Trombone Shorty Bringing Sweet New Orleans Sounds to The Palace Theatre Oct 20th

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Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and his band Orleans Avenue will be bringing there unique blend of hip hop/jazz/funk/rock to the Palace Theatre in St. Paul on Friday,  October 20th

Trombone Shorty’s new album opens with a dirge, but if you think the beloved bandleader, singer, songwriter and horn-blower born Troy Andrews came here to mourn, you got it all wrong. That bit of beautiful New Orleans soul—”Laveau Dirge No. 1,” named after one of the city’s most famous voodoo queens—shows off our host’s roots before Parking Lot Symphony branches out wildly, wonderfully, funkily across 12 diverse cuts.

True to its title, this album contains multitudes of sound—from brass band blare and deep-groove funk, to bluesy beauty and hip-hop/pop swagger—and plenty of emotion all anchored, of course, by stellar playing and the idea that, even in the toughest of times, as Andrews says, “Music brings unity.”

As for why it’s taken Andrews so long to follow 2013’s Raphael Saadiq-produced Say That to Say This, the man simply says, “I didn’t realize so much time passed. Some artists don’t work until they put a record out but I never stopped going.” Truly. In the last four years, Andrews banked his fifth White House gig; backed Macklemore and Madonna at the Grammys; played on albums by She & Him, Zac Brown, Dierks Bentley, and Mark Ronson; opened tours for Daryl Hall & John Oates and Red Hot Chili Peppers; appeared in Foo Fighters’ Sonic Highways documentary series; voiced the iconic sound of the adult characters in The Peanuts Movie; inherited the esteemed annual fest-closing set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in the tradition of Crescent City greats like the Neville Brothers and Professor Longhair; and released Trombone Shorty, a children’s book about his life that was named a Caldecott Honor Book in 2016.

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Tour Dates:

10/10 Orpheum Theatre  Boston MA

10/11 The Fillmore  Philadelphia PA

10/13 Terminal 5  NY NY

10/14 Terminal 5  NY NY

10/15 The Anthem Washington DC

10/18 Gila River Arena  Glendale AZ

10/20 Palace Theatre  ST. Paul MN

10/21 Riviera Theatre  Chicago IL

10/23 Danforth Music Hall  Toronto CA

10/24 Danforth Music Hall  Toronto CA

10/26 The Fillmore  Detroit MI

10/27 Egyptian Room  Indianapolis IN

10/28 DRAM at State Street  Madison WI

10/29 Truman’s Bar  Kansas City MO

 

 

 

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