NYE with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra December 31, 2008

Celebrate the New Year New Orleans style with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution Orchestra! Sullivan Hall is hosting the funkiest, most booty-shaking good time as we dance into 2009! Don't miss this one!

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue are a funk/pop/hip-hop mix populated with musicians like frontman Troy "Trombone Shorty"Andrews who are young in age only. Orleans Avenue brings the heat winding audiences up in merry confusion. Jazz fans shake their heads in unexpected delight while the funksters shake what they got with glee. Things reach a fever pitch as Andrews starts his circular breathing-one note sustained in pristine beauty while the band vamps on a second line beat and sax player James Martin dances so ugly it's funky. Virtuosity and exuberance, Orleans Avenue effortlessly combines both. With Mike Ballard on bass, James Martin on tenor sax, Pete Murano on guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, and Charlie Smith on keyboards, their performances transcend the boundaries of generations and classification. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue is high energy, high octane and highly contagious.

Brother Joscephus offers the best gospel-style music without the bothersome "subservience to Jesus" part. Throw in a liberal amount of Ray Charles/Al Green/Otis Redding soul and some good ol' roots rock and you've got a perfect stew simmered to porchswing perfection.

Official Website: http://www.sullivanhallnyc.com