Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty was born into music. His grandfather was a popular New Orleans R&B musician and his older brother was a successful jazz trumpeter. Andrews took to music early, appearing professionally for the first time as a five year old. Initially learning trombone, trumpet and drums he focused on trombone and collected the nickname “Trombone Shorty”.
Troy continued his musical education at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts’ (NOCCA) musical education program for high school students; other graduates included Harry Connick, Jr., Nicholas Payton, and Wynton and Branford Marsalis. A 2003 PBS documentary featured Andrews along with four other students and he was included in the networks’ tribute to Louis Armstrong.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation today launched a new PSA, “Rise and Shine,” starring Trombone Shorty, to raise money for their relief fund to support Louisiana musicians who have lost income amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the COVID-19 pandemic rolled across the globe, it silenced live music everywhere. As home to some of the world’s greatest musical traditions, Louisiana is also home to some of its most gifted musicians. Musicians who have been struggling for nearly a year now, with no real end in sight. Some of whom have left their instruments behind for good, finding new ways to make ends meet, and making it challenging for young musicians to receive music instruction from the city’s culture bearers.
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To quote John Swenson, “Other New Orleans musicians have taken the path traversed by Louis Armstrong, and moved away to find their audience. There are a handful of local musicians who have built global careers on their music off the top of the head you can mention Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Big Freedia, Mystikal, Lil’ Wayne, Master P and a few others.
“One young musician, however, stands out as a millennial version of the traditional New Orleans musicians known around the world icons like Armstrong, Sidney Bechet and Fats Domino. Troy Andrews, a.k.a. Trombone Shorty, is New Orleans musical royalty the younger brother of James Andrews; cousin to Glen David Andrews and a host of other musicians; the grandson of the great Jessie Hill; blood relation to Mahalia Jackson and, some say, Armstrong himself.”
Pensacola News Journal
An increasingly heated dispute between two local Santa Rosa County elected officials reached a boiling point at Tuesday s County Commission meeting, with accusations of racism, discrimination and personal vendettas being thrown around between Clerk of Court Donald Spencer and District 1 Commissioner Sam Parker.
The four-hour workshop, which was comprised mostly of standard county business, ended with Parker requesting to make a few comments not on the agenda.
In his prepared comments, Parker brought up a dispute from the week prior between Spencer and him, in which Spencer challenged Parker s charitable donations because he said they didn t have the proper paperwork.
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