Bandleader Troy Andrews, also known as Trombone Shorty, has already established a reputation in U.S. and international jazz circles at the young age of sixteen.
Troy grew up in the historic Treme´ neighborhood of New Orleans, famous for its role in nurturing the earliest New Orleans jazz musicians. From the time he could walk, Troy literally followed in the footsteps of some of the greatest pioneers of Jazz, including Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton and Kid Ory, all of whom grew up around or played in the streets of the Treme´ neighborhood. By the time he began grade school, Troy was recognized as a junior virtuoso and popular entertainer and was honored when he was only eight years old by having a Treme´ neighborhood club named “Trombone Shorty's.”
Tutored by older brother and popular recording artist James Andrews, who in turn was mentored and initiated into the world of New Orleans jazz musicians by legendary banjo player and guitarist Danny Barker, Trombone Shorty has performed all over the world.
Troy currently attends the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, a high-school level fine arts institution that has produced such alumni as Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Nicholas Payton. He is taught and mentored by well-known trumpeter Clyde Kerr, Jr., as well as Kent Jordan, the prominent flautist and composer who leads the Jazz Studies department at NOCCA.
