page_title: Backatown
section_title: The band
hierarchical_section_title: Backatown / The band
caption_attribution_description: English: Allen Toussaint performing at Mardi Gras Festival in Hollywood, Florida.
context_page_description: Backatown is an album released by jazz musician Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews. The album was released in 2010 by Verve Forecast Records and was produced by Galactic's Ben Ellman. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart and was nominated for the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
context_section_description: Andrews is supported by his band Orleans Avenue: bassist Mike Ballard, guitarist Pete Murano, saxophonist Dan Oestreicher, drummer Joey Peebles, and percussionist Dwayne Williams. Andrews plays trombone and trumpet and provides lead vocals on five tracks.
  Lenny Kravitz, who Andrews apprenticed under as a member of his backing band, plays guitar and sings backup on "Something Beautiful". Marc Broussard contributes backing vocals on "Right to Complain". Allen Toussaint plays piano on the only cover song, a reworking of his own "On Your Way Down".
caption: Allen Toussaint wrote and performed on "On Your Way Down"
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