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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band
OriginNew Orleans, Louisiana
Genresjazz
LabelsPreservation Hall Recordings
Websitehttp://www.preservationhall.com

Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from the Preservation Hall venue located in New Orleans’ French Quarter.The band is known for performing traditional New Orleans-style Jazz.

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.

Preservation Hall’s doors were closed through the fall and winter of 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. Although the building remained shut until Spring of 2006, the band continued to tour while the Hall was closed.

New Orleans Jazz vs. Dixieland Jazz

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.

Alphabetical lists of personnel

Current Members (2013)


Historic members

A partial listing of the musicians who have played under the "Preservation Hall Jazz Band" name includes:

Partial discography

  • 1964 Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band
  • 1966 Billie and De De Pierce and Their PHJB
  • 1977 New Orleans, Vol. 1
  • 1982 New Orleans, Vol. 2
  • 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

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