Troy Andrews (born January 2, 1986 in New Orleans), also known by the stage name Trombone Shorty, is a trombone and trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He has worked in jazz, funk and rap music. Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews as well as the grandson of singer and songwriter Jessie Hill. Andrews began playing trombone at age six, and since 2009 has toured with his own band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. Life and career Andrews was born in New Orleans. He grew up in its Tremé neighborhood, and participated in brass band parades as a child, becoming a bandleader by the age of six. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 1991: Carlsberg Brass Band from Denmark with young Trombone Shorty Troy Andrews on trombone. In his teens, Andrews was a member of the Stooges Brass Band, recording and playing with the band. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). In 2005, Andrews was a featured member of Lenny Kravitzs horn section in a world tour that shared billing with acts including Aerosmith. Six weeks after the levees failed in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, some of the citys 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. With their lives in transition, the collective became known as The New Orleans Social Club. Andrews was the featured guest on Hey Troy, Your Mamas Calling You, a tribute to Hey Leroy, Your Mamas Calling You which was a Latin-jazz-soul hit for the Jimmy Castor Bunch on Smash Records in 1966. Andrews also performed on Where YAt as part of The Sixth Ward All-Star Brass Band Revue featuring Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers. In London, during the summer of 2006, Andrews began working with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at Abbey Road Studios. This association led to Andrews performing with U2 and Green Day during the re-opening of the New Orleans Superdome for the NFLs Monday Night Football pre-game show. At the end of 2006, Andrews appeared on the NBC television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Leading a group of New Orleans musicians, he performed the holiday classic O Holy Night. NBC released the single for free download. In early 2007, New Orleans’ music magazine Offbeat named Andrews their Performer of the Year. He also garnered honors as Best Contemporary Jazz Performer. Also in 2007, he accepted an invitation to contribute to Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino on the track “Whole Lotta Lovin” along with Rebirth Brass Band, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker and Lenny Kravitz. As of 2009, his current project is Orleans Avenue, a funk/pop/hip-hop mix including musicians Mike Ballard on bass, Dan Oestreicher on baritone sax, Tim McFatter on tenor sax, Pete Murano on guitar and Joey Peebles on drums. Since 2010, Andrews has appeared in six episodes of the HBO series Treme. In 2010 Andrews released Backatown (Verve Forecast), which hit Billboard magazines Contemporary Jazz Chart at No. 1 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue toured across Australia, North America, Europe, Japan and Brazil, as well as supported shows for Jeff Beck in the U.K. and Dave Matthews Band in the U.S. They performed on television shows including Conan, Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits. He also recorded on new and upcoming CDs from Galactic, Eric Clapton, and Lenny Kravitz and on the Academy Award nominated song Down In New Orleans with Dr. John. In December 2010, Andrews curated a two-night Red Hot+New Orleans performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music to raise money for the New Orleans NO/AIDS Task Force. In September 2011, Andrews released the album For True as a follow up to his earlier album Backatown. Along with all the members of his band, Orleans Avenue, this record includes appearances by the Rebirth Brass Band, Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes, Stanton Moore, Kid Rock, Ben Ellman and Lenny Kravitz as a returning guest artist. On January 8, 2012 Andrews performed the National Anthem before the start of the NFL playoff game between the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. Soul Rebels Brass Band invited Andrews to special guest on their Rounder Records debut record, Unlock Your Mind, released on January 31, 2012. On March 31, 2012, Andrews single Do To Me was featured before both semi-final games of the 2012 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament on CBS. On May 19, 2012, Andrews received the Presidents Medal from Tulane University President Scott Cowen at the universitys Unified Commencement Ceremony at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, in recognition of his community service work with the Horns for Schools Project. He thrilled the graduates and visitors by playing the trombone and singing When the Saints Go Marching In along with Dr. Michael Whites Original Liberty Jazz Band at the ceremony. On February 21, 2012, Andrews performed at The White House as part of the Black History Month celebration, In Performance at the White House: Red, White & Blues, which premiered on PBS on February 27, 2012. The event featured performances from B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Keb Mo, Mick Jagger, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks and more. Earlier that day, Andrews also participated in a special education program at The White House with Michelle Obama, Keb Mo and Shemekia Copeland. The Trombone Shorty Foundation The Trombone Shorty Foundation evolved from Andrews Horns For Schools Project, a collaboration with New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, which helped schools across New Orleans receive quality instruments donated by Andrews personally. The Foundations mission is to preserve and perpetuate the unique musical culture of New Orleans by passing down its traditions to future generations of musicians. In December 2012, the Foundation partnered with Tulane University to create an After School Academy to mentor aspiring, high school musicians in the New Orleans Area. Discography Studio albums Say That to Say This, Verve Forecast Records, 2013 (by Trombone Shorty) For True, Verve Forecast Records (released Sep 13, 2011) (UK chart peak: No. 160) Backatown, Verve Forecast Records, 2010 (by Trombone Shorty) Orleans & Claiborne, Treme Records, 2005 (by Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews & Orleans Avenue) Trombone Shorty Meets Lionel Ferbos (by Trombone Shorty & Lionel Ferbos) The End of the Beginning, Treme Records, 2005 (by The Troy Andrews Quintet) 12 & Shorty, Keep Swingin Records, 2004 (by James & Troy Andrews) Its About Time, 2003 (as part of the Stooges Brass Band) Trombone Shortys Swingin Gate, Louisiana Red Hot Records, 2002 (by Troy Andrews) Live albums Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, MunckMix, 2008 (by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue) Live at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, MunckMix, 2007 (by Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews) Live at the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, MunckMix, 2006 (by Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews) Live at the 2004 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, MunckMix, 2004 (by Troy Andrews & Orleans Avenue) Appearances He appears as a sideman on 2013 - Need a Woman by Friday by King 2013 - Take the Party by Robert Randolph and the Family Band on the album Lickety Split 2012 - People Pleaser (featuring Maceo Parker) on the record Superconductor by Andy Allo 2012 - Merry Christmas Baby on the record Cee Los Magic Moment with Cee Lo Green 2012 - Merry Christmas Baby and Red-Suited Superman on the record Merry Christmas, Baby by Rod Stewart 2012 - It Aint My Fault (featuring Allen Toussaint and Yasiin Bey a.k.a Mos Def) on the record St. Peter & 57th Street by Preservation Hall Jazz Band 2012 - Overnight on the record Uncaged by Zac Brown Band (Atlantic Records/Southern Ground Artists) 2011 - Rock n Roll Party (Honoring Les Paul) - Jeff Beck (Atlantic Records). Also Philadelphia Folk Festival 2010 - Cineramascope (also featuring Corey Henry) - Galactic. Also recorded live along with Ooh Nah Nay at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival[12] 2010 - Clapton (also featuring Wynton Marsalis, Allen Toussaint & others) 2008 - Tufflove - Galactic 2007 - Goin Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)[13] 2007 - Marsalis Music Honors Bob French - Bob French (Marsalis Music) 2007 - Oh, My NOLA - Harry Connick, Jr. (Sony/Columbia) 2006 - The Saints Are Coming - U2 and Green Day (Mercury Records). Track 2, The Saints are Coming (Live from New Orleans) 2006 - Hey Troy, Your Mamas Calling You and Where YAt by The New Orleans Social Club (Burgundy Records/Honey Darling Records) 2004 - The Same Pocket, Vol. 1 - The BlueBrass Project (Meantime Lounge Records) Filmography and TV appearances Treme series, HBO (2010–2012) Sunshine By The Stars: Celebrating Louisiana Music (2012, PBS) The Hour - Performer (2011) Looking Back on Love: Making Black and White America (2011) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - Musical Guest – Episode #8.21 (2011) Later... with Jools Holland - Performer – Episode #39.1 (2011) Conan (2011) Re:Generation (2011) Jeff Beck Honors Les Paul (2010) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Guest Musician – Episode #19.9 (2010) Jimmy Kimmel Live! - Musical Guest - Episode #9.12 (2010) Live from the Artists Den (2010) Late Show with David Letterman - Musical Guest - (2010) Tavis Smiley – Episode dated 18 May (2010) After Hours with Daniel Boulud (2008) Trombone Shorty Documentary / short film (2008 FXF productions) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip episode The Christmas Show (2006, Warner Bros. Entertainment) Make It Funky! (various artists of New Orleans) (2005, Sony Pictures Entertainment) Soundmix: Five Young Musicians (2004) Americas Heart and Soul Documentary (2004, Walt Disney Pictures)
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