Preservation Hall Jazz Band: 50th Anniversary Collection – review

(Sony)Preservation Hall is a great American music institution. It started in 1961, when Allan Jaffe and his wife decided to open a venue for the veteran musicians of New Orleans, and since then, different Preservation Hall bands, sometimes including Jaffe and his son Ben, have kept the music alive. There's a raw, rousing authenticity to their approach, with an emphasis on brass, banjo and piano in their blend of jazz, blues, folk, popular songs and funeral music – all of which can be heard in...

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