Have you ever been saved by a song?
Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s latest effort will kick off with a PSA entitled "Rise and Shine" — helmed by director Benjamin Sonntag and featuring New Orleans' own Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews — created to reawaken the New Orleans and to invite music lovers everywhere to join together and help the city's sound carry on for generations to come.
New Orleans Music Students Star in New PSA with Trombone Shorty
Client – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
Don Marshall – Executive Director
Kia Robinson – Director of Programs, Marketing and Communications
Client – Trombone Shorty Foundation
Troy Andrews – Board Member
Bill Taylor – Executive Director
Asia Muhaimin – Musical Director
George Wilde – Programs Manager
Agency – LIGHT+CO
David Cameron – Co-Founder / CEO
Pamela Cameron – Co-Founder
Diana Gonzalez-Cash – Account Director
Sean Vij – Executive Creative Director, Writer
Bryan Carroll – Creative Director, Art Director
Chris Capretto – Producer
Adam Caviezel – Business Affairs Manager
Laura Ferguson Very Special Thanks
Stan Hill Very Special Thanks
Janet Wollman Very Special Thanks
Freddy Jones Very Special Thanks
Amanda Rizzo Very Special Thanks
Production Company: Twisted Fiction
Ben Sonntag – Director
Maury Strong – Line Producer
Michael "Cambio" Fernandez – Director of Photography
Gabriel Velasco – Drone Operator
Chip Carey – Gaffer
Lucas Porterfield – Key Grip
Eric Ledet – Sound / Playback
Chere Theriot – Key Prop
Leonard Reynolds – Location Manager
Tracy Keller – Production Supervisor
Jill Rheel – Creative Representative
Editorial – Cabin
Rob Watzke – Editor
Katy Lester – Producer
Jonatas da Silva – Assistant Editor
Carr Schilling – Managing Partner
Adam Becht – Executive Producer
Post – Shape + Light
Rob Trent – Creative Director
Cara Lehr – Executive Producer
Crystal Rossmann – VFX Producer
Music – Venn Arts / Found Objects
Jonathan Hecht – Music Supervisor
Sarah Tembeckjian – Music Supervisor
Found Objects Music
Jay Wadley – ECD
Trevor Gureckis – ECD
Jennie Armon – Executive Producer
Ben Marshall – Creative Director
Adam Weiss – Creative
Nadav Nirenberg – Arranger
Nick Chomowicz – Producer
Agatha Lee – Music Coordinator
Derik Lee – Recording Audio Engineer
Matt Nelson – Head of Production
Musicians
Troy Andrews – Featured Soloist: Trombone
Julian Gosin – Trumpet
Roger Lewis – Saxophone
Chauncey Yearwood – Percussion
Gabe Medd – Trumpet
Evan Margulies – Percussion
Nora Nalepka – Tuba
Morgan Price – Saxophone & Clarinet
Sound Design / Mix – Eleven
Jeff Payne – Mix / Sound Design
Jordan Meltzer – Mix / Sound Design
Andrew Smith – Assistant Mixer
Marco Tornillo – Assistant Mixer
Melissa Elston – Executive Producer
Color – a52 color
Gregory Reese – Colorist
Jenny Bright – Producer
Thatcher Peterson – Executive Producer
Original Song Composition – "Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On)"
Allen Toussaint – Composer
Blue Note Records – Master Use
"Trombone Shorty appears courtesy of Blue Note Records"
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