When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans twenty years ago, Troy Andrews was 19 and already a touring professional musician. He evacuated to Dallas with relatives but never considered Texas home because he spent most of his life on tour and wanted to return to New Orleans. He grew up in Treme surrounded by brass bands and second line parades, often pulled into parades by his mother Lois Andrews, who shaped his connection to the trombone. He is releasing Second Line Sunday on Aug. 29 as a tribute to his mother and to New Orleans music, recorded with cousins and nephews from the New Breed Brass Band. The album's ten tracks capture the city's raucous, joyous street sound that celebrates life even in sorrow.
Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, was planning on a short break enjoying home-cooked food and jamming with friends. Instead, when the storm came, he evacuated with other relatives and rented a place in Dallas, Texas. Texas, Andrews said, never became home because he was always on the road. "I live on tour, so when I come back home, I want to be in New Orleans," he said in an interview with NPR's Michel Martin at his recording studio in the city's Garden District.
"It just means that much more because we're celebrating the music that we thought that we would lose 20 years ago," Andrews explained. Second Line Sunday is a collaboration with his cousins and nephews, who make up the Grammy-nominated New Breed Brass Band, many of whom Andrews has mentored over the years. The album's ten tracks capture the raucous, joyous sound of New Orleans streets, where moments festive and somber are celebrated with music and dance.
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