Carl Fontana (1928–2003)
American jazz trombonist. Performed with Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, and Stan Kenton. Settled in Las Vegas in the 1960s, and continued playing in Las Vegas bands until his death in 2003.

External links

• Wikipedia entry
• Profile by the Las Vegas Jazz Society
• Carl Fontana tribute page, Trombone Page of the World
• Parker, John Wesley. “An Analysis of the Career and Solo Style of Jazz Trombonist Carl Fontana.” DMA dissertation, University of Southern Mississippi, 2010.

Additional Bibliography

• Atkins, J. “Carl Fontana: interview.” Cadence 5 (December 1979): 7-8.
• Everett, Tom. “Carl Fontana: Master of Bebop.” Journal of the International Trombone Association 21, no. 2 (1993): 14-17.
• Everett, Tom. “Carl Fontana on Record and Compact Disc: Part II.” Journal of the International Trombone Association 21, no. 3 (1993): 26-33.
• Garcia, Antonio J. “Frank Rosolino & Carl Fontana: Together on Rock Bottom.” Journal of the International Trombone Association 32 (Summer 2004): 25-29.
• Hanlon, Ken. “Carl Fontana: the Trombonist’s Trombonist.” Journal of the International Trombone Association 26 (Summer 1998): 32-34.
• ________. “Carl Fontana: Musical Inspiration Incarnate.” The Las Vegas Dessert Aria 2 (1992): 4-6.
• Rusch, B. “Carl Fontana Interview.” Cadence 16 (July 1990): 14-25.
• Stewart, Z. “Tradin’ Fours: the Fastest Slide in the West.” Down Beat 64 (May 1997): 54.

Collection items

• Performance
  Live at Harvard
  (with Carl Fontana Quartet and Matty Matlock’s Paducah Patrol)
  1978
  • Disc 112
• Masterclass
  1967
  With B. Butterfield, J. Mince, and G. Johnson
  • Disc 137
  • Included on Disc 160