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Following the path that led to Trombone Shorty’s success, the Trombone Shorty Academy at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation educates the next generation of musically gifted students through a performance curriculum curated by Trombone Shorty and the foundation’s Executive Director, Bill Taylor, and based on Danny Barker’s Fairview Baptist Church music program. Barker produced New Orleans legends Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Lucien Barbarin, and members of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Students are fully immersed in the history and key influencers of New Orleans music, while preparing for ensemble performances under the instruction of accomplished musicians, including members of Rebirth Brass Band, The Soul Rebels, and New Breed Brass Band, culminating in the organization’s annual fundraising event, Shorty Fest.