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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

“Don’t get me wrong, we got it goin’ on in New Orleans, he is just better.” – ALLEN TOUSSAINT

“Troy possesses the rarest combination of talent, technical capability and down home soul…I’m his biggest fan…” – WYNTON MARSALLIS

Every once in a blue moon along comes a young musician who can merge the forces of virtuosity and exuberance and unleash them on an unsuspecting public. The latest in this exclusive line is Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. At 22 years old Troy has already experienced more than most musicians three times his age, and has the chops to prove it. Having traveled extensively in the United States as well as Cuba, Europe, South America & The United Arab Emerites.

Andrews plays trombone and trumpet, and is a force to be reckoned with on both. A product of New Orleans' culturally rich Tremé neighborhood, Andrews was a bandleader by the age of 6. While Andrews was navigating New Orleans as a youngster with his band in tow, he was also absorbing lessons at the knee of his older brother James, a dynamic musical performer known as "Satchmo of the Ghetto." By the time Andrews hit his early teens, he had a PhD in the ways of the streets, which you can hear in his music. But he has also grown into a performer emanating elegance and class, gleaned from his successful studies at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). As a graduate he joined the ranks of other grads like Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Nicholas Payton.

In 2005, then only 19, Andrews was tapped by Lenny Kravitz to be a featured member of his horn section for a world tour, a tour that shared billing with acts such as Aerosmith. In London, during the summer of 2006, Andrews began working with producer Bob Ezrin and U2 at Abbey Road Studios, an association that led to Andrews performing with U2 and Green Day during the re-opening spectacular of the New Orleans Superdome.

Kicking off 2007, New Orleans’ premier music magazine, OFFBEAT, named Andrews its Performer of the Year, Best Contemporary Jazz Performer , and his band, Orleans Avenue, R&B/funk Band of the Year .