RICK TROLSEN: Buy

: Rick Trolsen's latest recording "Gringo Do Choro" is a beautiful collage of his New Orleans roots and his newfound "love affair" with the music of Brazil.
With an exceptional lineup of cats from Rio beside him, they take the listener on a colorful journey that extends from the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, down
through the favelas, to the shores of Copacabana.
What I find particularly amazing about the CD, is how Rick makes his trombone sound like a drum at times, at others like a human voice or even wild creatures from the jungles of the Amazon.
If you're a lover of Brazilian music, this CD is a must get!
And if you don't particularly care for Brazilian music, get it anyway, 'cuz it's bad!!!

-Nicholas Payton-

: On New Orleans Lullaby, Trolsen and the band offer excellent versions of songs that fill this city’s air. It starts with the rich tones of Trolsen’s trombone mournfully alone ‘singing’ “What a Wonderful World.”
...all about New Orleans and tradition with a sweet tribute to his adopted hometown on an album full of classic jazz standards.
Offbeat Magazine April 2006
By Geraldine Wyckoff

: The musical interpretations of Trolsen take the listener back in time, to the days of Bourbon Street when jazz music itself was a risqué and sexy taboo in society. The sound from the ragtime piano, simple back bass beat, and rough brassy sound of Trolsen’s trombone simply screams of what makes New Orleans the unique city it is, and allows the listener to truly experience the essence of NOLA.
Sheri McKee - Where Y'at Magazine