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citations missing|date=December 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Preservation Hall Jazz Band| image = PresHallBandJaquesA.jpg| caption = Preservation Hall Jazz Band October 1, 2007| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana | instrument =| genre = jazz | occupation =| years_active =| label = Preservation Hall Recordings| associated_acts =| website = http://www.preservationhall.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Preservation Hall Jazz Band is the name for numerous groups of Dixieland Jazz and traditional jazz bands at Preservation Hall in New Orleans , Louisiana , and on tours as organized by the Preservation Hall. The purpose of the Hall has been to preserve the heritage of both New Orleans traditional and Dixieland jazz music born in New Orleans and common to the Riverboats plying the Mississippi River , which spread throughout the South until the early 20th century.
The musicians in the groups have varied during the years since the founding of the hall in the early 1960s.
Bands of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band perform at Preservation Hall on 726 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter , and tour around the world for more than 150 days a year.
Hurricane Katrina , however, forced Preservation Hall to close through the fall and winter of 2005. Although the building remained shut until April 2006, the band continued to tour while the Hall was closed.
Music groups performing at Preservation Hall predated the name "Preservation Hall Jazz Band". The late Allan Jaffe , a young tuba player who had taken over running the hall, organized tours for the musicians who often performed there, naming the band after the venue. He often played tuba in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. His son, Ben Jaffe , a double bass player and tuba|tubist , now leads and performs with the band.
The band has been touring the United States for more than twenty-five years. They seek to preserve the distinctive music that evolved in New Orleans and to bring it to contemporary audiences.
Although similar music sometimes is described now as "Dixieland Jazz", there are distinct characteristics of traditional New Orleans jazz that are not shared among performances often bearing the "Dixieland" label. The latter often is considered as commercial exploitation and distortion of a pure tradition and, therefore, a strict differentiation between the two is made by admirers of what they recognize as "New Orleans Jazz". One may find the term used among traditional New Orleans musicians prior to the change in perception.
The band made a brief appearance in the 1965 film The Cincinnati Kid , including a close-up of pianist and vocalist Emma Barrett .
In 2006, the band was awarded the National Medal of Arts . In 2007, the band accepted an invitation to participate in '' Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino '', contributing their version of " When The Saints Go Marching In ", with Theresa Andersson . On July 19, 2011 Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed "I'll Fly Away" live on Late Show with David Letterman with Del McCoury Band .
Alphabetical lists of personnel
Current members (2009)
Lucien Barbarin - trombone
Mark Braud - trumpet
Frank Demond - trombone
Charlie Gabriel - clarinet and saxophone
Ben Jaffe - bass & tuba
Leroy Jones - trumpet
Joseph Lastie, Jr - drums
Carl Le Blanc - banjo
Freddie Lonzo - trombone
The New Orleans Bingo& #33; Show|Clint Maedgen - vocalist
Rickie Monie - piano
Walter Payton (musician)|Walter Payton - bass player
1982 ''When the Saints Go Marchin' In (New Orleans, Vol. 3)
1987 New Orleans, Vol. 4
1989 The Best of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
1992 Live
1996 In the Sweet Bye and Bye
1997 Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans, La
1998 Because of You
2001 Marching Down Bourbon Street
2004 Preservation Hall Hot 4 With Duke Dejan
2004 Shake That Thing
2005 Sweet Emma
2005 Songs of New Orleans
2006 Preservation Hall - Live At the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
2007 The Essential Preservation Hall Jazz Band
2009 New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1
2010 Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program
2011 American Legacies: The Del McCoury Band with Preservation Hall Jazz Band
References
William Carter. Preservation Hall: Music from the Heart . 1991. ISBN 0-393-02915-8
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9428130/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band reunites in NYC Associated Press, msnbc.msn.com , September 21, 2005, Retrieved July 24, 2008
External links
http://www.preservationhall.com/band/band_history/index.aspx History of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
http://www.preservationhall.com Preservation Hall Official site
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/preservation-hall-jazz-band-a-night-s-charming-charm-concert/20030538-7709.html? utm_source=NL& utm_medium=email& utm_campaign=090327DT Preservation Hall Jazz Band Daytrotter Session
http://clarkcenter.org/cm/Upcoming_Events/Preservation%20Hall.html? utm_source=Wikipedia& utm_medium=link& utm_campaign=Preservation%2BHall%20Jazz%20Band Clark Center Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8pm
http://www.bluegrassjournal.com/2011/07/25/del-mccoury-band-preservation-hall-jazz-band-on-letterman/ Letterman Performance Information
Category:American jazz ensembles Category:Dixieland ensembles Category:Dixieland revival ensembles Category:Jazz musicians from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:Musical groups from New Orleans, Louisiana Category:United States National Medal of Arts recipients
