Naptown Trombone Collective debuts at the Jazz Kitchen
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As occasionally facetious master of ceremonies, Rich Dole hinted at the risk of a Jazz Kitchen bandstand loaded with trombonists. But likely everyone felt clear of any danger, because massed trombones deftly deployed turn out to be delightful and unthreatening despite the dominance of brass. Mellowness takes precedence over blast. Foundational: Rich Dole (left) anchors his colleagues on bass trombone. The occasion Tuesday night was the debut of a new ensemble, the Naptown Trombone Collective , shining throughout a host of good arrangements. Arrangements and originals by co-leaders Dole and Brian Pattison varied the parade of jazz standards and works by famous mentors and role models like David Baker and Slide Hampton. Baker (1931-2016), the influential jazz educator and originally a trombonist who turned to jazz cello for most of his career, received the posthumous tribute of Dole's arrangement of his "Harlem Pipes" to start off the set. The five-trombonist front line