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Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. PHJB marches that tradition forward once ...
Unlike other famous jazz venues that have changed their décor and ethos with the times, Preservation Hall remains the most authentic, with a pure emphasis on the music.
Apr 5, 2019 · We asked Jaffe to take a deep dive and choose five Preservation Hall songs that have changed his life. Read on to play his picks, from Tom Waits to the Kinks. 'Complicated Life' with Clint...
Preservation Hall Jazz Band has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. PHJB marches that tradition forward once again on So It Is, the septet’s second release featuring all-new original music. The album redefines what New ...
Decades later, the venue, house band, record label and non-profit organization remain a historic part of the New Orleans music scene. And it also remains in the family, with Ben Jaffe at the helm. Ahead of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s show at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall, Ben Jaffe joined us over the phone to talk more about his family ...
Aug 15, 2017 · What started as the venue’s de facto house band is now a pillar of the city’s musical history: a live performance, recording and educational outreach project 55 years strong and counting. PHJB’s new album, So It Is, continues the band’s longstanding custom of preserving and contributing new material to traditional New Orleans acoustic ...
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has always been rooted in tradition, and at this point, the group is a tradition itself to the point that quite a few of its albums are compilations with the kind of sepia-toned artwork usually reserved for artists who have been dead for decades.
