James Andrews (musician)

{{short description|American musician (born 1969)}}

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James Andrews (born January 12, 1969) is an American musician from New Orleans. He is from a musical family; he is the grandson of Jesse Hill, the older brother of Troy Andrews{{cite encyclopedia|title=Andrews, Troy|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate= March 3, 2017|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/epm/75250|url-access=subscription}} (better known by his stage name of "Trombone Shorty"), and cousin of Glen David Andrews and the late Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill. A trumpeter and vocalist, Andrews has the nickname "Satchmo of the Ghetto".{{Cite news|url=http://gardenandgun.com/feature/trombone-shorty-nolas-soul-man/|title=Trombone Shorty: NOLA's Soul Man|work=Garden & Gun|author=David Thier|date=August–September 2011|access-date=March 3, 2017}} Raised in the Tremé neighborhood, Andrews played in a number of brass bands, including the Treme Brass Band, Junior Olympia Brass Band and the New Birth Brass Band,{{cite encyclopedia|title=New Birth Brass Band|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|edition=4th|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate= March 3, 2017|url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/epm/66515|url-access=subscription}}
- Bessman, J. (March 8, 1997), "NYNO's new birth band gets new beat", Billboard, 109, 9–9, 69. before launching his own band, James Andrews and the Crescent City Allstars.{{Cite web|url=jamesandrewsmusic.com|title=James Andrews Music |date=April 19, 2016 |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517095758/http://jamesandrewsmusic.com/|archivedate=May 17, 2014 }}{{unreliable source?|date=August 2021}} He also played with the multi-instrumentalist Danny Barker.Bessman, J. (March 8, 1997), "NYNO's new birth band gets new beat", Billboard, 109, 9–9, 69. In 1998, he released the album Satchmo of the Ghetto, which was produced by Allen Toussaint and featured Dr. John on all eleven tracks.{{Cite news|url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/james-andrews/|title=James Andrews|work=OffBeat Magazine|date=August 1, 2000|author=Danielle Bias|access-date=March 3, 2017|url-access=subscription}}

In 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, Andrews was one of the first musicians to return to New Orleans following the flooding. He and his brother Trombone Shorty played at Jackson Square 17 days after Katrina hit the area and, at a later show at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Andrews declared, "We're gonna rebuild this city, note by note."{{Cite web|url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/new-reconstruction/|title=The New Reconstruction: James Andrews and other musicians reflect on Katrina, the Federal Flood and the new new Orleans|last=Swenson|first=John|date=July 29, 2015|website=OffBeat Magazine|access-date=August 13, 2021}}

Andrews appeared as himself in three episodes of the HBO series Treme, "Do Watcha Wanna", "Smoke My Peace Pipe" and "Yes We Can Can".{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4477806/|title=James Andrews|website=IMDb|access-date=March 3, 2017}}