TROY "TROMBONE SHORTY" ANDREWSBACKATOWN (Out April 20, 2010 on Verve Forecast), Trombone Shorty's major label debut, produced by Galactic's Ben Ellman, features guest appearances by Lenny Kravitz, Allen Toussaint and Marc Broussard.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be featured on NPR's Mountain Stage, premiering April 30, 2010. A live session by the band was broadcast August 2009 on NPR's World Café Live and in 2008, Troy was featured on NPR's All Things Considered.
Troy performed on Good Morning America and ESPN's SportsCenter in the run-up to the 2010 Super Bowl.
Upcoming appearances by Troy - as himself - in the HBO series Treme from The Wire creator David Simon.
Troy played with Orleans Avenue as honored guests on Saints owner Tom Benson's float in a victorious post-Super Bowl Mardi Gras parade, February 2010.
Troy recently initiated a direct collaboration with Louisiana Lieutenant Governor (and now Mayor-elect of New Orleans) Mitch Landrieu's Office to speak in schools about the importance of making the right choices growing up and how music has helped him stay focused. He also works with New Orleans' Roots of Music organization whose stated goal is to assist the education system in providing a well rounded arts curriculum with academic support by providing music education in history, theory, instrumental instruction and ensemble performance.
Troy is featured on Buckwheat Zydeco's 2010 GRAMMY Winning Lay Your Burden Down, Dr. John and the Lower 911's 2009 GRAMMY Winning City That Care Forgot and the Oscar nominated "Down In New Orleans" by Dr. John, from the hit Disney film The Princess and the Frog.
USA TODAY 4/16/2010: New Orleans music hero Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, 24, readies his first national release. Hear him play for USA TODAY and talk about his Treme upbringing.
Troy performed at the 2010 GRAMMY Awards (directly prior to the TV broadcast) as part of a New Orleans tribute, playing "When the Saints Go Marching In" in honor of the city's resurgence and of the New Orleans Saints' then upcoming appearance in the 2010 Super Bowl.
Cover story in PollStar Magazine's 11/2/09 issue.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue filmed a segment for MTVu just prior to their rousing set at San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival - August 2009.
In 2009, he was featured on the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's annual Congo Square official poster. At 23, he became the youngest artist ever to be pictured on the prestigious poster - the next youngest was Wynton Marsalis, who was featured at age 41.
"Shorty possesses the rarest combination of talent, technical capability and down home soul. I'm his biggest fan." - Wynton Marsalis
Troy was featured among the Global Ambassadors of Louisiana Music & Culture, performing for leaders from around the globe at a VIP reception during the G20 Summit in September 2009. Guests included G20 delegates and diplomats, Obama administration officials and CEOs of environmental, labor and youth organizations.
Trombone Shorty EPK won Best Documentary in the 2009 Beverly Hills Short Film Fest.
Offbeat, New Orleans' premier music magazine, has awarded Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Best R&B/Funk Band two years in a row. Trombone Shorty himself has picked up awards for Performer of The Year and Best Trumpeter two years in a row for each award.
Trombone Shorty "flaunted the presence of a rock star... He played trombone with almost combative postures." - Jon Pareles, New York Times
In 2008, he performed at the NBA All-Star Game with Harry Connick Jr., Kermit Ruffins and Branford Marsalis.
Trombone Shorty was "looking like a street-parade P. Diddy in a sharp white suit, made true heavy metal with his horn in a thrilling recasting of AC/DCs 'Back in Black.'" - David Fricke, Rolling Stone
Featured on "Whole Lotta Loving," a collaboration with Lenny Kravitz for the 2007 album Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino.
Profiled in features on Good Morning America and in USA Today in 2007.
In 2006, Troy and other New Orleans stars performed together with U2 and Green Day, all collaborating as one band, during the Louisiana Superdome's post-Hurricane Katrina re-opening spectacular during Monday Night Football. The show aired live on ESPN and was also broadcast internationally by Westwood One.
Troy's Christmas 2006 acting debut on NBC's series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (leading a group of New Orleans musicians in a performance of the holiday classic "O Holy Night") drew such an enthusiastic response from viewers that NBC released the single for free download on the NBC.com home page.
In 2005, at age 19, he toured the world as a member of Lenny Kravitz's band: "Shorty's a genius," says Kravitz, "he plays his ass off and he's a beautiful human being."
Some recent and upcoming festival appearances include the following: Bonnaroo 2010 with Orleans Avenue, solo as featured guest of Galactic in 2009, 2008 with Orleans Avenue; Jam Cruise 2010 with Orleans Avenue and solo as a guest artist in 2009; perennial performances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; Voodoo Experience 2008 & 2009; Playboy Jazz Festival at Hollywood Bowl June 12, 2010; Essence Music Festival 2009; Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival 2009; Warren Haynes' Christmas Jam 2009; Wakarusa Festival 2008 & 2009; High Sierra Music Festival 2008 & 2010, among many more.
