Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be at State Theatre New Jersey November 21, 2024

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Grammy®-nominated horn player Trombone Shorty puts a New Orleans spin on everything he plays. Prowling the stage with his band, Orleans Avenue, he delivers an explosive performance blurring the lines between funk, soul, R&B, and psychedelic rock.
It was after midnight when Trombone Shorty stepped offstage at the House of Blues in New Orleans, but he wasn’t done playing yet. Take a listen to Lifted, Shorty’s second Blue Note Records release, to hear that same ecstatic energy coursing through the entire collection. The album finds the NOLA icon and his bandmates tapping into the raw power and exhilarating grooves of their legendary live show. The writing is bold and self-assured, standing up to hard times and loss with grit and determination. The playing is muscular to match, mixing pop gleam with hip-hop swagger and second line abandon. Shorty’s proven he’s more than just a horn player, though. Catch a gig, open the pages of the New York Times or Vanity Fair, flip on any late-night TV show and you’ll see an undeniable star with utterly magnetic charisma, a natural born showman who can command an audience with the best of them.
Lifted is the work of a master craftsman: The album’s nimble arrangements and judicious use of special guests-from Gary Clark Jr. and Lauren Daigle to the rhythm section from Shorty’s high school marching band-ultimately yields a collection as refined as it is rapturous; one that balances technical virtuosity and emotional release in equal measure as it celebrates music’s primal power to bring us all together. For Shorty, the show never ends. Not by a long shot.