Brass, soul and a shared summer bill

Wolf Trap’s July 18 program brought together Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Mavis Staples and The War & Treaty. The venue’s notes connected Trombone Shorty with New Orleans funk and Staples with her long-running soul and gospel career, giving the bill several musical lineages rather than one narrow category.

For readers retracing summer, the full lineup is the useful takeaway. It explains why this date belongs in both a concert calendar and a broader music conversation. The accompanying Filene Center photograph is an archival venue image; neither it nor the event listing establishes which songs were performed or how the three acts interacted onstage.