Photo: Ramon Espinosa (AP)
Today Trombone Shorty returned to the United States after an epic week in Havana, Cuba with students, instructors, and staff from the Trombone Shorty Foundation & Trombone Shorty Music Academy.
The five-day cultural exchange trip, tickets for which sold out, was themed “Getting Funky in Havana,” and was sponsored by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation. The once-in-a-life opportunity included experiencing the music and culture of Havana along with New Orleans artists Tank and the Bangas, The Soul Rebels, Anders Osborne and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. In Cuba, Shorty, the Academy and the New Orleans bands joined forces with Cuba’s musical tour-de-force Cimafunk to stage unforgettable concerts and street parades. “We brought the second line to the conga line, donated new instruments to Cuban students and broadened the horizons of my Academy kids. Está volao!” said Shorty.
“Visiting Havana for the Jazz Festival in January meant having my mind blown over and over again by the talent and spirit of Cuba’s music and people,” says Trombone Shorty Foundation Executive Director, Bill Taylor. “And it came together better than I could have ever imagined.”
For day-by-day video highlights, visit the Foundation’s Facebook page.
More Coverage:
The Guardian
Canal Caribe
El Pais
Yahoo/EFE
Ringing in the New Year at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY. Photo by Gary Alpert/Deafboy Photography.
The lighting of the historic Roosevelt Hotel lobby is a New Orleans Christmas tradition, and this year the event added some spark with Trombone Shorty chosen as The Roosevelt’s official lobby lighter.
Shorty kicked off the holiday season with the flip of a switch on Tuesday, December 3, igniting the city-block long lobby in sparkling lights. As a New Orleans native and advocate for the community, he was the perfect host for the annual event which marks the launch of the holiday season for all of New Orleans and its visitors.
Past lobby lighters have included the family of the late Fats Domino, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and the cast of NCIS New Orleans.
The Krewe of Freret is has named Trombone Shorty as its official Grand Marshall and announced the first annual ‘Shorty Gras’ concert ball, which will follow its parade on Feb. 15, 2020.
“We are so excited to welcome Trombone Shorty to our Krewe. Music is an essential component of Carnival, and now we are making it a signature element of our Krewe’s identity,” said Captain Bobby Hjortsberg of the 2020 parade theme New Orleans Music: 300 Years and Counting. “The Krewe of Freret will feature New Orleans music every year in our parade and at the Shorty Gras event.”
To honor the occasion, the parade constructed a new signature float featuring a gigantic animatronic Trombone Shorty. Custom designed and built by Kern Studios, the likeness of the iconic New Orleans musician is over two stories tall, making it the largest prop to ever be featured on the front of a Mardi Gras float. It is one of seven new, state-of-the-art signature floats being unveiled by the Krewe this year.
Traveling along the traditional Uptown route, the parade will end at Mardi Gras World and roll through Shorty Gras, showering throws down on the crowd. The ball’s world-class musical lineup, will be announced next year.
It’s been four years since Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue threw down at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, and on New Year’s Eve 2019 the band will return to The Cap to do it again.
This year New Year’s Eve will feature two special guest artists: North Mississippi Allstars and Devon Gilfillian. The show is presented by our friends at 107.1 The Peak.
Let’s ring in 2020 together–get your tickets to the show now by clicking here (18+ show; 7:30PM doors).
Photo: Ramon Espinosa (AP)
Today Trombone Shorty returned to the United States after an epic week in Havana, Cuba with students, instructors, and staff from the Trombone Shorty Foundation & Trombone Shorty Music Academy.
The five-day cultural exchange trip, tickets for which sold out, was themed “Getting Funky in Havana,” and was sponsored by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation. The once-in-a-life opportunity included experiencing the music and culture of Havana along with New Orleans artists Tank and the Bangas, The Soul Rebels, Anders Osborne and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux. In Cuba, Shorty, the Academy and the New Orleans bands joined forces with Cuba’s musical tour-de-force Cimafunk to stage unforgettable concerts and street parades. “We brought the second line to the conga line, donated new instruments to Cuban students and broadened the horizons of my Academy kids. Está volao!” said Shorty.
“Visiting Havana for the Jazz Festival in January meant having my mind blown over and over again by the talent and spirit of Cuba’s music and people,” says Trombone Shorty Foundation Executive Director, Bill Taylor. “And it came together better than I could have ever imagined.”
For day-by-day video highlights, visit the Foundation’s Facebook page.
More Coverage:
The Guardian
Canal Caribe
El Pais
Yahoo/EFE
Ringing in the New Year at the Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY. Photo by Gary Alpert/Deafboy Photography.
The lighting of the historic Roosevelt Hotel lobby is a New Orleans Christmas tradition, and this year the event added some spark with Trombone Shorty chosen as The Roosevelt’s official lobby lighter.
Shorty kicked off the holiday season with the flip of a switch on Tuesday, December 3, igniting the city-block long lobby in sparkling lights. As a New Orleans native and advocate for the community, he was the perfect host for the annual event which marks the launch of the holiday season for all of New Orleans and its visitors.
Past lobby lighters have included the family of the late Fats Domino, Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and the cast of NCIS New Orleans.
The Krewe of Freret is has named Trombone Shorty as its official Grand Marshall and announced the first annual ‘Shorty Gras’ concert ball, which will follow its parade on Feb. 15, 2020.
“We are so excited to welcome Trombone Shorty to our Krewe. Music is an essential component of Carnival, and now we are making it a signature element of our Krewe’s identity,” said Captain Bobby Hjortsberg of the 2020 parade theme New Orleans Music: 300 Years and Counting. “The Krewe of Freret will feature New Orleans music every year in our parade and at the Shorty Gras event.”
To honor the occasion, the parade constructed a new signature float featuring a gigantic animatronic Trombone Shorty. Custom designed and built by Kern Studios, the likeness of the iconic New Orleans musician is over two stories tall, making it the largest prop to ever be featured on the front of a Mardi Gras float. It is one of seven new, state-of-the-art signature floats being unveiled by the Krewe this year.
Traveling along the traditional Uptown route, the parade will end at Mardi Gras World and roll through Shorty Gras, showering throws down on the crowd. The ball’s world-class musical lineup, will be announced next year.
It’s been four years since Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue threw down at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, and on New Year’s Eve 2019 the band will return to The Cap to do it again.
This year New Year’s Eve will feature two special guest artists: North Mississippi Allstars and Devon Gilfillian. The show is presented by our friends at 107.1 The Peak.
Let’s ring in 2020 together–get your tickets to the show now by clicking here (18+ show; 7:30PM doors).
