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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
Listen - Instrumental: In the 6th Trombone Shorty
Backatown , Verve - Get Down Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue
Orleans & Claiborne, Treme Records - SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty 2010
Listen - 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
Listen - Instrumental: Tipitina David Torkanowsky
American Routes original recording, unreleased - SEGMENT: Kermit and Shorty w/ BBQ Swingers at Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul, MN
Listen - SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty 2017 Pt. 2
Listen - Instrumental: Congo Square Trombone Shorty
The End of the Beginning, Treme Records - SEGMENT: Trombone Shorty Academy
Listen - Closing Bed: Fanfare Trombone Shorty
Parking Lot Symphony, Blue Note