponding picture of you in my mind before I saw you in your card. Is that weird or what? Somehow you came through in your posts.

Ryan - 12/15/98 19:39:34
Are you a trombonist?: yes
If so, jazz or classical?: classical, high school

Comments:
Your page is very nice. When will you play in Chicago again? I think I saw you with the Chicago Jazz band and James Dapogy last year. See you later.

Gena - 12/13/98 18:14:48
Are you a trombonist?: Maybe.....No, actually.

Comments:
Christopher, You worked so hard on your page. I'm proud of you. XO. To anyone reading this, I'm Christopher's gal. So he's taken. So don't even try it. Ha!