Snub Mosley

Lawrence Leo "Snub" Mosley (December 29, 1905 – July 21, 1981)[1] was an American jazz trombonist.

Mosley was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.

[1] Following this he played with the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra (1934), Claude Hopkins (1934–35), Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong with the Luis Russell Orchestra (1936–37), in addition to playing with his own groups.

[2] Mosley spent most of his career on trombone, but also invented an instrument called the slide saxophone, which had both the slide portion of a trombone and a saxophone mouthpiece.

[1] The instrument is prominently featured in his 1940 recording The Man with the Funny Little Horn.