New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will bring NOLA to Brooklyn this summer, headlining at the Prospect Park Bandshell on June 29 as part of Celebrate Brooklyn! 2012, Brooklyn's free, summer-long performing arts festival. This show comes as part of a massive worldwide tour for the 6-piece outfit that includes stops at LA's Hollywood Bowl, prestigious music festivals in the U.S. and abroad, and European dates supporting mentor Lenny Kravitz. See full list of tour dates below.
Since the release of his new album 'For True' (Verve Forecast), Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews was honored at Tulane University's Commencement with the President's Medal of Honor, appeared on the official New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival poster and on the covers of Downbeat and Jazziz Magazines, performed at The White House, on Conan, Ferguson, Fallon, NPR's Tiny Desk, WBEZ's Sound Opinions, WNYC's Soundcheck, and much more.
TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE TOUR DATES:
6/1/2012 - Ft. Worth TX, Ft. Worth Botanic Gardens
6/2/2012 - Glenside PA, Keswick Theatre
6/3/2012 - Hunter NY, Mountain Jam Festival
6/4/2012 - Amagansett NY, Stephen Talkhouse
6/6/2012 - Portland ME, Port City
Music Hall
6/7/2012 - Burlington VT, Burlington Discover Jazz Festival
6/9/2012 - Sao
Paolo BRAZIL, BMW Jazz Festival
6/11/2012 - Salvador, Bahia BRAZIL, BMW Jazz Festival
6/12/2012 - Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL, BMW Jazz Festival
6/21/2012 - Winnipeg MAN CANADA, Winnipeg Jazz Festival
6/22/2012 - Vancouver BC CANADA, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
6/23/2012 -
Victoria BC CANADA,
Victoria International JazzFest
6/25/2012 - Ottawa ON CANADA, TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival
6/27/2012 - Toronto ON CANADA, TD Toronto Jazz Festival
6/28/2012 - Dewey Beach DE, Bottle N Cork
6/29/2012 - Brooklyn NY, Celebrate Brooklyn!
6/30/2012 - Rochester NY, Rochester International Jazz Festival
7/1/2012 -
Saratoga Springs NY, Freihofer‚s
Saratoga Jazz Festival
7/4/2012 - Jarnac FRANCE, Blues Passions
7/5/2012 - Strasbourg FRANCE, Strasbourg Jazz Festival ++
7/6/2012 - Rotterdam THE NETHERLANDS, North Sea Jazz Festival *
7/7/2012 - Weert THE NETHERLANDS, Bospop *
7/9/2012 - Montreux SWITZERLAND, Montreux Jazz Festival ++
7/10/2012 - Nice FRANCE, Nice Jazz Festival ++
7/11/2012 - Locarno SWITZERLAND, Moon and Stars Œ12 *
7/12/2012 - Vienne FRANCE, Jazz a Vienne
7/13/2012 - Straubing GERMANY, Jazz and der Donau
7/14/2012 - Aix-les Bains FRANCE, Musilac *
7/16/2012 - Sarzana ITALY, Stadio Miro Luperi *
7/17/2012 - Rome ITALY, Rock In Roma, Ippodromo delle Capannelle *
7/19/2012 - Vigevano ITALY, Castello Sforzesco *
7/21/2012 - Wiesen AUSTRIA, Nova Jazz & Blues at Wiesen
7/22/2012 - Karlsruhe GERMANY, Das Fest
8/1/2012 - Los Angeles CA, Hollywood Bowl
8/3/2012 - Morrison CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre +
8/4/2012 - Morrison CO, Red Rocks Amphitheatre +
8/10/2012 - Pittsburgh PA, Allegheny County Summer Concert Series @ South Park Amphitheatre
8/11/2012 - Richmond VA, Richmond Jazz Festival
8/17/2012 - Raleigh NC, North Carolina Museum of Art
8/18/2012 - Cockeysville MD, 20th Annual Hot August Blues Festival
8/19/2012 - Schwenksville PA, Philly Folk Festival
8/22/2012 - Seattle WA, Woodland Park Zoo Amphitheater
8/23/2012 - Eugene OR, Cuthbert Amphitheater
8/24/2012 - Portland OR, Oregon Zoo Amphitheater
8/26/2012 - Jacksonville OR, Britt Festival
9/1/2012 - Snowmass CO, Jazz Aspen Snowmass
9/2/2012 - Salt Lake City UT, Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
9/20/2012 - Sacramento CA, Huskyshows 2012 Jazz Concert Series
9/22/2012 - Monterey CA, Monterey Jazz Festival
10/6/2012 - Myrtle Beach SC, Oktorberfest
* With Lenny Kravitz
+ With
My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses
++ With
Dr. John And The Lower 911 featuring Jon Cleary
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews on the web:
http://www.tromboneshorty.com/
http://www.myspace.com/tromboneshorty
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Troy-Trombone-Shorty-Andrews-Orleans-avenue/90913581108
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