Trombone Shorty’s fifth major-label album, Lifted, was officially released on the opening day of the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His performance brought the two-weekend festival to a close in the early evening of Mothers Day - a fitting tribute to the album’s cover photo of his late mother, Lois Nelson Andrews, holding up the shorty musician at a second-line parade.
Read MoreAmong the session musicians was Spanish Harlem trombonist Barry Rogers, whose Latin influence complimented the Eastern African sentiment of Harrell’s melodies.
Read MoreFred Wesley's trombone solo is the sound of a man who only wants to do one thing - to play his horn.
Read MoreWhen The Meters - Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, and Cyril Neville - reunited in a New Orleans studio for the first time in over 30 years to record with Trombone Shorty, it was a pretty big deal.
Read MoreRaphael Saadiq reigned in the help of his touring band, drummer Lemar Carter and bassist Calvin Turner, along with his songwriting partner, Taura Stinson, to craft a song that would blend with the modern-era revival of soul music.
Read MoreYou may recognize him from a little band known as the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Well, now he has put together his own rollicking ensemble of musicians who bring the Powerfunk.
Read MoreBobby Byrd was “The Arbiter of Soul.”
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