I'll be sharing my story of how my sound and what I look for has evolved over the years, using my three tenor trombones and 8 mouthpieces that I've performed on professionally as a guide.

the Horns!
a vintage Shires with an O.E Thayer valve and a Bach Nickel Slide
a Yamaha 882V, de-lacquered and floating bell section
a Stephens French Bead Mount Vernon Style Bell with a Caidex valve, also with an annealed valve-cap and a little ring by the main tuning slide

the Mouthpieces!
Greg Black Mazzio Custom
Shires Vintage 4G
Shires 5MD
Griego 5 Deco
Laskey 57E
Laskey 59D
Doug Elliot XT 104, XT G*, G8
Long Island Brass 550E