Preservation Hall Jazz Band - St. Peter and 57th Street
Remarkable new live album from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band featuring special guests George Wein, Del McCoury Band, Allen Toussaint, Ed Helms, GIVERS, Steve Earle, Tao Seeger, My Morning Jacket, Trombone Shorty, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), King Britt, Blind Boys of Alabama and Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs to be released on September 25th 2012.
In commemoration and celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the iconic venue Preservation Hall, the prolific New Orleans jazz legends Preservation Hall Jazz Band are set to release a live recording of the band’s critically acclaimed January 7th 2012 performance at Carnegie Hall in New York, which featured a diverse range of guest stars from many different areas of the music. This performance was a family reunion in many ways, as Preservation Hall Jazz Band have previously worked with each of their guest musicians over the course of the past 7 years, continuing their mission to preserve and perpetuate traditional New Orleans-Style Jazz. The concert was orchestrated to benefit the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, directly supporting the passing of the musical and cultural traditions of New Orleans to the city’s next generation of musicians.
The music played during this live performance in New York embodies a joyful, timeless spirit.
The recording captures the essence of the great jazz traditions of America’s deep south, giving listeners a taste of the awe inspiring atmosphere that only a band of their calibre can create. It is the true sound of New Orleans from some of the city’s greatest practitioners, and the special guests featured throughout the show provide a unique slant to the concert that is impossible to re-create. It is a truly special moment in time captured for the world to enjoy.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been carrying the distinctive sound of New Orleans jazz around the world on behalf of Preservation Hall, a unique venue that embodies the city’s musical legacy. With a cast of musicians schooled through first-hand experience and apprenticeship into the music’s historic traditions, the PHJB has served as an irreplaceable, vital link to the earliest days of one of America’s most beloved forms of popular music.
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