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Every once in a blue moon along
comes someone who can merge the forces of virtuosity
and exuberance and unleash them on an unsuspecting
public. The latest in this exclusive line of blue moon
arrivals is Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews.
Andrews plays trombone and trumpet. He is a man to
be reckoned with on both. A product of New Orleans' culturally
rich Treme neighborhood, Andrews was a bandleader by
the age of 6.
While Andrews was navigating New
Orleans as a youngster with his band in tow, he was
also absorbing lessons at the knee of his older brother
James, a dynamic musical performer known as "Satchmo of the Ghetto." It
is safe to say that by the time Andrews hit his early
teens, he had a PhD in the ways of the streets, which
you can still hear in his music. But he has also grown
into a performer emanating elegance and class; gleaned
from his successful studies at the prestigious New Orleans
Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA). As a graduate he
joined the ranks of other grads like Wynton and Branford
Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Nicholas Payton.
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