Slide Hampton discusses the trombone.

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Slide Hampton on the physical demands of playing the trombone.

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Slide Hampton on playing the trombone versus arranging.

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Q: “Is it a more physical instrument – the trombone – than others?”

A: “It's very physical. You'll see that it has quite a distance that you have to cover in order to change the sound of the pitch of the notes. And by the time you have played, what for an ordinary instrument would be just a fraction of an inch, to push some kind of valve or lever to change a note we can move a matter of almost 20-some inches in some cases, too. So it can get to be work, actually, and is.”