When guitarist Jeff Beck played the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival earlier this year, he was advised to catch Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews’ show later at Tipitina’s. Beck was duly impressed, enough so that when he and his group performed a birthday tribute to the late Les Paul in New York City in June, he invited Shorty to join the band for the evening. Once again, apparently, Beck was impressed with the swinging brassman. And so came the announcement this week that Shorty and his Orleans Avenue band will be supporting Beck on the guitarist’s upcoming tour of the U.K. In addition, Shorty and his cohorts will headline shows and play festivals in five other European countries.

It’s been a fabulous, breakout year for the New Orleans trombonist, who calls the music he plays “supafunkrock.” His Verve Forecast debut, Backatown, entered the Contemporary Jazz Album chart at No.1, and went on to spend nine weeks there before being toppled by Herbie Hancock’s new release The Imagine Project. Beyond big success with Backatown, Shorty and his band have been headlining shows and appearing at festivals across the United States in recent months. (On consecutive days, they appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles as part of the Playboy Jazz Festival, and at the massive Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.) They recently appeared on Late Night With David Letterman; their song “Hurricane Season” can be heard weekly on MTV’s “The Real World: New Orleans” as the opening title song; and Shorty’s played himself on four episodes of HBO’s Emmy-nominated “Treme.” More recently, Shorty and Orleans Avenue made their Japanese debut last weekend at the Fuji Rock Festival, and this month they’ll play their first shows in Brazil. On October 23, while the band is touring Europe, Austin City Limits will air a recent Shorty concert that was highlighted by special guest Ivan Neville.

For more information, including tour dates, go to www.tromboneshorty.com.

Oct. 15   Bournemouth, BIC
Oct. 16   Brighton, Brighton Centre
Oct. 17   Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Oct. 19   Preston, Guildhall
Oct. 20   Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium

Trombone Shorty on the Web: http://www.tromboneshorty.com