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Rare is the artist with the virtuosity to draw the unqualified respect of some of the most iconic legends in jazz and the ability to deliver a high-energy funk rock show capable of mesmerizing international rock stars. Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is one such artist - and there is no one else like him.

Trombone Shorty, a product of New Orleans' culturally rich Treme neighborhood is equally adept on trombone and trumpet. You might say he should be since he was a bandleader by the age of six! While navigating New Orleans with his band in tow, he was also absorbing lessons from his older brother James, a dynamic musical performer known as "Satchmo of the Ghetto." By the time Trombone Shorty was twelve, he had a Ph.D. in the ways of the streets, which you can still hear in his music. Now, at 23, Trombone Shorty, with the aid of his hard-thumping cohorts Orleans Avenue, has grown into a performer who commands the stage while emanating an elegance and class gleaned from his successful studies at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. Shorty and his band first appeared at High Sierra two years ago and they left an indelible mark on the festival th... Seems like they're making that kind of statement every time they hit the stage now.