James Andrews (musician)

James Andrews (born January 12, 1969) is an American musician from New Orleans. He hails from a musical family; he is the grandson of Jesse Hill, older brother (and mentor) to Troy Andrews[1] (better known by his stage name of "Trombone Shorty"), and cousin to Glen David Andrews and the late Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill. A trumpeter and vocalist, Andrews has the nickname “Satchmo of the Ghetto.”[2] 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,[3] [4]before launching his own band, James Andrews and the Crescent City Allstars.[5] He also played with multi-instrumentalist Danny Barker.[6] In 1998, he released the album Satchmo of the Ghetto, which was produced by Allen Toussaint and featured Dr. John on all 11 tracks.[7]

In 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, James 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 a mere 17 days after Katrina hit the area, and, at a later show at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, Andrews was the first to declare "We’re gonna rebuild this city, note by note."[8]

Andrews appeared as himself in three episodes of the HBO series Treme, "Do Watcha Wanna," "Smoke My Peace Pipe," and "Yes We Can Can".[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Andrews, Troy." Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed.. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, accessed March 3, 2017, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/epm/75250.
  2. ↑ "Trombone Shorty: NOLA's Soul Man – Garden & Gun". Garden & Gun. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. ↑ "New Birth Brass Band." Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed. Ed. Colin Larkin. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 3 Mar. 2017. <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/epm/66515>.
  4. ↑ Bessman, J. (1997, Mar 08). NYNO's new birth band gets new beat. Billboard - the International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, 109, 9-9, 69.
  5. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". 2016-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  6. ↑ Bessman, J. (1997, Mar 08). NYNO's new birth band gets new beat. Billboard - the International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment, 109, 9-9, 69.
  7. ↑ "James Andrews - OffBeat Magazine". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  8. ↑ Swenson, John. "The New Reconstruction: James Andrews and other musicians reflect on Katrina, the Federal Flood and the new new Orleans". OffBeat Magazine.
  9. ↑ "James Andrews". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-03-03.


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