DECEMBER 2010: Rosebud Artists Honored With 13+ Nominations For New Orleans' Best of The Beat Awards - Vote Now!
Rosebud Artists have been honored with 13 nominations for the Best of The Beat Awards presented by OffBeat magazine, recognizing the best of New Orleans music. Trombone Shorty leads Rosebud nominees with 6 nominations including Artist of the Year; Album of the Year for Backatown; Best R&B/Funk Artist; Best R&B/Funk Album for Backatown; Best Trombonist and Best Trumpeter, an award he has won the last two years in a row. Dr. John is nominated for 3 awards: Best Blues Artist; Best Blues Album for Tribal and Songwriter of the Year. Irma Thomas is nominated for Best Female Vocalist and is also featured on Song of the Year nominee, "Heart of Steel" by Galactic. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet are nominated for Best Cajun Artist, a category they have won an amazing 14 times, including last year. Jon Cleary is nominated for Best Piano / Keyboardist and his Piano, Bass & Drums project band members are all also nominated: Doug Belote for Best Drummer; James Singleton for Best Bass Player and Matt Perrine for Best Tuba / Sousaphonist. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Kirk Joseph is nominated for Best Tuba / Sousaphonist as well. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Best of The Beat Award Nominees are selected by the editors and writers of OffBeat and voted on by the public. To vote and for more information on the awards click here. The awards take place January 28, 2011 at Generations Hall in New Orleans.
DECEMBER 2010: Trombone Shorty Backatown Tour Hits 5th Continent in one year, Grammy Nomination, Red Hot + New Orleans Triumph, RED Collaboration
GRAMMY NOMINATED TROMBONE SHORTY ADDS FIFTH CONTINENT TO GLOBE CIRCLING BACKATOWN WORLD TOUR
Curates NOLA legends in two sold-out Red Hot + New Orleans events at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
(RED) campaign to use Backatown track "Hurricane Season"
In alphabetical order, Rosebud artists scoring 2011 Grammy Nominations are Bettye LaVette's Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Jackson Browne & Rosebud's David Lindley for their CD, Love Is Strange - En Vivo Con Tino for Best Contemporary Folk Album, Charlie Musselwhite's The Well for Best Traditional Blues Album, Mavis Staples' You Are Not Alone for Best Americana Album and Trombone Shorty's Backatown for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Related nominations include Cyndi Lauper's Memphis Blues (featuring Rosebud's Charlie Musselwhite and Allen Toussaint) for Best Traditional Blues Album as well as Treme, Music from the HBO Original Series, featuring Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media AND "Down In New Orleans" (From The Princess And The Frog) for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (features Trombone Shorty playing with Dr. John on the song).
Congratulations and good luck to all.
NOVEMBER 2010: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Support Dave Matthews Band's Last Shows Before Year-Long Hiatus, Shorty Guests w/ DMB Each Night
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue just finished supporting Dave Matthews Band's last four shows before their year-long hiatus. Trombone Shorty and the band fired up the crowd with their own high energy set every night. Dave Matthews then called Shorty up to join DMB during their set each night. Trombone Shorty knocked the crowd out playing and soloing on "What Would You Say" in Atlanta, "Corn Bread" in Charleston, South Carolina, "Jimi Thing" on the first night in Charlottesville, VA and "Corn Bread" on the second, the closing night of the DMB tour. Check out Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue live on a stage near you, please see Tour Dates >>
OCTOBER 2010: New Eric Clapton CD Features JJ Cale, Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty
The new Eric Clapton CD, Clapton, features JJ Cale, Allen Toussaint and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. JJ Cale collaborates on 3 songs: 2 of which he wrote ("River Runs Deep" and "Everything Will Be Alright") and 2 of which are duets with Eric (the aforementioned "River Runs Deep" and "That's No Way To Get Along"). Allen and Troy are featured on 2 songs ("My Very Good Friend The Milkman" and "When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful"), both of which also feature Wynton Marsalis. Troy is also featured on "That's No Way To Get Along" with his Orleans Avenue band mate Dan Oestreicher. Walt Richmond, a JJ Cale band member, plays keyboards on every track. Walt played on the GRAMMY winning gold record by JJ Cale / Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido, and has also recently worked with Eric as a member of his touring band.
While JJ does not have any tour plans, Allen and Troy can be seen performing across the country this fall, please see Tour Dates >>
OCTOBER 2010: Trombone Shorty Is Music Director For All Star Red Hot + New Orleans Benefit Event In NYC - Fellow Rosebuds Irma Thomas and Roger Lewis (Dirty Dozen) Plus Many More Featured
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been chosen as the music director for Red Hot + New Orleans, an all star benefit event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York on December 3 and 4, 2010. Featured guests include fellow Rosebud artists Irma Thomas plus Roger Lewis of The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, as well as Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, Ivan Neville, Ledisi, Marc Broussard, Phil & Keith Frazier of Rebirth Brass Band,
Partners-N-Crime and Troy's brother and earliest mentor, James Andrews. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will close the show. For ticket information, please click here.
The event is produced by BAM in association with The Red Hot Organization in recognition of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). Part of the proceeds will benefit New Orleans' NO/AIDS Task Force.
Red Hot is a non profit production company that has produced 20 albums (including Red Hot + Blue, No Alternative, Dark Was The Night) and dedicated more than $10 million dollars to worthy organizations, causes and pro-social projects around the world. Their mission is to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.
SEPTEMBER 2010: Trombone Shorty Featured on Jimmy Kimmel Live (9/23), The Tonight Show (9/30) and Austin City Limits (10/23)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue was featured performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live September 23rd. The next week, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews will be a special guest with Ricky Minor and The Tonight Show band September 30th. On October 23rd, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be featured on PBS's Austin City Limits. Ivan Neville is also featured sitting in with the band for this taping. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue was also recently chosen to support Dave Matthews Band in November for their final four shows before their upcoming hiatus. Troy, along with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Kermit Ruffins, joined DMB during the NFL Opening Kickoff 2010 pre-game concert, broadcast live on NBC. NBC also aired a segment with Troy playing in the French Quarter with Grandpa (Playing for Change) Elliot during the broadcast of the game as a commercial wraparound. Prior to the dates with Dave Matthews in November, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue embark on a 16-date European tour in mid-October, including headline shows in Paris and London in addition to 5 dates supporting Jeff Beck in the UK, please see Tour Dates >>
SEPTEMBER 2010: Trombone Shorty, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Allen Toussaint Featured in NFL Season Kickoff Festivities
Trombone Shorty, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Allen Toussaint were all featured in NFL Season Kickoff festivities in New Orleans. Trombone Shorty and The Dirty Dozen joined Dave Matthews Band during the NFL Opening Kickoff 2010 pre-game concert, broadcast live on NBC. Shorty, The Dozen and Kermit Ruffins collaborated with DMB on the Talking Heads' classic "Burning Down the House" while the Mardi Gras Indians danced on stage. Taylor Swift also performed at the show.
The night before, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performed at the NFL Kickoff Eve celebration at the New Orleans House of Blues. Following their set, Robert Randolph and the Family Band played, joined onstage by Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty.
Trombone Shorty was also featured with iconic street-musician Grandpa (Playing For Change) Elliott in a commercial wraparound broadcast during the NFL Kickoff game between The Saints and The Vikings.
SEPTEMBER 2010: Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas & Allen Toussaint Featured on HBO's Treme Soundtrack (Out 9/28 Digitally)
Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas & Allen Toussaint are featured on Treme: Music From The HBO Original Series, Season 1 which will be released digitally September 28 (a physical CD is expected in the Fall - details TBA). All three artists were featured on the series playing themselves. Trombone Shorty and his brother James Andrews perform "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" - a song first recorded by their grandfather Jesse Hill in 1960. Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint collaborate on "Time Is On My Side." Irma's 1964 version of the song went on to be covered by The Rolling Stones later that year. Catch Shorty, Irma and Allen live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers with Bettye LaVette Live from the Artists Den extended preview
AUGUST 2010: Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty Featured on Live from the Artists Den Premiering August 19th
Live from the Artists Den (PBS) features Rosebud artists Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty taped at a very special performance on the eve of the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The show premieres August 19th - please check your local schedule at theartistsden.com for airdates. Booker and Bettye are each backed by The Drive-By Truckers, who played the same role on Booker's 2010 GRAMMY winning Potato Hole and on Bettye's GRAMMY nominated 2007 album, The Scene of the Crime. Sitting in are special guests Trombone Shorty and Ben Ellman (Galactic), who produced Trombone Shorty's album, Backatown (Verve Forecast).
Live from the Artists Den is a live music series produced in association with WNET.ORG (Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose) for public television. This episode was taped in New Orleans at the architectural landmark Patrick F. Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.
Catch Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty individually live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
AUGUST 2010: Television Encores for Bettye LaVette, Jim Lauderdale With Elvis Costello, Trombone Shorty and Carrie Rodriguez
Bettye's May 24th performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno just re-aired on August 9th. Jim Lauderdale's performance as a member of Elvis Costello's Sugarcanes band on Austin City Limits replays on August 14th. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's June 22nd performance on The Late Show with David Letterman will be re-broadcast on August 20th. Carrie Rodriguez's Austin City Limits performance will replay on December 4th. Here's your chance to check out these great performances if you missed them the first time or enjoy them again. Catch all these artists live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
JULY 2010: Thank You To HBO's Treme For Featuring Allen Toussaint, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Jon Cleary, and Music by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
HBO's Treme series has completed a great first season but will be back next year. We'd like to take this occasion to say Thanks to all at Treme for shining the spotlight on New Orleans, perhaps America's most unique and culturally significant city, and its challenges after Katrina and the flood that followed. Thanks also for featuring the city's incredible music scene and incomparable musicians - including Rosebud artists Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews, Allen Toussaint and Jon Cleary playing themselves
on-screen, as well as music by The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. We look forward to watching the next season. Catch Jon, The Dirty Dozen, Allen and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue on stage this Summer, please see Tour Dates >>
JULY 2010: Trombone Shorty Featured As WXPN's Artist To Watch For July
Trombone Shorty is featured as WXPN's Artist To Watch for July, click here to see the online feature. The Artists To Watch series spotlights a performer, both on-air and online, who has produced an album or body of work that demonstrates outstanding vision, creativity and songwriting ability. Based in Philadelphia, WXPN Public Radio produces the World Café radio show syndicated by NPR, among other programming.
WXPN is also featuring audio from Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's June performance at the Non-COMMvention music conference.
Catch the band live on stage as they tour across North America and at upcoming shows in Japan and Brazil this Summer, please see Tour Dates >>
JUNE 2010: Trombone Shorty's "Hurricane Season" Chosen As MTV's Real World New Orleans Theme Song - Backatown Still #1 Contemporary Jazz CD for 9th Straight Week
Trombone Shorty's "Hurricane Season" from his major label debut Backatown (Verve/Forecast) has been chosen as the theme song for MTV's Real World New Orleans. The show premieres June 30, 2010 and runs for 13 episodes.
Backatown is #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album Chart for the 9th straight week since it's release! Thank you for your support! Catch the band live on stage as they tour across North America and at upcoming shows in Japan and Brazil this Summer, please see Tour Dates >>
JUNE 2010: Trombone Shorty Featured With Jeff Beck, Plus Bonnaroo And Playboy Jazz - And That's Just 4 Days Last week - Treme and Letterman Coming Soon
Shorty with Jeff Beck at Tipitina's in May 2010.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue just completed a week that would be the envy of most any musician. On Wednesday June 9, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews joined Jeff Beck on stage at an invitation-only tribute to the late Les Paul at New York City's Iridium Jazz Club. On Friday June 11, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue opened the Which Stage at Bonnaroo to a great response, echoed by a song from the show and new CD, "Something Beautiful," getting 15,000 hits in the following 24 hours on YouTube. Flying to Los Angeles just hours after Bonnaroo, the band knocked out the crowd at the Playboy Jazz Festival at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl on Saturday June 12.
"Something Beautiful" at Bonnaroo 2010
In the meantime, Trombone Shorty's Backatown CD continues to reign at #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album chart for the 7th straight week.
Catch Troy on HBO's Treme again June 20 and catch the band on The Late Show with David Letterman on June 22 and in concert across North America as well as in Japan and Brazil this Summer, please see Tour Dates >>
MAY 2010: Trombone Shorty #1 Contemporary Jazz For 5th Straight Week (7th Straight Week as of 6/9/2010) And Many More Highlights
Trombone Shorty's new CD, Backatown, is #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album Chart for the 5th straight week since it's release.
Rolling Stone's glowing review of Trombone Shorty's Backatown, proclaimed that Trombone Shorty is "already a New Orleans MVP."
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews recently recorded "Ain't My Fault" with Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Tim Robbins and The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, a benefit track for Gulf Aid.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue make their late night network TV debut on Late Show with David Letterman Performance on June 22.
Worldwide Touring in 2010 includes recent knockout performances in Europe plus upcoming touring in Japan (Fuji Rock Festival) plus the band's first shows in Brazil and extensive touring across North America. Please see tour dates >>
Trombone Shorty was recently interviewed on Tavis Smiley on PBS. An encore of the show is scheduled to air June 4 and you can listen to the full audio interview and watch full interview at: Tavis Smiley / Trombone Shorty >>
APRIL 2010: Trombone Shorty's Backatown Debuts At #1 on Billboard Contemporary Jazz
Album Chart!
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' major label debut, Backatown (Verve Forecast), enters Billboard Magazine's Contemporary Jazz Album chart at #1 in its first week of release! Trombone Shorty celebrated the release of his new CD with a packed CD release party at the Republic in New Orleans. The day before the CD's release, he had been named Entertainer of the Year and Best Male Performer at the Big Easy Awards. Four days later he headlined his first sellout of his home town House of Blues on the opening night of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The release week continued with an overflow crowd for an instore appearance, blazing shows in Arizona and Tennessee as well as an appearance at the annual Instruments A 'Comin benefit at the legendary Tipitina's. The CD's kickoff was also aided by an appearance on NPR's On Point and raves from Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and the New York Times plus cover stories on Big City Blues Magazine and New Orlean's Gambit Weekly Magazine - with much more to come!
MARCH 2010: Trombone Shorty and Allen Toussaint Honored at New Orleans' Big Easy Awards
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is being honored as Entertainer of the Year at the 2010 Big Easy Music Awards in New Orleans. Andrews has also garnered two additional nominations for Best Male Performer (an award he won in 2008) and Best Rock Performer. Fellow Rosebud Artist, the legendary Allen Toussaint, is honored with a nomination for Best Album of 2009 for his GRAMMY nominated The Bright Mississippi. The awards are hosted by The Big Easy Foundation and winners will be announced on April 19, 2010 at Mardi Gras World River City Ballroom in New Orleans. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will perform for the Awards' grand finale, likely making it obvious why Andrews is being honored as the best entertainer.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be performing all over New Orleans before and during this year's Jazz & Heritage Festival. They begin their hometown run with the French Quarter Festival and Tulane University's Crawfest earlier in April, followed by shows during the Festival at The House of Blues, Blue Nile, Tipitina's and on the closing day of Jazzfest on the Gentilly Stage. After Jazzfest, the band has a full summer of U.S. festival shows, as well as dates in Europe and at Japa's Fuji Rock Festival. Watch for Trombone Shorty's major label debut, Backatown, out on Verve Forecast April 20, 2010. Please see Tour Dates >>
Allen Toussaint is still riding high off his GRAMMY nominated The Bright Mississippi, which remains in the top 25 of the Jazz Charts nearly a full year after its release. He was recently featured on Austin City Limits, which devoted the entire program to his performance. Allen just returned from a tour of Europe, headlining shows in Bologna and Rome in Italy and ten shows at the International Jazz Festival Bern in Switzerland. Always a highlight of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Allen will be performing an extra set at the Festival this year in a Jazz format, in addition to his usual soulful set on the main stage. Watch for Allen touring nationwide and overseas before and after the festival. Please see Tour Dates >>
MARCH 2010: Big Public Thanks To Our Friends At Mountain Stage For Featuring 10 Rosebud Artists In The Past Year Alone
A big Thank You to Mountain Stage (and Andy Ridenour), broadcast on over 170 NPR stations, for featuring ten Rosebud Artists since March 2009. Currently, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue's 2010 performance will be featured beginning April 30, 2010. Loudon Wainwright III and Pieta Brown will both be featured on an episode premiering May 14, 2010.
We truly appreciate the exceptional support for Rosebud artists as well as our ongoing relationship with such a top quality program. Visit the show's archives to listen to some of these past performances. Mountain Stage Archives >> NPR MUSIC: Mountain Stage >>
MARCH 2010: Trombone Shorty's New Release: Backatown, Out April 20, 2010
Trombone Shorty will release his major label debut, Backatown, April 20, 2010 on Verve Forecast. The disc was produced by Ben Ellman of Galactic and features guest appearances by Lenny Kravitz, Allen Toussaint (who contributes piano to a take on his own composition "On Your Way Down," the album's lone cover) and Marc Broussard. An explosive, homegrown combination of funk, rock, R&B and hip-hop Shorty calls SUPAFUNKROCK!, the album features fourteen songs, all but one of them written or co-written by Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
'Backatown' is a local term for an area of New Orleans that includes the historic Treme neighborhood - or 6th Ward - from which Shorty hails. Home to Congo Square, birthplace of Louis Armstrong, it has been called "the most musical neighborhood in America's most musical city." Shorty taps into these roots to create a streetwise, gritty sound all his own on Backatown.
Touring constantly, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue have confirmed several 2010 festival appearances, including one of the prestigious closing sets at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (in addition to at least four other New Orleans shows during Jazzfest); a triumphant return to Bonnaroo; a debut performance at the Hollywood Bowl for the Playboy Jazz Festival; NY's Mountain Jam Festival; the High Sierra Music Festival in CA. and many more. Catch the band on a stage near you, please see Tour Dates >>
Booker T. & The Drive-By Truckers with Bettye LaVette Live from the Artists Den extended preview
FEBRUARY 2010: Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty Featured On Live From The Artists Den Episode
Live from the Artists Den featured Rosebud artists Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty in an episode that began airing February 16, 2010 on PBS. This very special performance, taped on the eve of the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival featured Booker and Bettye each backed by The Drive-By Truckers, who played the same role on Booker's 2010 GRAMMY winning Potato Hole and on Bettye's GRAMMY Nominated 2007 album, The Scene of the Crime. Sitting in during the evening was Trombone Shorty and Ben Ellman (Galactic), who produced Trombone Shorty's forthcoming album, due out in Spring 2010.
Live from the Artists Den is a live music series produced by WNET.ORG (Great Performances, American Masters, Charlie Rose) for public television. This episode was taped in New Orleans at the architectural landmark Patrick F. Taylor Library at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Check herefor stations currently broadcasting the show.
Catch Booker T., Bettye LaVette and Trombone Shorty individually live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
FEBRUARY 2010: Trombone Shorty Featured On Oscar Nominated Best Original Song, Mardi Gras,
East Coast Headlining Tour
Trombone Shorty is featured on the Oscar nominated Best Original Song, "Down in New Orleans," performed by Dr. John, from Disney's The Princess and the Frog which is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. The song was written by Randy Newman. Rich Ross, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios said, "With its fantastic animation, original characters, memorable music, and beautiful artistry, it ranks along with many of the Studio's very best efforts."
JANUARY 2010: Grammys for Booker T. and Loudon Wainwright III, Performances by Jim Lauderdale and Trombone Shorty plus Booker T. for Neil Young Musicares Tribute
Congrats to GRAMMY Winners, Booker T. (for Potato Hole - Best Pop Instrumental Album) and Loudon Wainwright III (for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project - Best Traditional Folk Album). And to Mavis Staples for her duet with Patty Griffin on Oh Happy Day (Winner - Best Traditional Gospel Album) and Trombone Shorty for his appearance on Buckwheat Zydeco's GRAMMY winner (Lay Your Burden Down - Best Zydeco Or Cajun Music Album).
Jim Lauderdale performed during the pre-telecast awards in an all star bluegrass band while Trombone Shorty played to the full GRAMMY audience as part of a New Orleans tribute just before the broadcast.
Friday night before the awards, to celebrate Neil Young as MusiCares Person of the Year and with proceeds going to musicians in need, Booker T. joined Keith Urban and John Fogerty for a rousing rendition of "Rockin' in the Free World". (read more at rollingstone.com)
Congratulations to all the winners! Check out these artists live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
JANUARY 2010: Allen Toussaint, BeauSoleil & Trombone Shorty Score Wins At New Orleans' Best of the Beat Awards
Allen Toussaint was the big winner with Beausoleil and Trombone Shorty also scoring wins at this year's Best of The Beat Awards, presented Friday January 22, 2010 by offBeat magazine. Allen was honored with Awards for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and Best Traditional Jazz Album for his GRAMMY nominated The Bright Mississippi as well as a win for Best Piano/Keyboardist. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet won Best Cajun Performer, an amazing 14th win for them in this category! They also won Best Cajun Album for their GRAMMY nominated Alligator Purse. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews won Best Trumpeter for the second straight year in a row. The Best of The Beat Awards recognize the best of New Orleans music. Nominees are selected by the editors and writers of offBeat and the public has the opportunity to vote for the winners. This year, offBeat received the largest number of votes ever.
Congratulations to the winners! Check them out live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
DECEMBER 2009:Rosebud Artists Honored With 13 Nominations For New Orleans' Best of The Beat Awards
Rosebud Artists are honored with 13 nominations for the Best of The Beat Awards presented by OffBeat magazine, recognizing the best of New Orleans music. Nominees are selected by the editors and writers of OffBeat and voted on by the public. To vote and for more information on the awards click here. The awards take place January 22, 2010 at the House of Blues in New Orleans.
Both Allen Toussaint and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet are nominated for five awards each. Allen is nominated for Best Traditional Jazz Performer; Album of the Year and Best Traditional Jazz Album for his GRAMMY nominated The Bright Mississippi; Best Piano/Keyboardist; Artist of the Year. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet are nominated for Best Cajun Performer, a category they have won 13 times; Artist of the Year; Album of the Year and Best Cajun Album for their GRAMMY nominated Alligator Purse. Michael Doucet is also nominated for Best Violinist/Fiddler, a category which he won last year.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band are nominated for Best Brass Band, an award they have won a number of times in the past. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is nominated for Best Trumpeter, a category he won last year. Jon Cleary is nominated for Best Piano/Keyboardist. Congratulations to all the nominees!
OCTOBER 2009:Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Featured On PollStar Magazine Cover
Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) & Orleans Avenue are featured on the cover of this week's PollStar magazine (11/2/09 issue). In the article, Troy talks about his exciting live performances and about growing into his role as bandleader after touring with his brother and with Lenny Kravitz. Also highlighted is his current involvement with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu in reaching out to youth through music. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are in the studio working on their first full length release for national distribution with Ben Ellman of Galactic producing. Catch them live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
SEPTEMBER 2009: Allen Toussaint, Trombone Shorty and The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band To Perform At G20 Summit Reception
Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty along with The Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (with Wilson Savoy sitting in for Marc Savoy) are being featured among the Global Ambassadors of Louisiana Music & Culture who will be performing for leaders from around the globe at a VIP reception during the G20 Summit. Celebrating a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change, guests include G20 delegates and diplomats, Obama administration officials and CEOs of environmental, labor and youth organizations. The event is hosted by the U.S. Climate Action Network and Teresa Heinz and Senator John Kerry are Honorary Hosts. It will take place at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA on September 23, 2009. President Barack Obama is also scheduled to appear at the event. Both Allen & Trombone Shorty are currently touring.
AUGUST 2009: NPR Features Allen Toussaint (American Routes) and Trombone Shorty (World Café) A live session by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be broadcast Wednesday, August 19, 2009 on NPR's World Café Live. To find the show on a station in your area, please click here. Listen to the show live online from 2-4pm EST on 8/19/09 here. After the program airs, it will be available in show's archives here.
Allen Toussaint will be featured on the American Routes radio show Wednesday, August 26, 2009. To commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, he will be sharing his thoughts on the recovery of New Orleans and his critically acclaimed new album, The Bright Mississippi. To find the show on a station in your area, please click here. After the show airs it will be archived here.
JULY 2009: Bill Frisell Honored As Guitarist Of The Year & Other Rosebud Artists Score In Downbeat's 57th Annual Critics Poll Bill Frisell was just honored for the eighth time in twelve years as Guitarist of the Year in Downbeat magazine's 57th Annual Critics Poll (August 2009 issue). Bill is also named the #6 overall Jazz Artist of the Year, his collaborative album with Jim Hall, Hemispheres, is the #4 Jazz Album of the Year and his Trio is ranked among the top Jazz Groups of the Year. Several frequent/recent Frisell collaborators were also honored: Joe Lovano was ranked #1 for Tenor Sax; also placing high were Sam Yahel (Organ), Jim Hall (Guitar), Brian Blade (Drums), Paul Motian (Drums), Jenny Scheinman (Violin) and #1 for Violin - Rising Star, Eyvind Kang (Violin - Rising Star) and Lee Townsend (Producer - Rising Star), who is also Bill's manager.
Other Rosebud Artists also scored top ten rankings in the poll including Marcia Ball in the category of Blues Artist - Rising Star, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews for Trombone - Rising Star, and Bettye LaVette as one of the top Blues Artists.
Congratulations to all!
MAY 2009: Rosebud Artists Everywhere At New Orleans Jazz Fest
As the New York Times questioned, "Does Trombone Shorty sleep during Jazzfest? Or does he just do another gig hourly?" The ubiquitous performer jumped from his 10 scheduled bookings with his band, Orleans Avenue, to spontaneous jams with the Neville Brothers, The Dirty Dozen, cousin Glenn David Andrews and many more at various stages at the festival and clubs all around town..... (read full story)
MARCH 2009: Rosebud Artists Honored With 2009 Big Easy Music Awards Nominations
Trombone Shorty, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and BeauSoleil are all being recognized for their achievements at the 2009 Big Easy Music Awards in New Orleans on April 19, 2009. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's influential history is being acknowledged by awarding them the Music Heritage Award. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are nominated for Best Funk Band and Trombone Shorty himself is nominated for Best Male Performer, a category he won last year. Trombone Shorty also makes a guest appearance on Best Album of 2008 finalist - City That Care Forgot by Dr. John & the Lower 911. BeauSoleil is nominated for Best Cajun Band, a category that they have dominated in the past with 10 previous wins. Best of luck to all the nominees!
MARCH 2009: Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty Featured On New Orleans Jazzfest Posters
Trombone Shorty is, by about two decades, the youngest artist ever to be featured on the festival poster - quite an honor and an acknowledgement of his already impressive accomplishments and outstanding talent.Allen Toussaint, fresh from an appearance on the 2009 Grammys telecast and recipient of the 2009 Grammy Trustees Award will release, The Bright Mississippi, his first solo album in more than a decade on April 21, 2009. The Fest takes place over the last weekend in April and first weekend in May, 2009.
Past editions of the prestigious Jazzfest poster have featured Louis Armstrong, Professor Longhair, Wynton Marsalis, Mahalia Jackson, Harry Connick, Jr. and the inventor of New Orleans Jazz, Buddy Bolden. Opening day of each year's Festival sees throngs of collectors sprinting for the poster tent and the poster usually selling out before the Festival's end.
Allen Toussaint and Trombone Shorty will be performing at Jazzfest and around New Orleans during the festival, as well as touring the country and overseas throughout the year.
MARCH 2009: Trombone Shorty Wins Best Documentary At Beverly Hills Short Festival, Guest Appearance On New Buckwheat Zydeco CD
A short film about Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) just won the award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Beverly Hills Shorts Festival. The film was produced by FXF Productions and focuses on his everyday life and on getting a first-hand look at the post Katrina devastation in New Orleans. According to one of the film makers, Eric Alan Donaldson, "The hardest part of capturing the true brilliance of who he is in a short, is deciding what to cut." You can "Trombone Shorty" in QuickTime or on YouTube.
Trombone Shorty also makes a guest appearance on the soon to be released Buckwheat Zydeco CD, Lay Your Burden Down available May 5 on Alligator Records. See Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue live on tour.
FEBRUARY 2009:Grammy Congratulations! Allen Toussaint, The Blind Boys of Alabama, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Marcia Ball, Bill Frisell, Trombone Shorty, and James Burton
Grammy Congratulations to Allen Toussaint who was awarded the Grammy Trustees Award, performed on the live TV broadcast and was the featured public interviewee Thursday for the Grammys Legends series! Allen's song "Fortune Teller" is also featured on the Robert Plant / Allison Krauss Raising Sand CD - the big winner at the Grammys this year. The Blind Boys of Alabama were honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement award and also won their 5th Grammy for their Down In New Orleans CD. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet were also Grammy winners for their Live CD from the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band joined Allen Toussaint and Lil Wayne on the Grammy telecast. Also nominated for Grammys were Marcia Ball, Bill Frisell and Michael Doucet for his solo CD. Trombone Shorty was featured on Dr. John's Grammy winning City That Care Forgot and James Burton, who performs in Jim Lauderdale's Dream Payers band, shared the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental for Cluster Pluck. In addition, the Grammys Louisiana luncheon featured appearances and performances from The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Allen Toussaint and Michael Doucet. Congratulations All!
FEBRUARY 2009: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Win Big At New Orleans' 2008 Best of the Beat Awards
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet won their record 13th Best Cajun Band or Performer award at New Orleans' Best of the Beat Awards. Michael Doucet himself was also honored with the award for Best Cajun Album for his solo CD, From Now On,, as well as winning the award for Best Violin/Fiddle. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue won Best R&B/Funk Band or Performer for the second year in a row. Trombone Shorty himself picked up an award for Best Trumpet and is a featured guest on Dr. John's City That Care Forgot album which won for Album of the Year and Best R&B/Funk Album. Congratulations to all the winners!
The 2008 Best of the Beat Award Winners were announced Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the House of Blues in New Orleans. The awards recognize the best in New Orleans music. Nominees are selected by the editors and writers of OffBeat magazine and the public votes for the winners.
Trombone Shorty was recently interviewed on 
MARCH 2009: