|
MADE
IN NEW ORLEANS: THE HURRICANE SESSIONS
New
Release bridges the past and present. Box set comes
in two versions,
a Limited Edition Box set and a Deluxe Box Set. Sets
include a treasure trove
of rare unreleased recordings, original photographs,
DVD and more
from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band musical archives.
 |
Download
the one-sheet
|
 |
| check
out the ecard! |
Preservation Hall Recordings is proud
to announce the upcoming national release of Made
in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions featuring
the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Tuesday,
July 24, 2007. The box set comes in two versions. The
five hundred and four (504) Limited editions sets are
signed, numbered and include a CD & DVD, original
photographs, archival documents, and an unreleased 7” vinyl
record of The Olympia Brass Band, all from the Preservation
Hall archives. Each Limited edition box set also
includes an original Polaroid photo of contemporary New
Orleans that was shot by Preservation Hall Creative Director,
Benjamin Jaffe. A letter of authenticity is included
and purchasers are encouraged to register their box sets
by calling Preservation Hall. The Deluxe Box Set consists
of reproductions of the original materials along with
the CD and DVD and will be released nationally on July
24 at retailers nationwide, for digital download through
iTunes, and online through Preservation
Hall's Download Store.
More than just music, this unique box
set is a musical, visual and historical exploration into
the history of Preservation Hall. After Hurricane
Katrina, Benjamin Jaffe salvaged master tracks of early
Preservation Hall Jazz Band recordings from the legendary
Sea-Saint studios which had been flooded by 8 feet of
water. The tracks, which were originally produced by
his father Allan Jaffe (1936-1987), inspired Benjamin
to create a musical and visual experience that bridges
the bands past to the present. Made In New
Orleans is both a collaborative co-production
between Allan Jaffe and his son Benjamin Jaffe and a
meeting between the classic Preservation Hall Jazz Band
lineup and the contemporary PHJB ensemble featuring John
Brunious, Carl Leblanc, Rickie Monie, Joseph Lastie Jr.,
Walter Payton, Frank Demond, and Ralph Johnson. According
to Jaffe, “Made in New Orleans demonstrates
the sustainability of New Orleans Jazz as a timeless
cultural art form.”
A treasure trove of rare recordings,
original photographs, a DVD and more! The Made
in New Orleans box set includes peerless
artifacts including candid unreleased tour snapshots,
promotional photos from the 60’s, 70’s, and
80’s, assorted memorabilia and a few surprises.
Manufactured in New Orleans and hand assembled at Preservation
Hall in the French Quarter, the retro-design was created
by New Orleans based graphic artist Casey McAllister.
No two box sets are alike.
The CD spans decades of recordings by
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band including the seminal
track “Over in the Glory Land.” This lost
track was originally recorded by Allan Jaffe in 1970
and was discovered in the post-Katrina debris of Sea-Saint
Studios. Ben Jaffe recorded the current PHJB banjo player
Carl LeBlanc singing with the original PHJB ensemble. “This
version of “Over in the Glory Land”, bridges
our past with our present” states Ben Jaffe.
The CD also includes a prescient version of “Blow
Wind Blow” by folk artist and street preacher,
Sister Gertrude Morgan. Originally recorded in 1959,
the song is augmented with accompaniment by current PHJB
members John Brunious and Carl Leblanc with special guest
Stanton Moore of Galactic on Drums. “Lord I Don’t
Want to be Buried in the Storm” is an unreleased
number by Sister Gertrude Morgan which now seems prophetic.
The playful “Eh Lah Bah” is a lost live recording
performed by the iconic husband and wife team of Billie & De
De Pierce at Stanford University in 1972. On “Precious
Lord,” Sing Miller performs with an all-star lineup
of PHJB legends–Willie and Percy Humphrey, Narvin
Kimball, Frank Demond, Josiah Cie Frazier and Allan Jaffe
on tuba. Adding a modern twist to the proceedings, Ben
Jaffe arranged and produced a remake of the Kinks classic “Complicated
Life” featuring guest vocalist Clint Maedgen of
the New Orleans Bingo! Show.
The DVD chronicles the band’s
history and includes the first television appearance
by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the Brinkley News
Hour in 1961, rare concert footage from the Newport Jazz
Festival and a video of Preservation Hall filmed in the
early sixties. In a contemporary ode to New Orleans the
DVD also includes a video for the song “Complicated
Life”. Directed by New Orleans native Henry Griffin
and shot in the French Quarter months before the floods
of 2005, the video follows Clint Maedgen through pre-Katrina
New Orleans as he cycles through the French Quarter with
a cast of revelers in tow and ends at Preservation Hall
where the journey of Made in New Orleans began. |
