"Preservation
Hall. Now that's where you'll find all of the greats."
-- Louis Armstrong
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Bio |
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| DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE MADE
IN NEW ORLEANS REVIEW |
Made
in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions is
a lovingly curated document that honors the venerable
institution. The boxed set, available in a few different
collector's additions, contains a CD featuring both
archival and new recordings of the group, and a DVD,
as well as several reproduced artifacts: photographs,
employment contracts, etc. - no two of the 504 numbered
sets contain the same doo-dads." READ
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| JAZZTIMES MAGAZINE MADE
IN NEW ORLEANS REVIEW |
 In
the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Preservation Hall
creative director Benjamin Jaffe scrambled to salvage
sopping master tapes and archival material from Allen
Toussaint's famed Sea Saint Studios, which had been flooded
with six feet of water. The stunning, hand-assembled Made
in New Orleans box shares some of the results
of Jaffe's inspired digging. READ
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| New York Times
Music Review: Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Serving Some
Gumbo From Old New Orleans |
The
band was still playing old New Orleans repertory from
the first half of the 20th century at its Town Hall concert
on Tuesday night, the first big concert of the JVC Jazz
Festival. It had drive, and funk, and, believe it or
not, youth...
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| The Beacon
News - Chicago, IL • April 12th, 2007 |
Paramount Theatre
hosts Preservation Hall Jazz Band
At the turn of the 20th century and into the 1920s and
1930s, New Orleans jazz music was considered by some to
be the pop music of its day, according to Benjamin Jaffe,
creative director of Preservation Hall and the Preservation
Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans.
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| Baltimore
Sun • February 7th, 2007 |
New Orleans
band in a jam perseveres
Ben Jaffe pursed his lips and whistled - a short, melodious
bird call of a sound. As he did, he was reminded of how
much he has lost.
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| Tucson
Weekly • February 15th, 2007 |
New Orleans'
Preservation Hall Jazz Band keeps the joyousness alive
It seems like such a simple thing, but the secret behind
the music of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is that it
is fun--to hear and to play. Yes, preserving and sharing
New Orleans music is a historically significant responsibility,
and the music itself is a sophisticated part of American
cultural heritage. READ
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| Los Angeles
Times • July 8th, 2004 |
Preservation
Hall Keeps It's Jazz Hot
By Don Heckman Think of New Orleans jazz as the first rock ‘n’ roll.
Bursting into public consciousness in the post-World War
1 years, it was the...READ MORE |
Preservation
Hall Becomes An Industry
Hundreds of visitors pack New Orleans’ Preservation
Hall nightly to hear veteran musicians perform time-honored
traditional jazz standards. The...
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| Jazz
Times • May 1st, 2004 |
By Harvey Siders
Since they opened the Preservation Hall in New Orleans
back in 1961 to preserve a tradition in jazz that was
heading toward the endangered species...
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| The New
York Times • January 31st, 2004 |
That Old New
Orleans Sound, Preserved but Enlivened
By Ben Ratliff When Preservation Hall opened in New Orleans
in 1961, it was a simple and radical idea: create a place
where the original...
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