This year, he welcomed not just area icons like Tip’s owners and fellow Nawlins sonic guardians Galactic, but rising stars like Cimafunk and Tank & The Bangas for an all-day, all-star showcase of the best music the city has to offer.Įven with all that talent backing up Trombone Shorty’s own impressive Orleans Avenue band, who helped the Foundation leader anchor the show, the real stars and show-stealers were the students who took the stage throughout the day. It’s impressive work and many successes to teach, promote, and as he does each year in the hallowed halls of one of New Orleans’ greatest music venues, help raise the funds to keep his project alive and thriving. While his own adventures have taken him from the corner to the biggest stages in the world, he always finds his way back home to help with the Foundation. Troy Andrews, hasn’t been shy about his drive to pay that energy forward. It all stems from the love Shorty himself was shown as a child prodigy who went from playing along with second line parades that flow through the streets of the Crescent City as a child to blossoming into a world-wide touring artist. Providing a practical set of skills beyond just musicianship, students accepted into the various programs the Shorty Foundation offers learn skills ranging from playing in the legendary New Orleans style to developing careers as a functioning, touring, business-savvy stewards of the culture themselves. Working with a veritable army of teachers, production workers, practicing musicians, and consultants, the Shorty Foundation opens its doors to musically inclined youth not just from around the city but from around the world. New Orleans is legendary for how it nurtures and fiercely protects the talent it produces from the cradle up, and few artists go more “All In” than Trombone Shorty. One of New Orleans’ hometown heroes, Trombone Shorty, brought his most beloved project, the Shorty Foundation, to Tipitina’s for its annual Shorty Fest fundraiser on Monday.

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