Don Sebesky – born December 10, 1937, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey – was a
multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor. While best known as a
jazz trombonist, he could also play several other instruments including piano,
organ, accordion, and clavinet. He began his musical journey by studying the
trombone at the Manhattan School of Music before he began working with various
jazz musicians including Maynard Ferguson, Kai Winding, Stan Kenton, Claude
Thornhill, Tommy Dorsey, and others. By 1960, Don Sebesky’s skills at arranging
and conducting brought him to the attentio...