Lifted

"Call it the feelgood jazz-ish release of the year. Lifted, the first album from New Orleans horn man and singer Trombone Shorty in half a decade, is a celebration of the musical influences and family roots that gave rise to a popular entertainer who played Jazz Fest in New Orleans with Bo Diddley at age four and led his own brass band at six. Three decades later, the musician born Troy Andrews sells out shows and headlines festivals around the world, and turns in recordings that neatly capture the joyous spirit of his concerts".

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"The response to Trombone Shorty's music (...) is akin to the wide appeal of Sly & The Family Stone fifty years ago. Look even closer and it's a similar blending of funk, soul, R&B, and psychedelic rock. There's a pop glean to both but with Shorty, that infectious second line and hip-hop beats blur the genre lines even further. The sound is so universal that his band has appeared in just about every major festival - regardless of whether the festival carries a rock, folk, or jazz in its banner ... Go ahead (...) - "Dance to the Music." Trombone Shorty's "Lifted" is the modern-day version".

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"'Lifted', a pure dose of funk, jam, R&B, and rock will have you wanting to dance the night away".

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