Trombone
Shorty
JUL 1

Trombone Shorty brings "Supafunkrock" to SPAC!

SPAC welcomes Trombone Shorty, part of the 35th Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival!

Since the release of their Grammy®–nominated 2010 debut album, Backatown, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue have grown creatively, having performed on five continents and winning hordes of new fans. Their new album, For True (Sept. 13, Verve Forecast), offers substantive proof of their explosive growth, further refining the signature sound Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews has dubbed Supafunkrock.

“There was excitement from everywhere,” says Andrews (who’s now 25) of the experience on the road and how it fed into the creation of For True. “We did over 200 shows in the last year and a half, and every night we allowed the music to take us over. The whole band was getting better on their instruments. We were at a different level, which made us excited to get back in the studio and see what we can do. Musically and creatively, we wanted to shoot for some different things.”

The band—Mike Ballard on bass, Pete Murano on guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, Dwayne Williams on percussion, Dan Oestreicher on baritone sax and Tim McFatter on tenor sax—stirs together old-school New Orleans jazz, funk and soul, laced with hard-rock power chords and hip-hop beats, and they’ve added some tangy new ingredients on For True as they keep pushing the envelope, exploring new musical territory.