Trombone Shorty's Wild West Coast Weekend

Trombone Shorty made a quick run through California this week, with a sold-out LA show on Thursday August 27, two appearances at San Diego's Street Scene on Friday August 28, and a mid-afternoon set at the Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on San Francisco on Saturday August 29.

The San Diego Union Tribune said "New Orleans-bred singer and instrumentalist Trombone Shorty and his band, Orleans Avenue's propulsive brand of brassy Big Easy funk earned rousing cheers." SF Weekly said the band's "funky, jazzy N'Awlins R&B was just the ticket for the still-blazing afternoon sun, which kept the fog away. "

(Pic: Shorty blares from the Presidio Stage at Outside Lands. Photo ©2009 EKA Photography via SF Weekly).