Life can hurt
play can heal
The Life is good Playmakers help kids overcome poverty, violence and illness by partnering with frontline professionals who dedicate their lives to caring for them.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
2010
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews was born into a musically accomplished New Orleans family. He began performing professionally at the tender age of five, moving between the trumpet and drums before settling on the instrument that would give him his nickname.
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews was born into a musically accomplished New Orleans family and showed from an early age that he fit right in. He began performing professionally at the tender age of five, moving between the trumpet and drums before settling on the instrument that would give him his nickname. So advanced was young Troy that by the time he'd reached the age of 8 a club in the city's Treme district had been named "Trombone Shorty's." Along the way to recording his debut "Trombone Shorty" album, "Backatown," (on which he played not only trombone but also trumpet, keyboards and drums, in addition to singing) Andrews was the subject of a 2003 PBS documentary on accomplished young musicians as well as playing on a nationally televised tribute to Louis Armstrong.