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Harlem's Trombone Choir Tradition

Trombone choirs have been a mainstay of American music for nearly 250 years. In recent times they've been popular with music majors in colleges. Reporter Jon Kalish looks at a brass collective that has been emanating from a Harlem church for the past 40 years.

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