There ain’t no party like a Trombone Shorty party. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue headlined Friday night’s lineup at the 2025 Syracuse International Jazz Festival, delivering a non-stop dance party.

Jim McFalls is a former military band colleague of mine and is also one of the finest trombonists playing and teaching jazz music today. He has literally toured the world playing jazz as a member of ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Brace yourselves for a high-energy horn show when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue take the stage at the 34th annual Syracuse Jazz Fest on Sunday, July 3. Michael McDonald will ...

Being nominated for a Grammy Award is an amazing accomplishment — especially when it happens more than once, as one University of Massachusetts Amherst professor knows. Ben Barnett, an adjunct faculty ...

Click to enlarge. Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews and Orleans Avenue perform in Barcelona, Spain, in September. Photo by Jordi Vidal/Redferns The New Orleans musical tradition, as storied and varied as ...

Trombone Shorty of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue performs at Danforth Music Hall on Feb. 16, 2024, in Toronto, Ontario. The fan favorite will headline the 48th annual Saratoga Jazz Festival on June ...

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been hailed as one of New Orleans' brightest young stars. From the age of 4, he honed his jazz skills at funerals and played for change in the city's Jackson Square.

Trombone Shorty's Jazz Fest dream comes true Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews closed out the 2013 New Orleans Jazz Fest with an electrifying performance on the Acura Stage. That slot was long held by ...

With the Super Bowl coming to the SuperDome this year, the NFL is also bringing in some New Orleans flare. Since the city has such a rich music history, the league has decided to spotlight some of New ...

Pope Leo XIV played the trombone in a jazz band in the 1970s and '80s and was known in Chicago music circles as "Bobby Prev." Rating: False (About this rating?) In May 2025, after cardinals in Vatican ...