Artist: Trombone Shorty

Troy Andrews, also known by the stage name  Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.

He is best known as a trombone and trumpet player, but also plays drums, organ, and tuba. He has worked with some of the biggest names in rock,  pop,  jazz, funk, and hip hop. Andrews is the younger brother of trumpeter and bandleader James Andrews III and the grandson of singer and songwriter  Jessie Hill. Andrews began playing trombone at age four, and since 2009 has toured with his own band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue. 

Andrews was born to James Andrews Jr. and Lois Andrews in New Orleans, and grew up in the culturally vibrant Tremé neighborhood, steeped in New Orleans jazz, R&B and music-related traditions such as second line parades. Andrews' family have deep roots in the music scene of New Orleans - his grandfather was musician Jessie Hill, his great-uncle Walter "Papoose" Nelson played with Fats Domino, and Andrews' mother Lois Nelson Andrews was a regular grand marshal of jazz funerals and second-line parades in New Orleans, where she routinely encouraged young musicians and was known as the "Mother of Music" and "Queen of the Tremé". 

Andrews' father James Andrews Jr., a member of the Bayou Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure Club, would frequently invite musician friends to visit their home.  Other musical family members include his brother James Andrews III and cousins Glen David Andrews and the late Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill. 

Andrews attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) along with fellow musician Jon Batiste. Since his youth, Andrews has been mentored by Cyril Neville, whom he calls "a second father". 

In 2005, Andrews was a featured member of Lenny Kravitz's horn section in a world tour that shared billing with acts including Aerosmith. Andrews was part of the New Orleans Social Club, a group formed after Hurricane Katrina to record a benefit album.

Andrews is interviewed on screen and appears in performance footage in the 2005 documentary film Make It Funky!, which presents a history of New Orleans music and its influence on rhythm and blues,  rock and roll, funk and  jazz. In the film, he performed with Kermit Ruffins and Irvin Mayfield on "Skokiaan" and was a guest performer with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band on "My Feet Can't Fail Me Now" as well as a guest performer with Big Sam's Funky Nation on "Bah Duey Duey". 

Andrews performed on "Where Y'At" as part of the Sixth Ward All-Star Brass Band Revue featuring  Charles Neville of The Neville Brothers. 

In September 2011, Andrews released the album For True as a follow up to his earlier album Backatown. Along with all the members of his band, Orleans Avenue, this record includes appearances by the  Rebirth Brass Band, Jeff Beck, Warren Haynes,  Stanton Moore, Kid Rock, Ben Ellman and Lenny Kravitz as a returning guest artist. On January 8, 2012, Andrews performed the National Anthem before the start of the NFL playoff game between the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons.