PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz, New Orleans Style, at Powell

It wasn’t the usual setup at Powell Symphony Hall: In front of a set of black curtains that stretched the length of the stage sat a grand piano, a trap drum set, a sousaphone, four straight chairs and a bar stool. On Friday the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra took a night off. In their place was the touring Preservation Hall Jazz Band, playing their distinctive New Orleans jazz for an appreciative audience...

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