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Trombone Shorty
Lifted
(Blue Note)
★★★★
TROY ANDREWS, AKA Trombone Shorty, has quite the CV – as a jazz musician, vocalist and composer with a slew of collaborations under his belt, and also as an actor, having appeared in Treme, the HBO series set in the aforementioned New Orleans neighbourhood well known for its modern brass band music.
With the 36-year old trumpet and trombone player writing in the inlay notes that he hopes to keep “the culture and spirit of Treme alive,” Lifted is an exhilarating, high energy mix of jazz, rock, soul, R&B, funk and hip hop that is all but guaranteed to get you moving.
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