Trombone Shorty Joins Jeff Becks U.K. Tour | Starting Oct. 15th, 2010

TROY “TROMBONE SHORTY” ANDREWS JOINS JEFF BECK’S U.K. TOUR

Austin City Limits will air the singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, with special guest Ivan Neville on October 2

LOS
ANGELES, Calif. — Performing on Jeff Beck’s U.K. tour is the latest
highlight in Trombone Shorty’s milestone year. His career highlights
date back to sitting in with Bo Diddley at the ripe age of four, but
this year, powered by his Verve Forecast debut, Backatown, is one for
the record books for Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews. The CD entered the
Contemporary Jazz Album chart at # 1, spending nine weeks there, before
the new Herbie Hancock CD finally broke his hold on the top slot.

Whirlwind
touring with one highlight after another continues this summer and fall
as Trombone Shorty heads to six countries in Europe for his first full
fledged tour of the continent highlighted by Festival appearances,
headline shows and a coveted slot supporting Jeff Beck’s U.K. tour. When
asked about the tour, Troy said “It’s an honor to be chosen to support a
legendary genius musician like Jeff Beck on his tour.”

Jeff
Beck and Trombone Shorty had met before. Beck played the New Orleans
Jazz Festival earlier this year. He was told not to miss Trombone
Shorty’s sold-out show at Tipitina’s, despite the late 2:30 a.m. start.
Shorty’s Tipitina’s show, which also drew celebrity fans Nicolas Cage
and Tim Robbins, was a revelation for Beck and his manager, Harvey
Goldsmith. When Mr. Beck performed a special birthday tribute to Les
Paul at New York’s Iridium in early June, Trombone Shorty was invited to
join the band for the night, an opportunity envied by the “invitation
only” audience who represented much of the cream of America’s musicians
including no shortage of guitar heroes.

Their relationship
continues in October when Trombone Shorty and his Orleans Avenue band
join Jeff Beck on his U.K. tour as part of a six-country tour of Europe.
Dates with Jeff Beck are as follows:

Oct. 15 Bournemouth, BIC
Oct. 16 Brighton, Brighton Centre
Oct. 17 Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Oct. 19 Preston, Guildhall
Oct. 20 Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium

Trombone
Shorty & Orleans Avenue did two complete knockout shows this past
weekend for their Japanese debut at the acclaimed Fuji Rock Festival. In
August, the band is off to Brazil for their first shows in Rio and Sao
Paolo, followed by European dates for most of the month of October.

They’ll
retain a strong U.S. presence as Austin City Limits will air a recently
taped appearance on October 23. Ivan Neville joined Orleans Avenue for
the taping, which will be packaged for airing on PBS stations with a
performance by Alejandro Escovedo.

Trombone Shorty has been
criss-crossing the U.S., spreading the music he has dubbed
“Supafunkrock” since the release of Backatown. In addition to headlining
shows and playing summer festivals across North America, from Bonnaroo
to the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl (on consecutive days
yet), Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue recently made their
late-night TV debut on Late Night With David Letterman, in early June.
Of all this touring, Troy commented that “it’s a complete blessing to
bring the music from Tremé and share it with the world.”

The
band’s song “Hurricane Season” can be heard weekly on MTV’s The Real
World, New Orleans as the opening title song. And all this is following
close on the heels of Troy’s recurring role as a significant character
on HBO’s Emmy-nominated Treme, where he played himself in four episodes.

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