He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) along with fellow musician Jon Batiste. King, Jeff Beck, Keb’ Mo’, Mick Jagger, Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks and more. 1,” named after one of the city’s most famous voodoo queens—shows off our host’s roots […] Not because he was too busy, but because he wanted to hit the road and see how the music changed on him. All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. On May 19, 2012, Andrews received the President’s Medal from Tulane University President Scott Cowen at the university’s Unified Commencement Ceremony at the Mercedez-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, in recognition of his community service work with the Horns for Schools Project. Leave feedback. 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. Fresh out of high school (New Orleans Center for Creative Arts) he joined Lenny Kravitz’ band. Leading off with his own song “Do To Me,” Andrews then brought out his invited guests to join him on stage – Dr John, Janelle Monáe, Gary Clark Jr and Earth, Wind & Fire. 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. Showing all 2 items. On February 16, 2014, Andrews and Orleans Avenue led the performance at halftime of the NBA Allstar Game, which was held at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, with Andrews also acting as music director for the entire segment. The breezy title track, which Andrews wrote with Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros), is as much about walking the Tremé, being uplifted by the music that seems to seep from every surface, as it is about moving on from a broken heart. Growing up in New Orleans' Treme neighborhood, "Trombone Shorty" was participating in brass band parades as a child, carrying his trombone even before his arms were long enough to reach all the positions of the slide. And the shuffling, bluesy “No Good Time” reminds us, with a world-weary smile, that “nobody never learned nothin’ from no good time.”. Andrews also suggested to Ronson that he should contact Mystikal to perform on the album and passed along Mystikal’s phone number. But that’s not unusual for a man raised in one of the Tremé’s most musical families. Leading a group of New Orleans musicians, he performed the holiday classic “O Holy Night”. Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews and the grandson of singer and songwriter Jessie Hill. The second time was December 3 for the National Christmas Tree Lighting where he performed “Jingle Bells” alongside Crosby, Stills and Nash, Aloe Blacc and Reese Witherspoon. To wrap up 2006, Andrews appeared on the NBC television series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Meanwhile, the instrumental “Tripped Out Slim” (the nickname of a family friend who recently passed) bends echoes of the Pink Panther theme into something fit for James Brown to strut to. During the summer of 2016, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue were a supporting act for the Hall & Oates tour. 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. Troy Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews . New York City: Harry N. Abrams, 2015. 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. He has worked with some of the biggest names in rock, pop, jazz, funk, and hip hop. That bit of beautiful New Orleans soul—”Laveau Dirge No. Adding to that legacy, his Blue Note Records debut Parking Lot Symphony finds Andrews teamed with Grammy-nominated producer Chris Seefried (Andra Day, Fitz and the Tantrums) and an unexpected array of cowriters and players including members of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Meters, Better Than Ezra, and Dumpstaphunk. Troy Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews . With their lives in storm-tossed transition, the all-star collective was christened The New Orleans Social Club. When Andrews came back with a full band, the songs came to life. “I had everything in a circle: tuba, trombone, trumpet, keyboard, Fender Rhodes, Wurly, B3 organ, guitar, bass, drums—and me buried in the middle.” He recorded an album’s worth of ideas and then, well, walked away for a year. 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. Trombone Shorty’s new album opens with a dirge, but if you think the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews came here to mourn, you got it all wrong. 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. Originally attracting attention for his youth, by his teens he was attracting attention for his musical virtuosity as well. He performed “Stay All Night” with Little Big Town at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. Troy Andrews (born January 2, 1986), also known by the stage name Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, actor and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.He is best known as a trombone and trumpet player but also plays drums, organ, and tuba. In 2005, Andrews was a featured member of Lenny Kravitz’s horn section in a world tour that shared billing with acts including Aerosmith. In May 2014, Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters traveled to New Orleans to tape their upcoming HBO series, Sonic Highways. “I had two weeks at home so I went to the studio and set up the ‘playground,'” he recalls. Andrews has performed twice for President Obama at the White House in 2015. That bit of beautiful New Orleans soul—”Laveau Dirge No. 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, Clarence "Trixzéy" Slaughter on tenor sax, Pete Murano on guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, and Dwayne "Big D" Williams on percussion. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (born January 2, 1986) is a trombone and trumpet player from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Some artists don’t work until they put a record out but I never stopped going.” Truly. In his teens, he was a member of the Stooges Brass Band. Now let the horns play us out. In early 2007, New Orleans music magazine Offbeat named Andrews their Performer of the Year. Also in May 2014, Andrews recorded with Mark Ronson for his album Uptown Special which reached Number 5 on the US Billboard 200. Earlier that day, Andrews also participated in a special education program at The White House with Michelle Obama, Keb’ Mo’ and Shemekia Copeland. “It’s a life record,” he says, “about prevailing no matter what type of roadblock is in front of you.” That message is clearest on “Dirty Water,” where over an easy groove, Andrews adopts a soft falsetto to address just about anyone going through it—personal, political, whatever. ISBN 978-1-4197-1465-8. Trombone Shorty’s new album opens with a dirge, but if you think the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews came here to mourn, you got it all wrong. Andrews got his name when he picked up his instrument at four (“My parents pushed me toward trombone because they didn’t need another trumpet player,” he laughs). The first time was October 14 where he performed “Fiya on the Bayou” and also performed with Usher and Queen Latifah. 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 … At the age of 4, he appeared onstage with Bo Diddley at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. By eight, he led his own band in parades, halls and even bars: “They’d have to lock the door so the police couldn’t come in.” Promoters would try to hand money to his older cousins, but they’d kindly redirect them to the boy. On “Familiar,” co-written by Aloe Blacc, they practically mint a new genre (trap-funk?) He performed with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Madonna and Queen Latifah in a version of Macklemore’s “Same Love”. Trombone Shorty. Six weeks after the levees failed in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, 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. He is best known as a trombone and trumpet player but also plays drums, organ, and tuba. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. In September 2011, Andrews released the album For True as a follow up to his earlier album Backatown. 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 session band—guitarist Pete Murano, sax men Dan Oestreicher and BK Jackson, and drummer Joey Peebles with Dumpstaphunk’s Tony Hall in for Orleans Avenue bassist Mike Bass-Bailey—were in the studio to lay down “It Ain’t No Use.” Hall even had the vintage acoustic he bought from Nocentelli years ago, which was used on the original Meters session. Discover the real story, facts, and details of Trombone Shorty. NBC released the single as a free download. 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 documented numerous albums along with his Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue music group, including … Troy Andrews (born January 2, 1986), also known by the stage name Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, actor and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.