Trombone Shorty - "On Your Way Down"

Today we've got the funky, jazzy, New Orleans sound of Trombone Shorty and his Orleans Avenue band.  Twenty-five year old Troy Andrews (aka Trombone Shorty) has been wowing crowds with his horn prowess since the age of six (see photo on left playing the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 1991 with the Carlsberg Brass Band from Denmark).


 

His solo musical career began to take shape around 2006 shortly after a stint as a horn player touring with Lenny Kravitz.
From Wikipedia:   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.  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, Joey Peebles on drums, and Dwayne "Big D" Williams on percussion.
He appeared in four episodes of the 2010 HBO series Treme.  In 2010 Andrews released Backatown (Verve Forecast), which hit Billboard magazine's Contemporary Jazz Chart at #1 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue toured across North America, Europe, Japan and Brazil, as well as supporting shows for Jeff Beck in the U.K. and Dave Matthews Band in the U.S. They performed on television shows including Conan, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Bonaroo, 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 "Down In New Orleans" with Dr. John.

As you know, I love the New Orleans sound and Trombone Shorty's unique combination of NOLA jazz and funk are truly irresistible.  ENJOY!

Listen to "On Your Way Down"
From the album 'Backatown'


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