Last night, I discovered Trombone Shorty (Trombonist, Trumpeter, Composer), and I'm so glad that I did! I was blown away, this guy KNOWS how to blow his horn! He played during the Pre-Grammys Telecast, but he should have been on the actual show!
Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews), started to play music when he was four years old. By age six he was already a bandleader! He attended the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). And as a graduate he joined the ranks of others like Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick, Jr., Irvin Mayfield and Nicholas Payton. In 2005, he was a featured member of Lenny Kravitz's horn section for a world tour that shared billing with acts such as Aerosmith.
Six weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Trombone Shorty joined some of the city's greatest musicians came to Austin, Texas, to record a benefit CD called Sing Me Back Home at Wire Studios with producers Leo Sacks and Ray Bardani.
In the summer of 2006, Troy went to London where he worked with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at Abbey Road Studios. He then performed with U2 and Green Day at the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome for the NFL's Monday Night Football pre-game show.
Troy also appeared on the NBC TV show Studo 60 on the Sunset Strip, and more recently in 2010 he appeared in four episodes of Treme (HBO).
2010 was a big year for Trombone Shorty, this was the year he released his debut album Backatown with record label Verve Forecast. The album hit Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Jazz Chart at #1 and remained there for nine weeks!
Trombone Shorty is currently busy touring everywhere in the world, check out his tour schedule here. He has also appeared on many late night shows such as The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Austin City Limits.
Check out Trombone Shorty and the Orleans Avenue at last night's Pre-Grammy Telecast!
In the summer of 2006, Troy went to London where he worked with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at Abbey Road Studios. He then performed with U2 and Green Day at the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome for the NFL's Monday Night Football pre-game show.
Troy also appeared on the NBC TV show Studo 60 on the Sunset Strip, and more recently in 2010 he appeared in four episodes of Treme (HBO).
2010 was a big year for Trombone Shorty, this was the year he released his debut album Backatown with record label Verve Forecast. The album hit Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Jazz Chart at #1 and remained there for nine weeks!
Trombone Shorty is currently busy touring everywhere in the world, check out his tour schedule here. He has also appeared on many late night shows such as The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Austin City Limits.
Check out Trombone Shorty and the Orleans Avenue at last night's Pre-Grammy Telecast!
