Charlie Halloran is one of the most in demand and reliable trombone players in the tight knit network of young trad jazz players in New Orleans. He’s a member of the Shotgun Jazz Band and has appeared on so many albums as a sideman he inspired our Discography Project.
As a leader he released a trad album with his Quality Six in 2015, but then his career took an interesting turn. In 2017 he released a vintage calypso inspired album called Ce Beguine!, recorded to 78 rpm by Twerk Thomson. He still plays with traditional jazz bands, including the Shotguns, Doro Wat, and the eclectic Panorama Brass Band, but if you want to catch him leading a band your best bet is to mosey on down to Latitude 29, order up a daiquiri and enjoy the Caribbean rhythms of Charlie and the Tropicales.
