A.V. Club: Best of the Decade

Artist Trombone Shorty And Orleans Avenue

  • Trombone Shorty

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews earned his nickname in brass-band parades, and was leading his own jazz groups by age 6—years before he could even hold the instrument correctly. Now a part of New Orleans’ horn legacy, Andrews is one of many artists dealing with a post-Katrina dystopia while paradoxically taking advantage of the musical opportunities the disaster has afforded him. Andrews has played rock trombone with everyone from U2 to Green Day to Lenny Kravitz, but he clearly prefers to inhabit the R&B hemisphere while headlining, drawing funk and hip-hop out of his five-piece Orleans Avenue.

Updated 08/16/2009

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