Bass Trombone

Bass Trombone
Bass trombonist Mitch Mangan is the newest member of the band. The Manchester native joined the Hartford Jazz Orchestra in April, 2022 when we started playing at Elicit Brewing. Mitch earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from Western CT State University and is currently Band Director at Bulkeley High School in Hartford, CT. Mitch is also the bass trombonist in Mike Palin’s The Other Orchestra and Evan Gray’s Affinity Big Band. Mitch has a very wide musical palette and cites his favorite bands and artists as Kamasi Washington, Steely Dan, Snarky Puppy, Lake Street Dive, Earth Wind and Fire, The Head and the Heart, Michael McDonald, Robert Glasper, Hall and Oates and Kendrick Lamar. And for those sharing his affinity for low brass and sackbuts, he heartily recommends Charlie Vernon, George Roberts, Ivan Chinchilla, Bill Reichenbach, Marshall Gilkes and Ryan Porter.