"Dad's Dilemma" - Craig Klein

SONG: "Dad's Dilemma" (PDF)
ALBUM: New Orleans Trombonisms
YEAR: 2004
LABEL: Rugalator Records

In an interview with SportsNola.com (“Trombonafied”), Craig Klein described the process of recording "Dad's Dilemma," a take on James Booker's "Pop's Dilemma," using only low brass instruments to replicate the stride-piano style of New Orleans.  But like the way stride-piano requires two strong individual hands, Klein's version for trombone relies on the use of multiple parts to imitate that piano style.  In essence, Klein' approach to the trombone is influenced by its unsuspecting applications rather than the qualities that once made it originally unique.