The trombonist doubles on bass trombone and tuba. The jazz composer, bandleader, and trombonist Mike Gibbs was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. A person who plays the trombone is called a trombonist or trombone player. The trombonist doubles on tenor and bass trombones. Natalie Cressman is an American jazz trombonist and vocalist. Their father, Art, was a trombonist and music arranger. Fred Waring Jr. was a conductor and jazz trombonist. Her father was a jazz trombonist who played in big bands. The patriarch is Cliff Huxtable, an obstetrician and son of a prominent jazz trombonist. Delfeayo (trombonist), and Jason (drummer). This supports what was written by trombonist and brass pedagogue Donald S. Reinhardt in 1942. Conrad Janis (born February 11, 1928) is an American jazz trombonist and actor. His father was a professional trombonist with the Les Brown Orchestra. Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. The orchestra was led by Irish trombonist Bobby Lamb and American trombonist Raymond Premru.