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Gordon Moore: Trombone

Gordon has loved traditional jazz since his early days in a high school Dixieland band. He graduated from college with a degree in biology and during his first years of teaching, hooked up with a local jazz band called the Do's and Don'ts of Dixie which played many of the local bars around Dayton, Ohio for over ten years. When that band dissolved, two members of the band were also playing with Dave Greer's Classic Jazz Stompers. When a vacancy opened at the trombone slot, Gordon was invited to join that band. The Stompers have played a variety of festivals and jazz clubs throughout the U.S. and have done tours in Europe. In addition to these activities Gordon has played with a number of other well known jazz bands in the Midwest, including the Blue Chip Jazz Band (Cincinnati), The Dukes of Dixie, and Jean Kittrel's St. Louis Rivermen. Gordon plays regularly with the Toll House Jazz Band and handled the trombone role for THJB during their 2003 jazz tour of Germany where they performed at the International Jazz Festival in Dresden, as well as at special venues in Leipzig, Regensburg, and Munich.