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Trombone Shorty returns with Lifted, his first album in 5 years and the follow-up to his Blue Note debut Parking Lot Symphony, featuring special guests including vocalist Lauren Daigle & guitarist Gary Clark Jr.

An album that captures the energy of his legendary live shows, Lifted combines classic New Orleans sounds (funk, gospel, street rhythms, Mardi Gras Indian chants & second lines) with modern lyrics, melody & beats to create something fresh & unique. Part Jimi Hendrix, part James Brown and all New Orleans, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is the bandleader and frontman of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a hard-edged funk band that employs brass-band beats, rock dynamics & improvisation in a jazz tradition. — (via Label)

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This new 10-track album from the New Orleans multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Trombone Shorty is his first in five years, the follow-up to his 2017 Blue Note debut Parking Lot Symphony. A recent Grammy-winner for his work as songwriter and featured artist on Jon Batiste’s Album of the Year, We Are, Shorty’s stated intent when making Lifted was to try and capture the excitement and adrenalin rush of his live shows.

Recorded at his own Buckjump Studio with producer Chris Seefried, Shorty delivers powerfully, from the monumental groove of album opener ‘Come Back’ to the multi-layered soulfulness of ‘Good Company’. Special guests include guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who contributes an explosive solo on the energising ‘I'm Standing Here’, two-time Grammy-winning vocalist Lauren Daigle on the radio friendly ‘What It Takes’, and Shorty’s New Orleans compadres New Breed Brass Band who light up ‘Everybody in the World’ with an unalloyed outpouring of joy. Best of all is the rollicking title track which packs in power guitar riffs, a stunning vocal arrangement plus the tightest horn section.

Shorty dedicates the album to his mother, Lois Nelson Andrews, who passed away last year – and the touching album cover features a picture of her holding a young Shorty up at a second line. — (via Jazzwise)

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Label: Blue Note
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Released: 2022
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Vocals

File under: Funk/Soul
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