Alan Ferber
Trombone Solo on
Stablemates

About

Alan Ferber rounds out the horn solos with three choruses of trombone on "Stablemates" at approximately 229 BPM, his warm sound and melodic approach adding tonal depth to the performance. The 36-bar ABA form in D-flat at this demanding tempo presents considerable challenges for the trombone's slide mechanism, and Ferber handles them with impressive fluency. As the third and final soloist following Matt Zebley and Ron Stout, his three-chorus statement brings the opening track to a satisfying conclusion, the three contrasting horn voices having each offered a distinctive perspective on Golson's hard-bop classic.

Alan Ferber was 22 to 23 years old at the time.