KALAMAZOO --The cool guy in blues bands, the star player who is right up front, is usually the guitar slinger. It's never a trombone slinger. "That's why I had to start my own band," James Montgomery ...

Of course, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue also plays the blues. “We play blues all the time and have played a lot of blues festivals over the years,” Shorty says. “When you get to a certain part of ...

The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series has added Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue to the lineup. The New Orleans jazz-funk artist will now perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 at Fort Mose Historic State ...

It is not a rhetorical question when Big Sam Williams asks, "Is it funky?" You better answer. "Is. It. Funky?!" Now that you mention it, Mr. Williams, Yes, it is. I don't, and will not ever, know ...

side 1: Lovie Austin's Serenaders. Steppin' on the Blues; side 2: Preston Jackson and his Uptown Band. Trombone Man (Century 3017). 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1924 and released on ...

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