Local Student Bands to Perform with Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Over 50 elementary and middle school students from the Dolores T. Aaron Academy (DTA) will present their Second Annual Spring Concert on Thursday, March 10th.  Also performing in the free […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Have a Ball with Surprise Guests

  Saturday night turned into one hell of a party as the Preservation Hall Jazz Band welcomed a number of friends for their second annual Preservation Hall Ball. The celebration, […]

Video Premiere: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “Go to the Mardi Gras”

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band wants to get you in a Mardi Gras frame of mind with their brand new cover of the Professor Longhair Carnival standard “Go to the […]

Photos: Mumford and Sons with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Mardi Gras World

On Monday (September 13), pop favorites Mumford and Sons made good on its promise to perform at Mardi Gras World. The show was initially scheduled for June 13 but scrapped […]

New Video: Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “That’s It!”

Last weekend the Preservation Hall Jazz Band debuted the video for “That’s It!” the lead single from its recently released album of the same name. Recorded in Preservation Hall and […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, That’s It! (Sony Legacy)

Ever since they covered a Kinks song (granted, a Kinks song already steeped in New Orleans jazz) on ’07s Hurricane Sessions collection, it’s been clear that the Preservation Hall Jazz […]

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s New Deal

There’s been some big-deal news, quite literally, about the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The venerable group’s signed a publishing deal with Big Deal Music, a firm with offices in New […]

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band, St. Peter and 57th Street (Rounder Records)

It’s a bit strange that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band would go out of town to throw their own birthday party, but they might as well do it in New […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection (Sony Legacy)

Ever since taking the reins of operating Preservation Hall — New Orleans’ shrine to the sources of music that coalesced into the earliest form of jazz — artistic director Ben […]

Ronell Johnson to Replace Ben Jaffe as Preservation Hall Jazz Band Sousaphonist

There comes a time when a man has to step away from what he loves, shifting his focus to another thing that he loves. This man is sousaphonist Ben Jaffe, […]