Trombone Shorty marked the 40th Annual Jazz & Heritage Festival with an intense schedule of standout performances, with his own band, Orleans Avenue, and in collaborations with a wide variety of other musicians at the festival and around the city.
Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote "By the way, does Trombone Shorty sleep during Jazzfest? Or does he just do another gig hourly?"
Trombone Shorty was joined onstage during his own House of Blues set by Wynton Marsalis and he also shared the stage with The Neville Brothers, Galactic, The Drive-By Truckers and The Dirty Dozen and Rebirth Brass Bands to name just a few.
CNN's Sean Caleb noted "Of all the amazing New Orleans, Louisiana, musicians, my favorite could be Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews."
CNN also featured Trombone Shorty in their televised coverage of the Festival from his Friday April 24, 2009 performance. CNN's cameras were there to cover the show, which also streamed live on AT&T Music's site. Blasting away on the Gentilly Stage immediately prior the day's last act, Texas indie rockers Spoon, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue held the capacity crowd in thrall.
Watch the quick shots of Shorty playing Jazzfest that CNN aired starting
around the 2:20 mark of the video below:
USA Today's Edna Gundersen proclaimed "nobody exuded more rock-star charisma than Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews, the 23-year-old favorite son whose talent as a horn player and showman continues to flower. He and his band, Orleans Avenue, delivered a blistering set of bold, exuberant and cutting edge jazz-rock fueled by funk and hip-hop."
Jambase writes, "Perhaps more than any other first weekend performer, Jazz Fest was a coming out party for Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews... Trombone Shorty has shown himself to be a frontman."
If you missed them at Jazz Fest, you can catch Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue on tour headlining and at Wakarusa, Essence, All Good, Outside Lands and Jam Cruise 8, among many other festivals. You can also check out Trombone Shorty merchandise here - a 5-song drop card available now. Please see tour dates>>
10.26.08 :: VOODOO FEST X: JUVENILE JOINS TROMBONE SHORTY and ORLEANS AVENUE
"After tearing through the final show at the WWOZ/SoCo stage with typical jam-heavy bombast, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews played nearly an hour past his scheduled finish, and brought onstage another native, rapper Juvenile, to keep the show rolling." - Times-Picayune
CLICK HERE to read the full entry.
05.03.08 :: NY TIMES ON TROMBONE SHORTY's JAZZFEST SHOW
"I had seen Trombone Shorty before, working jazz clubs as a genial bandleader. But at Tipitina's he flaunted the presence of a rock star, including tricks he doubtless learned while working in Lenny Kravitz's horn section. He played trombone with almost combative postures; he shared some dance moves with band members. He called for hands in the air, for dancing, for lit-up cell phones. Lean and muscular, he played part of the night with his shirt open or off, drawing female shouts of 'Shorty!'"-- Jon Pareles, The New York Times
CLICK HERE to read the Times entry
02.05.08 :: TROMBONE SHORTY FEATURED ON NPR'S ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
"Like the best musicians in New Orleans, Troy Andrews moves easily among jazz, R-n-B, and rock. He played in Lenny Kravitz's band for a year and a half, an experience which brought him more name recognition and more money."-- Joel Rose, NPR
CLICK HERE to hear the ALL THINGS CONSIDERED piece.
09.27.07 :: TROMBONE SHORTY RECORDS TRACK WITH LENNY KRAVITZ, THE JAMES BROWN HORNS AND REBIRTH BRASS BAND FOR FATS DOMINO TRIBUTE ALBUM
Goin' Home, a 30-track double disc, boasts Domino classics remade by New Orleans heroes from Allen Toussaint to Dr. John, plus such Fats admirers as Robert Plant, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Elton John, Randy Newman and Norah Jones.
CLICK HERE to read more about Goin' Home.
CLICK HERE to here to listen to "Whole Lotta Loving," featuring Trombone Shorty
09.25.07 :: THE TOUR-BUS EVOLUTION OF TROMBONE SHORTY
"My
jam-band friends returned from the String Cheese Incident's
Beacon Theater shows in July singing the praises of 'that
guy from New Orleans' who stepped onstage with a trombone
and 'took the thing to another level.'"
-- Larry Blumenfeld,
The Village Voice
CLICK HERE to read The Village Voice article.
08.26.07 :: TROMBONE SHORTY SUBJECT OF USA TODAY STORY
Reporter Enda Gundersen spends time with Trombone Shorty in New Orleans as he talks of his connection to the city he calls home.
CLICK HERE to read USA Today article.
05.02.07 :: TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE ROCK THE NEW
ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL
"...Trombone
Shorty, leading his own crew Orleans
Avenue and looking like a street-parade P. Diddy
in a sharp white suit, made true heavy metal with his horn
in a thrilling recasting of AC/DC’s 'Back in Black'..."
-- David Fricke, Rolling Stone
CLICK HERE to read entire blog entry in Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily.
03.19.07 :: TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE FEATURED
IN NETSCAPE DOCUMENTARY
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue were subjects of a New Orleans documentary produced by Alexia Prichard for Netscape's online news portal. The crew spent a week capturing New Orleans during Mardi Gras this year.
CLICK HERE to visit netscape.com and view the video
February 2007 :: TROMBONE
SHORTY NAMED JAZZ PERFORMER OF THE YEAR & BEST CONTEMPORARY
JAZZ PERFORMER
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been voted as Offbeat Magazine's 2006 Best of the Beat Performer of the Year & Best Contemporary Jazz Performer.
CLICK HERE to visit offbeat.com and read about all of the winners.
12.04.2006 STUDIO 60
On
December 4th, Trombone Shorty made his
acting debut on the NBC hit show Studio 60
on the Sunset Strip.
Click
"O Holy Night" mp3
Troy Andrews - Trumpet
Kirk Joseph - Sousaphone
Roderick Paulin - Saxophone
Frederick Shepherd - Saxophone
Stephen Walker - Trombone
Mervin "Kid Merv" Campbell -
Trumpet
Bob French - Drums
Click here to read the New Orleans Times-Picayune article about his experience filming the show.
Click
here to read the New Orleans Times-Picayune
article about the buzz since the show aired.
