MASON CITY — Paul Amundson brought a 100-year-old valve trombone that his grandfather played to his first rehearsal with the New Horizons Band this week at The Music Man Square. The Frost, Minn., ...

Rob McConnell (valve trombonist, arranger, composer, big band leader) was born on February 14, 1935 in London, Ontario, and passed away on May 1, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario at the age of 75 McConnell ...

He led one of Canada's best-known big bands and won three Grammys, one as an artist for the album 'All in Good Time,' was known as one of the few modern masters of the valve trombone. Rob McConnell, a ...

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Rob McConnell, a celebrated composer, arranger and valve trombonist who led the Boss Brass, one of Canada’s best and best-known big bands, has died. He was 75. McConnell, a three-time Grammy winner, ...