TR Newcomb has been performing professionally and semi-professionally since 1987. He was classically trained in euphonium and trombone but admits he drifted off into the wilds of traditional jazz after discovering Turk Murphy and the Firehouse Five Plus Two.

Mr. Newcomb is something of an autodidact, having learned Dixieland and big-band swing while playing with veteran players from the vaudeville and big band eras. Four years in Japan sharpened his bop chops and he also taught himself tru...