TROMBONE SHORTY TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER

TROMBONE SHORTY TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER

The F.M. Kirby Center announced this morning that Trombone Shorty and New Orleans Avenue will perform at the venue on Friday, Jan. 17.

Tickets ($29, $39 and $49, plus fees) go on sale Friday, Oct. 1 at 10 a.m. at the box office, www.kirbycenter.org or by phone at (570) 826-1100.

Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews is touring in support of his third album for Verve Records, “Say That To Say This,” which currently sits atop the Billboard Contemporary Jazz chart.  The album was co-produced by Andrews and Raphael Saadiq.

Andrews’ previous projects include 2010’s Grammy-nominated “Backatown” and his sophomore effort “For True” (2011), which spent 12 weeks atop Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart.  He has recently been featured on “Conan,” “The Tonight Show,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” “Austin City Limits” and in a recurring role on the HBO series “Treme.”

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