June 17, 2020
Trombone Shorty is slated to be part of UNITED WE SING: A GRAMMY® TRIBUTE TO THE UNSUNG HEROES Sunday June 21 at 8pm/7c on CBS. The show features GRAMMY and Emmy Award-winning singer and actor Harry Connick, Jr. and his filmmaker daughter, Georgia Connick, as they take a road trip in an RV to thank and celebrate essential workers who risk their own lives on a daily basis to keep us safe.
Connick highlights the contributions of these everyday heroes with the help of Shorty and other celebrity friends, including Sandra Bullock, Drew Brees, Queen Latifah, Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey and Renée Zellweger, who deliver surprise messages to America’s unsung heroes. Additionally, the special will feature performances by Jon Batiste, Harry Connick, Jr., Andra Day, John Fogerty, Jamie Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Cyndi Lauper, Little Big Town, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, Rockin Dopsie, and Irma Thomas.
The special will invite donors to contribute to charities that support underserved children, such as No Kid Hungry and the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music in New Orleans, as well as to the MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund, a charitable organization of the Recording Academy.
UNITED WE SING: A GRAMMY TRIBUTE TO THE UNSUNG HEROES was filmed with a minimal crew practicing social distancing and with extensive safety precautions in place.
Today marks the release of new music featuring Trombone Shorty plus members of Orleans Avenue backing Little Big Town on “Jambalaya (On The Bayou).” This is the first studio collaboration teaming Little Big Town with Trombone Shorty. The two acts first performed together at the 2016 ACM Awards, delivering a show-stopping highlight. They also shared the stage at the 2019 CMT Awards, along with Thomas Rhett. Now, they’ve teamed up again to put their spin on this Hank Williams-penned classic, as originally recorded for the CBS TV special “United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes” hosted by Harry Connick Jr.