T-bone Paxton was awarded the Motor City Music Award for best trombonist, since that time, he has also become quite an engaging vocalist. T-bone backed New Orleans singers on their tours up north like Johnny Adams and Earl King, so the music of NOLA is always prominent in his performances; from trad-jazz to R&B. The Great American Songbook: Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington & the Harlem Jive of Fats Waller as well as the proto jump/swing of Louis Jordan is part of each performance.