So advanced was he, that at the age of eight, a club in the Tremé district was named Trombone Shorts in his honor. he began leading local brass bands when he was just six.

He mastered trombone, trumpet, tuba, organ, and drums, eventually choosing the trombone as his principal instrument and thus picking up his nickname, because at the time the horn was bigger than he was. Andrews began making music at a very early age and was playing professionally at age four, performing with Bo Diddley at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His grandfather Jessie Hill was a locally popular R&B recording artist, while older brother, James '12' Andrews, is a successful jazz trumpeter and an early mentor. Lifted, his second Blue Note album, appeared in 2022.Īndrews was born one of seven children into a well-known musical family in New Orleans in 1986. Andrews' second kids' book, The 5 O'Clock Band, was published in 2018. He signed to Blue Note for 2017's Parking Lot Symphony, which spent seven weeks atop the contemporary jazz charts. Fiercely devoted to his Treme neighborhood, Andrews created the Trombone Shorty Foundation, personally donating quality instruments to local schools and individuals. All topped the contemporary jazz album charts and won global notice. He signed to Verve Forecast for 2010's major-label breakthrough, Backatown, followed by For True the following year, and Say That to Say This in 2013. His debut, Trombone Shorty's Swingin' Gate, was released in 2002. His encyclopedic knowledge of the brass band tradition allows him to play the repertoire straight as well as integrating it in his own compositions with funk, jazz, rock, hip-hop, soul, and blues. Andrews' inimitable sound is fat, brash, and aggressive one moment, and warm, moaning, and sweet the next. A childhood prodigy, he debuted with Bo Diddley at age four, was leading his own brass band at six, and touring with Lenny Kravitz at 13. Trombone Shorty is the stage name of New Orleans' trombonist, composer, bandleader, author, and philanthropist Troy Andrews.

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