Parking Lot Symphony

Parking Lot Symphony is the eleventh recording overall by American jazz musician Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews and his first studio album on Blue Note Records. The album was produced by Chris Seefried (Andra Day, Fitz and the Tantrums) and was released on April 28, 2017 as a follow-up to Say That to Say This (2013). It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart on May 20 and spent 31 weeks on the chart.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Parking Lot Symphony
Studio album by Trombone Shorty
Released	April 28, 2017
Recorded	New Orleans (Esplanade Studios); Hollywood, (Gnu Gnome)
Genre	Jazz, Funk, R&B
Length	50:00
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Chris Seefried
Trombone Shorty chronology
Say That to Say This (2013) Parking Lot Symphony (2017)
Singles from Parking Lot Symphony
"Here Come The Girls" Released: March 3, 2017 "Dirty Water" Released: March 31, 2017 "No Good Time" Released: April 24, 2017

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Laveau Dirge No.1"	Troy Andrews	2:09
2.	"It Ain't No Use"	Joseph Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., Arthur L. Neville	4:33
3.	"Parking Lot Symphony"	Andrews, Alex Ebert, Chris Seefried	3:47
4.	"Dirty Water"	Andrews, Ethan Gruska	3:47
5.	"Here Come The Girls" (featuring Ivan Neville)	Allen Toussaint	4:00
6.	"Tripped Out Slim"	Andrews	2:19
7.	"Familiar"	Andrews, Egbert Dawkins III, Seefried	3:19
8.	"No Good Time"	Andrews, Seefried	4:10
9.	"Where It At?"	Andrews, Kevin Griffin, Luke Foley	3:09
10.	"Fanfare"	Andrews	3:12
11.	"Like a Dog"	Andrews	3:17
12.	"Laveau Dirge Finale"	Andrews, Seefried, Glenn Patrick Hall III, Pete Murano, Austin Anthony Hall	4:44
Total length:			50:00

Personnel

• Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews – trombone, lead vocals, background vocals, trumpet, piano, organ, drums, glockenspiel, guitar
• Pete Murano – guitar
• Tony Hall – bass guitar
• Joey Peebles – drums
• Dan Oestreicher – baritone saxophone
• BK Jackson – tenor saxophone

Additional Musicians

• Ivan Neville – piano on "Here Come The Girls"
• Leo Nocentelli – acoustic guitar on "It Ain’t No Use"
• Chris Seefried – sitar guitar, piano, mellotron, glockenspiel
• Ramon Islas – percussion on "It Ain't No Use" and "Here Come The Girls"
• Glenn Hall – electric piano on "Laveau Dirge Finale"
• Juan Covarrubias – synthesizer on "Familiar"
• Paul Cartwright – viola, violin on "Parking Lot Symphony"
• Tracey Lee – choir
• Chrishira Perrier – choir
• Remonda Davis – choir
• Raion Ramsey – choir
• Ashley Watson – choir
• Lonel Simmons – choir
• Ashley Doucett – choir
• Sabrina Hayes – choir
• India Favorite – choir
• Faith Mack – choir

Production

• Chris Seefried – producer, arranger, mixing
• Troy 'Trombone Shorty' Andrews – arranger
• Seth Atkins Horan – engineer, mixer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering
• Mathieu Bitton – photography
• Paul Moore – design

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard Jazz Albums[3]	1