To
Make
a Long Story Short:
Thursday,
January
16 – Phoenix Concert Theatre
Toronto
– A
common New Orleans expression, say that
to say this means “to make a long story short”; it is also
the title of Trombone
Shorty’s latest release.
Performing
music
from their new album, Say
That To
Say This, Toronto Downtown Jazz Society is pleased to
announce the return
of Trombone Shorty and
Orleans Avenue
on Thursday, January 16
at the Phoenix Concert
Theatre. Tickets: Rotate This, Soundscapes and
all Ticketmaster
outlets
or by calling 1.855.985.5000 .
Produced
by
Raphael Saadiq, Shorty’s new album has spent the last six weeks
topping the
Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album charts. Continuing to push the
stylistic
envelope of his genre blending sound with this latest release,
Shorty
incorporates grooving R&B-funk instrumentals while maintaining his
signature supafunkrock
sound. Moreover, the record
also features the reunion of the legendary Meters, 36 years
later, as they
revisit their 1977 classic “Be My Lady,” with Shorty singing
lead and playing horns.
One
of the
hottest stars to come out of New Orleans in a generation, Grammy
nominated multi-instrumentalist
Troy “Trombone Shorty”
Andrews expands
on the musical heritage of New Orleans with the boldness of a
true original. Hailing
from the Tremé neighbourhood in New Orleans’ 6th Ward, home to
Congo
Square and the birthplace of Louis Armstrong, Tremé has been
called “the most
musical neighbourhood in America’s most musical city.” It has
also served as
the cultural backdrop of Trombone Shorty’s sound. His list of
credentials reads
like a list of who’s who in music today – he’s toured with Lenny
Kravitz, and
collaborated with everyone from U2 and Green Day to Buckwheat
Zydeco and
Branford Marsalis.
Trombone
Shorty & Orleans
Avenue
Thursday,
January 16
Phoenix Concert Theatre –
410 Sherbourne
Street
Ticketmaster.ca
or
1.855.985.5000
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