MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Hugh Laurie, Dr. John and Trombone Shorty celebrated bluesy New Orleans music in a three-part show mixing new tracks and southern classics at the Montreux Jazz Festival. full story ![]()
Wed, 01 May 2013 17:29:03by kari dequine New Orleans bureauNEW ORLEANS — The first graduates of the Trombone Shorty Academy take to the stage tonight for a performance, the culmination of four months spent learning and playing the musical history of New Orleans. Since January, a group of about 20 high school...
theadvocate.com (21 days ago)
Growing up in New Orleans' 6th Ward, Trombone Shorty (Troy Andrews) didn't wait long to break into the city's famous music scene. He picked up his nickname after his older brother found him marching in a street parade with a trombone twice as big as the then-4-year-old.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers....
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- For more than two decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers....
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By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS, April 27 (Reuters) - Musician Troy Andrews, better known as "Trombone Shorty," witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at age 12 - not from the viewing area but on stage. "I was playing with my brother's brass band," said Andrews, now 27. At this year's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Andrews will be given a high...
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Hugh Laurie meets and plays the blues with Chris Barber, the trombonist who introduced musicians like Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker to British audiences.
bbci.co.uk (14 days ago)
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues ITV, 10pm Hugh Laurie — rowing Blue, actor, comedian, musician, underrated novelist and celebrated neurotic...
thetimes.co.uk (18 days ago)
Sun, 05 May 2013 17:29:07By John Wirt Music writerAdvocate staff photo by MATTHEW HINTON New Orleans native Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews plays the final set Sunday for Jazz Fest 2013 with his band Orleans Avenue on the Acura Stage in New Orleans. Andrews is taking over the task of closing out Jazz Fest on the Acura Stage from the Neville Brothers.NEW ORLEANS — The final...
theadvocate.com (17 days ago)
NEW ORLEANS — Carnival parades managed to roll Sunday in New Orleans despite bad weather, but revelers might not be so lucky on Monday.Parades planned for Fat Monday, or Lundi Gras, are threatened by more rain in the forecast.That includes the Krewe of Orpheus, the star-studded group led by entertainer Harry Connick Jr. It was scheduled to roll at 6 p.m. Monday, with...
bostonherald.com (3 months and 10 days ago)
For decades, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has closed with a performance by the city's own Neville Brothers.
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