In 1954 and 1955, Bud Shank recorded two 10-inch albums for the Pacific Jazz label that teamed him with valve trombones. The LPs were Bud Shank and Three Trombones and Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer.

The legendary jazz journalist Leonard Feather once wrote that Mike Fahn “is without question one of the few contemporary masters of the valve trombone." He further praised Mike for his “bronzed, ...