Trombone Shorty... Casts a Long Shadow
This week on American Routes, we’re celebrating the life and music of Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews. Schooled in the sounds of his family and New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood, Shorty has been a musician since the age of four. His natural prowess as a trombonist and trumpeter has carried Shorty from his roots in traditional jazz and popular tunes to funk and distinctively new New Orleans music as heard on the recent CD Parking Lot Symphony. We’ll hear a classic concert, where he joins Kermit Ruffins upriver in St. Paul, MN… and then return to New Orleans where Troy takes the stage with his students from the Trombone Shorty Academy, as Andrews mentors the city’s next generation of musicians
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Bourbon St. Parade James and Troy Andrews
12 & Shorty, Keep Swinging Records
(Talkin' Bout the) Zulu King James and Troy Andrews
12 & Shorty, Keep Swinging Records
Little Liza Jane Dr. John w/ James and Troy Andrews
12 & Shorty, Keep Swinging Records
West End Blues Louis Armstrong
Satchmo Blows the Blues, Sony
Buddy Bolden's Blues Jelly Roll Morton
The Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings, Commodore
Oh, But On the Third Day Wynton Marsalis
Majesty of the Blues, Columbia
Instrumental: Little Liza Jane Nicholas Payton
Gumbo Nouveau, Verve
SEGMENT: Troy and James Andrews
Instrumental: In the 6th Trombone Shorty
Backatown , Verve
Get Down Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue
Orleans & Claiborne, Treme Records
SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty 2010
No Place Like Home The Soul Rebels and Trombone Shorty
No Place Like Home, soulrebelsbrassband.com
End Bed: Two Trumpet Blues The Troy Andrews Quintet
The End of the Beginning, Treme Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: On the Sunny Side of the Street The Troy Andrews Quintet
The End of the Beginning, Treme Records
Ooh Poo Pah Doo Parts 1 & 2 Jessie Hill
The Minit and Instant Story, Charly Records
Whole Lotta Lovin' Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino, Vanguard
SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty 2017 Pt. 1
Instrumental: Tipitina David Torkanowsky
American Routes original recording, unreleased
SEGMENT: Kermit and Shorty w/ BBQ Swingers at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty 2017 Pt. 2
Instrumental: Congo Square Trombone Shorty
The End of the Beginning, Treme Records
SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty Academy
Closing Bed: Fanfare Trombone Shorty
Parking Lot Symphony, Blue Note