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Jazz tuba players

19 jazz musicians in the atlas play tuba, including Erik Truffaz, Andy Kirk, Michel Godard, Cleveland Eaton and Red Callender. Open a profile for dates, discography and line-ups.

The tuba (Latin, "trumpet"; UK:; US: ) is a large brass instrument in the bass-to-contrabass range. It is a member of the valved bugles, a large and diverse family of instruments characterized by their wide conical bore and use of valves to alter pitch. The tuba usually has three or four valves, although some models have five or six. Descending from the serpent and ophicleide, the tuba was invented in Prussia by Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht and Johann Gottfried Moritz and patented in 1835 as the Baß-Tuba, pitched in 12-foot (12′) F. Its five valves provided a fully chromatic contrabass instrument with a deep, full contrabass timbre. The tuba evolved through the 19th century as valves improved, and other makers contributed new designs and sizes.

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Erik Truffaz b. 1960 · French jazz trumpeter and composer Andy Kirk 1898–1992 · American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader (1898-1992) Michel Godard b. 1960 · French musician Cleveland Eaton 1939–2020 · American musician Red Callender 1916–1992 · American string bass and tuba player, member of The… Howard Johnson 1941–2021 · American musician (1941–2021) Tom Malone b. 1947 · American musician Daniel Herskedal b. 1982 · Norwegian jazz musician (tuba, bass trumpet, composition) Pops Foster 1892–1969 · American musician (1892–1969) Bill Barber 1920–2007 · American musician John Kirby 1908–1952 · American jazz bassist (1908–1952) Stein Erik Tafjord b. 1953 · Norwegian musician Michel Massot b. 1960 · Belgian musician Marcus Rojas b. 1963 · American musician Ray Draper 1940–1982 · American musician (1940-1982) Dave Bargeron 1942–2025 · American trombonist and tuba player most famous for… Don Butterfield 1923–2006 · American tuba player (1923–2006) Hayes Alvis 1907–1972 · musician (1907-1972) Art Baron b. 1950 · American musician