Trombonist Charlie Halloran may be the hardest working horn player in the city of New Orleans. He plays with nearly everyone on the local scene including the Panorama Jazz Band, Meschiya Lake, and the Shotgun Jazz Band. He has toured the world with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, not to mention recording with U2 and Rickie Lee Jones.
But when left to his own devices, he seems to prefer exploring all the permutations of genres where the trombone is central to the sound, going back to the turn of the last century. He has played and recorded choros from Brazil and beguines from Martinique. His last record,