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The building that houses Preservation Hall has housed many businesses over the years including a tavern during the war of 1812, a photo studio and an art gallery. It was during the years of the art gallery that then owner, Larry Bornstein, began holding informal jam sessions for his close friends. Out of these sessions grew the concept of Preservation Hall. The intimate venue, whose weathered exterior has been untouched over its history, is a living embodiment of its original vision. To this day, Preservation Hall has no drinks, air conditioning, or other typical accoutrements strictly welcoming people of all ages interested in having one of the last pure music experiences left on the earth.
The PHJB began touring in 1963 and for many years there were several bands successfully touring under the name Preservation Hall. Many of the band's charter members performed with the pioneers who invented jazz in the early twentieth century including Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Bunk Johnson. Band leaders over the band’s history include the brothers Willie and Percy Humphrey, husband and wife Billie and De De Pierce, and famed pianist Sweet Emma Barrett. These founding artists and dozens of others passed on the lessons of their music to a younger generation who now follow in their footsteps like current band leader and trumpeter John Brunious.
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Miner Auditorium
by Thomas Cole
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Livestreamed from SF JAZZ Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA August 18, 2023 The dichotomy or, in more blunt terms, the extreme differences of opinion over the current course charted out by creative director and heir to the Hall, Ben Jaffe, seemingly has been fully addressed with the song selection and current configuration of the band on this most recent concert tour. Featuring their recently named musical director, Wendell ...
read moreThe Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Space at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY July 28, 2017 The Preservation Hall Jazz Band is named after its home venue, Preservation Hall, which is located in New Orleans' fabled French Quarter. The band performs traditional New Orleans-style jazz with flavors of other genres melded to create a sound unlike any other New Orleans group. Since Preservation Hall was founded on St. Peter Street in the early '60s, membership in the ...
read moreThe New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000: A Personal Retrospective
by Charles Suhor
The New Orleans Jazz Scene, 1970-2000: A Personal Retrospective Thomas W. Jacobsen 208 Pages ISBN: 0807156981 LSU Press 2014 Full disclosure: I've long been an admirer of Thomas Jacobsen's writing, the catholicity of his musical tastes, and his warm personal regard for jny: New Orleans musicians. The last was evident in his 2011 work for LSU Press, Traditional New Orleans Jazz: Conversations with the Men Who Make the Music, and his articles for ...
read morePreservation Hall Jazz Band: That's It!
by Wade Luquet
Fifty years is a long time to carry the torch of the music of others and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has done just that with class, joviality, and a sense of purpose to preserve traditional New Orleans jazz music. In a step away from their mission of preservation, the band has created new music in a hall recording of their newest album That's It. It should come as no surprise that their collection of original tunes is delivered with ...
read moreThe Ticket
by Wade Luquet
One of the perks of being a jazz writer is that I can often get free tickets to concerts. This great benefit has offered me the opportunity to take my wife to some nice jazz events and meet some interesting people. Aside from taking notes in the dark, our jazz dates are just like any other night out. OK, I must admit that shaking hands with Wynton Marsalis and Esperanza Spalding make these dates a little different, but the tickets ...
read morePreservation Hall Jazz Band: Preservation
by Wade Luquet
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Preservation: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program Preservation Hall 2010
What do you get when you cross America's best traditional jazz band with 20 emerging or legendary musical artists? You get a terrific collection of highly listenable traditional jazz performances by a highly improbable combination of musicians and vocalists. Who would have thought to have Del McCoury sing “After You've Gone" with his ...
read morePreservation Hall Jazz Band Brings Creole Christmas to the University of Pennsylvania
by Wade Luquet
Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Creole Christmas Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA December, 12, 2009
For jazz enthusiasts, December often brings opportunities to hear their favorite bands playing Christmas-spirited tunes that bring in the holiday season. This was certainly the case for the 950 devoted listeners who had the pleasure of experiencing the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Annenberg Center for the Performing ...
read moreDjerassi Films Presents: Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band At The 24th Unaff
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Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the 24th UNAFF on Saturday, Oct. 23rd. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall Jazz Band during Mardi Gras in the Big Easy. Airto Moreira is a world-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist from Brazil, who exhibited great talent at ...
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Djerassi Films Presents 'Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band'
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Press Junkie PR
With an upcoming premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall Jazz Band during Mardi Gras in the Big Easy. Airto Moreira is a world-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist from Brazil, who exhibited great talent ...
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Resurrection! Legendary Percussionist Airto Moreira & The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Two powerful forces in the world of jazz come together in Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Airto Moreira is a world-renowned jazz drummer and percussionist from Brazil, who exhibited great talent at a young age. In his twenties he traveled to the U.S.A. in pursuit of Flora Purim, the woman with whom he had fallen in love, who had left Brazil to sing Bossa Nova with saxophonist Stan Getz. Over the years, Airto became a major ...
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Jazz This Week: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oikos Ensemble, Craig Pomranz, St. Louis Rivermen, Andy Coco's Rhythm Section Road Show, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
If you feel like combining jazz and Christmas this weekend, you're in luck, as there are several holiday themed performances by local and touring musicians coming up over the next few days around the St. Louis area. And if you're not quite ready to go the full-on holiday music route just yet, you can also find funky soul-jazz, traditional New Orleans and swing music, cabaret, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, Washington University's student jazz ensembles will perform ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: 50 Years with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, who will be in St. Louis to perform their “Creole Christmas" show on Sunday, December 9 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. This is the seventh year PHJB has done “Creole Christmas," though the first couple of years were in New Orleans only. This is the show's St. Louis debut, and as you'd expect from the title, it features ...
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New Orleans Legends The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Celebrated With 50th Anniversary Box Set
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Michael Ricci
FIVE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS RESCUED FROM STUDIO AND RESTORED AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA � SESSIONS FEATURE PETE SEEGER (ON “WE SHALL OVERCOME"), RICHIE HAVENS, TOM WAITS, ANDREW BIRD, AND YIM YAMES (OF MY MORNING JACKET) Available everywhere September 25, 2012, through Legacy Recordings NEW YORK, NY: Fifty years after a former art gallery on St. Peter Street became a haven and platform for the surviving musicians who made New Orleans the birthplace of jazz, THE PRESERVATION HALL 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION box ...
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Pollstar: Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Play the Sheldon in December
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The online touring information service Pollstar has just added a listing showing a performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band (pictured) on Sunday, December 9 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The PHJB, the touring version of the house band at the famed New Orleans traditional music venue, has played in the St. Louis area several times in the last few years, most recently in April 2011 at the Family Arena in St. Charles as part of a joint tour with ...
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Pres Hall at Carnegie: MMJ, Del, Shorty, Toussaint, Mos Def
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JamBase
PRESERVATION HALL ANNOUNCE GUESTS FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AT CARNEGIE HALL Preservation Hall Jazz Band has announced the special guests that will join them on stage for their 50th anniversary performance. On January 7, 2012 at 8:00pm they will grace the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, with special guests My Morning Jacket, Del McCoury Band, Trombone Shorty, GIVERS, Allen Toussaint, Blind Boys of Alabama, Tao Seeger, & Mos Def. Tickets for what is bound to be an ...
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Pres. Hall Jazz Band: Carnegie Hall for 50th Anniversary
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JamBase
NOLA LEGENDS CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CARNEGIE HALL SHOW ON JANUARY 7 New Orleans jazz legends Preservation Hall Jazz Band are celebrating their 50th anniversary by performing with some of their musical friends at one of the most legendary venues in the world. On January 7 they will grace the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, with special guests to be announced soon. Tickets for what is bound to be an unforgettable night go on sale December 2 ...
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Jazz This Week: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, Yellowjackets, Preservation Hall Jazz Band with Del McCoury Band, Vanessa Rubin, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's another busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a number of touring musicians and groups performing here over the next several days in styles ranging from traditional New Orleans jazz to big band to fusion to free improv. Let's go to the highlights: Tonight, the electric jazz/fusion group Yellowjackets returns to St. Louis to open a four-night stand at Jazz at the Bistro. The 'Jackets have been regular visitors to St. Louis, though this will ...
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