![]() James Infirmary' with special guest Booker T. It's the way they talk to you, the way they say your name - it's all musical. In this video from the White House, Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews performs 'St. And in that neighborhood, I think everybody in the neighborhood has some type of musical influence, even if they don't play instruments or anything. ![]() "As soon as I was born, my mom said I was humming 'When the Saints Go Marching In,' or something like that, you know?" he says. ![]() And he has a new album out called Backatown.Īndrews says there was never any doubt that he would become a musician. But he's playing with his "supafunkrock" band, Orleans Avenue, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 2. When Andrews was a kid, his horn was taller than he was, so his big brother James Andrews started calling him "Trombone Shorty." The nickname stuck, as has Trombone Shorty's fierce loyalty to the neighborhood where he grew up hearing big brass sounds from homes, churches and the streets.Īt age 24, music has already brought him around the world. ![]() Growing up in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, a very young Troy Andrews quickly learned the trumpet and trombone. ![]()
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