Trombone Shorty is 39 years old but he's already taken center stage in New Orleans for 35 years. The Grammy Award winning musician from The Big Easy will perform "America the Beautiful" with ...

Kyle Roussel, Trombone Shorty with the New Breed Brass Band, Corey Henry and his Treme Funktet, and Preservation Brass and ...

The Grammy-winner, born Troy Andrews, will perform a rendition of "America the Beautiful" with Lauren Daigle ahead of the 2025 Super Bowl on Feb. 9, 2025 Alexandra Schonfeld is a features writer at ...

Trombone Shorty and Preservation Hall Jazz Band were two of five Louisiana-based groups that swept the Grammy nominations for ...

Brian Allen is from Lake Jackson, Texas where part of this solo trombone album was recorded. He studied with some of the masters of avant-garde /free jazz such as Roswell Rudd and Ellery Eskelin. To ...

History can lift you up or weigh you down. It can be a mountain to stand on or a sack of stones upon your back. This is especially true in a town where musical history is as rich and omnipresent as it ...

If you see “The Peanuts Movie” next month, you might recognize the trombone behind the "wah wah" sound of the adult voices. New Orleans singer and trombone player Troy “Trombone” Shorty announced ...

The College of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of Sterling Tanner who will join our faculty this fall as assistant professor of trombone. A performer, educator and clinician, Tanner is ...

New Orleans musician Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty founded the Trombone Shorty Foundation to support young musicians in the city in the wake of Katrina. The foundation provides music education, ...

Trombone Shorty was one of seven children and grew up in a musical household. His brother, trumpet player and bandleader James Andrews, gave him a trombone when he was 4 years old. Bo Diddley invited ...