YouTube du Jour: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZflO132rEg[/youtube] Last night, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, joined by the Del McCoury Band for a rousing version of “I’ll Fly Away.” On […]

YouTube du Jour: Bonnaroo by Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Del McCoury Band

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYq725Gfnb0[/youtube] On the eve of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, kicking off tomorrow in Manchester, Tennessee, festival organizers Superfly Productions announced an “official” theme song, “Bonnaroo (Feel the Magic),” […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Del McCoury Band, American Legacies (McCoury Music)

The evolution of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band into a conveyer of hip is one of the musical successes of post-K culture. We can no longer point to the band […]

YouTube du Jour: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXSrumZeAqU[/youtube] Clint Maedgen of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band assembled this photo and video montage of the Hall band on the road.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Preservation (Preservation Hall)

By now, it should be obvious that this is not your father’s Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Under Ben Jaffe’s leadership, it has become something more post-modern and conceptual. The name’s […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: The A List

  For its new album, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band made some high-profile friends, but who learned from who? Since Preservation Hall opened in 1961, it has been the great […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 (Preservation Hall)

By now, it can’t be a surprise that there’s a lot that is subtly smart about the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Like the best traditional jazz, little of what’s special […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions (Preservation Hall)

When the Kinks recorded “Complicated Life” in 1971, would anyone have believed the Preservation Hall Jazz Band would be doing their tune 35 years later? Talk about kinky! Or what […]

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Best of the Early Years/Hot 4 with Duke Dejan (Preservation Hall Recordings)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Shake That Thing (Preservation Hall Recordings)