Trombone Shorty

Trombone Shorty – Say That To Say This (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 19, 2023 · Comments off

Say That To Say This follows Trombone Shorty’s Grammy-nominated For True which spent twelve weeks at #1 on Billboard’s contemporary jazz chart and garnered rave reviews from major news outlets including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Billboard, USA TODAY, and NPR. Trombone Shorty’s new album, Say That To Say This was co-produced by Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) and Grammy-nominated R&B virtuoso, Raphael Saadiq. The album also features Trombone Shorty performing with funk legends, the original Meters with Cyril Neville on “Be My Lady”, marking The Meters’ first studio recording together since 1977.

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Trombone Shorty – Parking Lot Symphony (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 18, 2023 · Comments off

Trombone Shorty makes his debut for Blue Note Records with Parking Lot Symphony, featuring the irrepressible first single, a cover of Allen Toussaint’s Here Come The Girls. The 12 track tour de force was produced by Chris Seefried (Fitz and the Tantrums, Andra Day) and true to its title, contains multitudes of sound: from brass band blare and deep groove funk to bluesy beauty and hip-hop/pop swagger, all anchored, of course, by stellar playing and the idea that, even in the toughest of times, as Trombone Shorty says, music brings unity.

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Trombone Shorty – For True (2011/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · November 18, 2023 · Comments off

“For True” is a studio album by American Jazz musician Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews. The album was released on Verve Forecast Records as a follow up to his major label debut, “Backatown”. The 14 track album includes appearances by Lenny Kravitz, Jeff Beck, Ledisi, Kid Rock and more! It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and was his first album to chart on the Billboard 200.

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Trombone Shorty – Lifted (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Studio Masters By admin · May 30, 2022 · Comments off

There’s a peculiarity to New Orleans’ status as America’s richest music scene. The list of musicians who’ve been big locally but unknown in the larger world is crazy long; only a few—most recently Jon Batiste—have achieved wider acclaim. One of the hurdles these musicians face is in how to replicate on record the energy of live performances. Conversely, in studio recordings, New Orleans artists must project what the songs might sound like when stretched out and played live. Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, has made it his life’s work to master these tricky transitions. Andrews, who performed at the city’s Jazz and Heritage Festival at the age of four and is now a headliner, is a genuine star—a melding of skilled brass player, charismatic frontman, accomplished dancer and improving singer. Since his excellent 2013 Raphael Saadiq-produced Say That to Say This album, Andrews has been steadily moving in the direction of a roaring, professional, groove-heavy funk/R&B that’s flecked with flashes of hip-hop, jazz, rock and especially the music of his hometown heroes, The Meters. Andrews’ hometown cred begins with the charming cover photo of Lifted where his mother, Lois Nelson-Andrews (a local icon who passed away in November, 2021), holds him as a child as he toots on a toy saxophone during a Second Line. His devotion to a large presence that can be reproduced live while simultaneously revving up a convincing, listenable studio groove begins with the opener, “Come Back.” Lifted was recorded at Andrews’ Buckjump Studio with producer Chris Seefried (Fitz and the Tantrums, Andra Day), and as is the fashion in pop music today, is in-your-face loud and overly punchy. Within his emerging style, “Lie to Me” features Andrews’ soloing on his unusual and always welcome instrument of choice, the trombone. The rock-infused “I’m Standing Here” showcases the Stevie Ray Vaughan-inspired guitar of guest Gary Clark, Jr. The ’70s horn-driven funky soul of Earth, Wind & Fire is the basis for “Might Not Make It Home.” The beautiful ballad “Forgiveness” is an example of Andrews’ improvement as a lyricis: “Forgiveness is easy/Forgetting takes a long, long time,” he acknowledges. The same is true for the swinging “Miss Beautiful” which starts with “I’m the bad guy all the time/ Every problem always mine” and features a call-and-response chorus of “lighten it up.” The title track is a rock-oriented number led by a riff from guitarist Pete Murano, who along with baritone saxophonist Dan Oestreicher, are holdovers from Andrews’ original band, Orleans Avenue. Clearly designed to become an instant part of Andrews’ live extravaganzas, the originals on Lifted are tuneful and well-played, if sonically overcompressed in spots. And while Andrews is verging on becoming too smooth and too streamlined in spots, he’s still successfully balancing playing to the mainstream while retaining enough of what makes him identifiably New Orleanian. – Robert Baird

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