JazzFest History

Trombone Shorty

Instrument: Trombone/Trumpet
Born: New Orleans, Louisiana

"We get a lot of young musicians that get caught up in trying to recreate what those people (Louie-Miles) have done, not knowing that the people who made that music were always trying to move forward."

- Trombone Shorty
DownBeat

From the JazzFest Program Biography:

Trombone Shorty Program Bio