Trombone Shorty is about 6 feet tall. Trombone Shorty was one of seven children and grew up in a musical household. His brother, trumpet player and bandleader James Andrews, gave him a trombone ...

It is dripping from the pre-game performances, and Trombone Shorty is going to blow people ... age four — because his brother already played trumpet in the family. By six he was playing trombone ...

How Trombone Shorty is training the next generation of musicians in his hometown Troy Andrews, better known as Trombone Shorty, grew up with music all around him in New Orleans, first playing on ...