Sunday 29 September 2013

Program No. 74 - Trombone Shorty

Troy Andrews, AKA Trombone Shorty, is a trombone and trumpet player from New Orleans, USA. Born in 1986 he has been playing the trombone since he was six years old. Here is a clip of him playing 2nd Line, at age 13.



The music of Trombone Shorty spans many genres, from jazz to rock, funk and hip hop. Since 2009 he has been touring with his own band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

The Play List for tonight:
1. Quiet as Kept
2. Neph
3. Suburbia
4. In the 6th
5. One Night Only (The March)
6. Something Beautiful (with Lenny Kravitz)
   - from Backatown (2010)

7. Back In Black
8. When the Saints
  - from Trombone Shorty: Live At Jazz Fest 2007

9. Need a Woman by Friday (King, with Trombone Shorty)(Single) (2013)

10. Buckjump (with The Rebirth Brass Band & 5th Ward Weebie)
11. Do to Me (with Jeff Beck)
12. The Craziest Thing
13. Mrs Orleans (with Kid Rock)
14. Nervis (with Cyril and Ivan Neville)
15. Big 12
16. UNC
17. Then There Was You (with Ledisi)
   - from For True (2011)

18. Set Yourself Free
19. American Woman
20. Do Watch Wanna
  - from Live at 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

21. Long Weekend
22. Shortyville
23. Say That To Say This
24. Dream On
   - from Say That To Say This (2013)

Mixing it up, next week, we look at a composer that really loved brass instruments, Richard Wagner.

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