If the music doesn't move, then it's dead. "I'm just doing what I'm doing, and hopefully in the next 20, 30 years, some kids can take what I'm doing and change it again. I can just respect it and learn from it."Ĭreating new forms of established traditions is nothing new, Andrews says.
"And just because I play a horn, I don't need to sound, or try to capture, what was happening before me. "There's a lot of music at my fingertips that I can be influenced by," he says. "So it's not really my responsibility to keep it up, what they were doing. "I didn't grow up during the time that Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis and all those people were playing," Andrews tells NPR's Neal Conan. Today, the trombonist is hailed for bridging old and new styles of jazz into a unique sound he calls "Supafunkrock." And, while his style is celebrated by many fans, he admits that some jazz traditionalists are less enthusiastic. By the time he turned 6, Andrews had started touring with his brother's band. From the age of 4, he honed his jazz skills at funerals and played for change in the city's Jackson Square. Parents need to know thatt Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews won the 2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been hailed as one of New Orleans' brightest young stars. Bryan Collier is a renowned illustrator who has won three Caldecott Honors and five Coretta Scott King Awards. This book can also be used in school lessons or public library events about music, specifically jazz music.Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has been playing music since age 4. Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews is an internationally renowned trombone and trumpet player who leads his band Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. This is an inspirational story about never giving up on pursuing your dreams and would be a great book to use to encourage children to do just that: pursue their dreams no matter how hard it may seem to achieve them. He even played for former President of the U.S. From then on, he formed his own band, and played with greats such as Lenny Kravitz, Green Day, Prince, and B.B.
His talents did not go unnoticed, and he got his big break playing with Bo Diddley at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Trombone Shorty has a loving family who supported him and his dreams. He and his friends made instruments out of random items and Mardi Gras beads and had the time of their lives, because they had each other. His first instrument was a broken trombone he taught himself to play. Trombone Shorty, aka Troy Andrews, tells of his life growing up a poor African American boy in New Orleans. An internationally acclaimed musician, Troy Trombone Shorty Andrews received the 21 st Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities category for his achievements as a musician and for his community work to preserve and pass on to younger generations the rich musical heritage of his native New Orleans. I thought this was a wonderful autobiography about a young boy achieving his dreams.
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