The Trombone Shorty Foundation promotes a message of unity with its fourth annual Getting Funky in Havana pilgrimage. The Trombone Shorty Foundation held its fourth annual Getting Funky in Havana ...

New Orleans luminaries, Cuban musicians, and students unite in a transformative musical journey. Since 2018, the Trombone Shorty Foundation has been fostering a unique cultural exchange through its ...

The Trombone Shorty Foundation brings New Orleans to Cuba. The Trombone Shorty Foundation completed its annual “Get Funky In Havana” pilgrimage, Jan. 16-20. Described as a cultural exchange, the trip ...

New Orleans jazz funk master Troy Andrews (better known as Trombone Shorty) together with his band Orleans Avenue played a dance-infused concert last Thursday night at UCSB Campbell Hall. The concert ...

Editor's note: This Saturday and next, we feature CDs by artists playing at this year's TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival.

The funky sound of Fred Wesley's trombone landed on the World Beat desk this week courtesy of an album he released in 1974, with his band, Fred Wesley & the New JB's, called Breakin' Bread (originally ...

The strongest winds to hit Louisiana this year didn't occur between June and November. They came weeks earlier, in the fierce gusts that launched Trombone Shorty's May LP Backatown (Verve Forecast) ...

Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews comes by his funky New Orleans musical style by nature and nurture. The 24-year-old's homegrown blend of rock, R and funk, as featured on his new album “Backatown" ...

There’s nothing small about Trombone Shorty’s big brass sounds and this week, he’ll fill the Dr. Phillips Center with his joyful noise. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Trombone Shorty (born Troy ...

Call it civic pride of the first order. Troy Andrews, known to fans of furious funk and roots music as Trombone Shorty, has such a deep and abiding love for the city of his birth that he decided to ...

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews craves his hometown New Orleans when away he’s on tour. Luckily for the rest of the world, he brings the city’s soul with him. With his longtime band, Orleans Avenue – ...