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Mr. Fuller was among the dozens of musicians to emerge from the fertile mid-century jazz scene of Detroit, where he learned to play intricate, fast-paced bebop lines on the unwieldy slide trombone.

The note came out like a slide trombone.

Herbert even entertained the idea of getting into music and bought a slide trombone at a pawnshop.

The rock core of piano, bass, guitar and drums gained color and range from the slide trombone, trumpet and violin, and the inventively mashed-up rock numbers revved the show into a very high gear.

Speaking of music, the versatile Karen Hansen is back with the gang, playing everything from violin to lyre and slide trombone.