PHJB Announces Live at Carnegie Hall Album: St. Peter and 57th (EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD)

Entitled St. Peter and 57th (September 25th, Rounder Records), the album will feature a number of special guests from an assortment of genres including,Features guests such as 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

 

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 acclaimed January 7th performance at Carnegie Hall.  

Rehearsal--Photo by Howard Lambert

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. A portion of the proceeds from the album will also benefit the program.  

The band is also sharing "St. James Infirmary, Part 1" featuring My Morning Jacket's Jim James, which just premiered on Pitchfork. 

Pres Hall announces Midnight Preserves lineup, show at The Joy Theater, special shows at Jazz Fest and brand new record

Preservation Hall announces the 8^th Annual Midnight Preserves 2012 Lineup and Special 50^th Anniversary performances and events during Jazz Fest Preservation Hall is excited to announce our Jazz Fest events in accordance with the continued celebration of the Hall’s 50^th Anniversary - The 2012 Midnight Preserves lineup, The Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue at The Joy Theater, special performances and exhibition at Jazz Fest, and a brand-new record release...

Preservation Hall’s 8^th Annual Midnight Preserves Lineup:

We are proud to announce this year’s Midnight Preserves Lineup, featuring intimate limited-seating performances at Preservation Hall featuring both national and local artists. This year’s lineup includes Steve Earle, Theresa Andersson, Henry Butler, Tao Seeger, and much more! The Midnight Preserves series will also feature the Hall’s most admired bands paying tribute to legendary Hall musicians. Proceeds from the series will benefit The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program.

Friday, April 27

8:00pm

The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters featuring Leroy Jones

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

TAO SEEGER

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Saturday, April 28

8:00pm

Tornado Brass Band featuring Darryl Adams

MIDNIGHT

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

THERESA ANDERSSON

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Sunday, April 29

8:00pm

Lars Edegran and The St. Peter Street All-Stars present a Tribute to George Lewis

MIDNIGHT

TREME BRASS BAND

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Monday, April 30 – May 1

New Orleans Jazz Concerts from 8pm-11pm

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Wednesday, May 2

8:00pm

Mark Braud and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band present a Tribute to John Brunious

Thursday, May 3

5:30pm – 6:30pm

A Special Funk Guitar Workshop with Leo Nocentelli (of The Meters)

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8:00pm

New Birth Brass Band pays Tribute to Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band

MIDNIGHT

TANGIERS BLUES BAND playing with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

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Friday, May 4

8:00pm

The Preservation Hall Jazz Masters featuring Leroy Jones

MIDNIGHT

HENRY BUTLER solo performance

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Saturday, May 5

8:00pm

Lil’ Band O’ Gold (CC Adcock, Steve Riley, Warren Storm, 'Dickie' Landry, David Egan, Tommy McLain, Lil' Buck Senegal, Pat Breaux, Richard Comeaux)

plus Tangiers Blues Band

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Sunday, May 6

MIDNIGHT

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

together with

STEVE EARLE

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The Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue at The Joy Theater, May 5

Part of the Superfly During Jazzfest Concert Series, Preservation Hall Crescent City Revue featuring Preservation Hall and Friends will perform on Saturday, May 5th at the brand new Joy Theatre, located in downtown New Orleans on Canal Street. Reminiscent of the revues of the 1920s, this special multi-media performance will celebrate the music that has made the venue and band famous for a half-century. Special guests from near and far will be in attendance, and more info on these special folks will be announced in the coming weeks so stay tuned.

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Preservation Hall at New Olreans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2012

The Preservation Hall Jazz band will be performing TWICE at this year’s Jazz Fest.

The Hall Band’s first performance will be starting at 4:25pm, Saturday, May 5^th at the Economy Hall Tent.

On May 6^th, the Preservation Hall band and friends will close out Jazz Fest on the Gentilly Stage with a mega performance featuring a number of special guests:

Steve Earle

Jim James of My Morning Jacket

Ani Difranco

Allen Toussaint

Trombone Shorty

Bonnie Raitt

Wendell Eugene

Lionel Ferbos

...and More to be Announced

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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band LIVE at Carnegie Hall limited 10” release at Jazz Fest

Rounder Records is releasing a limited edition 10” vinyl of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live at Carnegie Hall in advance of the full-length concert to be released later this year.

-Vinyl will be released at JAZZ FEST! (more info coming soon)

-504 LIMITED copies

-33 1/3, 10” vinyl

Tracks Include:

"Sweet And Low Down,”

"That's Enough,"

"Saints Go Marchin In,"

"Bourbon Street Parade,"

"Tootie Ma"

50 Years of Preservation Hall Exhibit

Take a glimpse into the history and evolution of Preservation Hall, and of the bands that have performed in the Hall and on tour since its inception in 1961. The exhibit features rare photographs, artifacts, music and video from the Hall's archives, as they continue to celebrate 50 years of preserving, cultivating, and perpetuating Traditional New Orleans Jazz. The exhibit coincides with the more expansive "Preservation Hall at 50" exhibit currently on display at the Old U.S. Mint.

The exhibit will be on display in the Grand Stands during Jazz Fest.

Jazz Fest 2012 Releases Schedule Cubes, Pres Hall to Close Gentilly on May 6th

By Wesley Hodges

Check out the 2012 Jazz Fest Cubes HERE

This morning, the 2012 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival unveiled the schedule cubes at the annual “Month-Out” Press Party held at the Fairgrounds, signifying that Fest is only a month away. After a brief performance by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in the Fairgrounds paddocks, Jazz Fest Director Quint Davis immediately answered the question on everyone’s minds, announcing that the Preservation Hall Jazz Band would be taking over the coveted responsibility of closing down the Gentilly Stage on the festival’s final day. To commemorate the band’s yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration, the band will invite a slew of special guests to join them, and Davis named a few including My Morning Jacket’s Yim Yames, Ani Difranco, Bonnie Raitt and several more. Trombone Shorty, Shamarr Allen and very special guest Mayor Landrieu (on tambourine) then joined PHJB for an a.m. version of “Bourbon Street Parade” followed by a few words from the Mayor, Hasting Stewart of Shell and Nancy Marinovic before a couple more songs by Pres Hall, some red beans and rice (courtesy of Zatarain’s) and a photo opp (see below) of the festival poster subjects posing in front of this year’s official Jazz Fest and Congo Square posters.

The first thing that jumps out from the cubes is the overall strength of 2nd Sunday, with the opportunity to see Rotary Downs, Red Stick Ramblers, Glen David Andrews, Galactic, funky METERS, The Bounce Shakedown with Big Freedia, Katey Red, Keedy Black and DJ Poppa, Foo Fighters, Bonnie Raitt, The Neville Brothers, Preservation Hall & Friends 50th Anniversary Celebration and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings all in the same day. Pretty solid way to close down the 43rd year of Jazz Fest. Also, the festival’s first Sunday is totally stacked and anchored by the strength of a 2 1/2 hour set by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Besides The Boss on April 29th patrons can take in sets by Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, a very special “Tribute to Alex Chilton”, Bill Summers & Jazalsa, Dr. John & the Lower 911, Papa Grows Funk, Sonny Landreth, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles Mardi Gras Indians, Gary Clark Jr., Janelle Monae and Al Green among others.

Now with a tangible schedule at our disposal, the “New Orleans version of 30 Days ’til Christmas” (as Davis described it) has officially started and the always-enjoyable task of strategically planning out 7 days of festival-going begins.

A few notable conflicts that jump out (trust me people, these are good problems to have):

Friday, April 27th: The Beach Boys Reunion (Acura) v. Bon Iver (Gentilly) v. Steel Pulse (Congo Square)

Saturday, April 28th: Midnite Disturbers (Jazz & Heritage) v. Carolina Chocolate Drops (Fais Do-Do) v. Bobby Rush (Blues Tent)

Sunday, April 29th: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Acura Stage) v. Janelle Monae (Gentilly Stage) v. Al Green (Congo Square)

Thursday, May 3rd: Dirty Dozen Brass Band (Acura) v. Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk (Gentilly)

Thursday, May 3rd: Eddie Vedder (Acura Stage) v. Florence + the Machine (Gentilly) v. Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society (Congo Square)

Friday, May 4th: Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. (Gentilly) v. Bunny Wailer (Congo Square)

Saturday, May 5th: My Morning Jacket (Gentilly) v. Herbie Hancock & his Band (WWOZ Jazz Tent) v. The Levon Helm Band with special guest Mavis Staples (Blues Tent)

Sunday, May 6th: The Neville Brothers (Acura) v. Preservation Hall & Friends 50th Anniversary Celebration (Gentilly) v. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Blues Tent) v. Maze featuring Frankie Beverly (Congo Square)

As always, gonna be splittin’ some time to catch multiple sets but all-in-all just beholding this massive 7-day spreadsheet is a huge thrill in itself. Can’t wait!

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Trombone Shorty, Erykah Badu and Preservation Hall Undergo Re:Generation

by Kellyn Lappinga

The RE:GENERATION music project examines the history of different music through the eyes of five contemporary electronic producer/DJs. For the project, Mark Ronson, DJ Premier, the Crystal Method, Pretty Lights and Skrillex each take a specific musical style, and one they’re not usually known for, and explore it by writing and recording a brand new track with a group of influential collaborators in that genre. A film documenting the project will be in theaters nationwide February 16 and 23 only and will play at AMC Elmwood Palace 20 in the New Orleans area at 8 p.m.

“I think that to have five songs come out of a pack of people whose music is so different is remarkable, says director Amir Bar-Lev. “To add the pressure of all the cameras around, the short amount of time that these people had to work and the fact that they also didn’t know each other going into it, the music that came out of the making of the film is remarkably strong.”

The documentary also focuses on the city as a character that plays a role in the music. Filming took place in Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Nashville, New York and Boston. “What this documentary is about is basically what happens when musical styles meet and what happens when traditions meet,” Bar-Lev says. “I think that if it has a message, it’s that when other traditions meet one another, it does not often go as smoothly as when musical traditions meet. That says a lot about the power of music, and the human force and the rest of the world could learn something from musicians.”

Producer Mark Ronson is known to many as the producer of Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black, and he recorded “A La Modeliste”—a track based on a groove by drummer Zigaboo Modeliste—with Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Modeliste, and members of the Dap-Kings in New Orleans. The footage for the film was shot during a private show at Preservation Hall after recording was completed.

“It just so happens that they were eager to perform it that very night and the song needed less post-production because it’s a little less electronic,” Bar-Lev says. “They were just really excited about the song, and they performed it last night again on Letterman. It was amazing.”

For more information on the show visit ReGenerationMusicProject.com.

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New Orleans Times-Picayune: PHJB the Toast of NY for Saturday's Anniversary Show

Great coverage from New Orleans Times-Picayune writer Keith Spera!


Preservation Hall Jazz Band the toast of New York for Saturday's anniversary show

Published: Friday, January 06, 2012, 5:00 PM     Updated: Friday, January 06, 2012, 5:09 PM

 By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune 
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The primary members of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band are in New York City this weekend to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday. The roster of special guests includes My Morning Jacket, Del McCoury, Allen Toussaint, Trombone Shorty, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Mos Def, Givers and Tao Seeger.

Matthew Hinton / The Times-PicayuneMembers of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which includes trombonist Frederick Lonzo, left, trumpeter Mark Braud, center, and saxophonist and singer Clint Maedgen, far right, are in New York for a 50th anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.

The show is likely to receive considerable attention from the New York media. On Friday, the home page of the New York Times web sitefeatured a four-plus minute video snapshot of the band in action at Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street in New Orleans. The paper's coverage also includes a pair of sumptuous photos by Mark Peterson.

Trumpeter Mark Braud is misidentified in a video caption as “Mark Brand,” but otherwise the clip paints a flattering portrait of the multi-generational band. Several current members, including Braud, were not yet born when the Hall was founded in 1961.

If you do not have a ticket for Saturday’s show in New York, you’ll have a second chance come spring: The Preservation Hall crew plans to recreate its 50th anniversary celebration, complete with several of the same special guests, at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell. The Pres Hall celebration will close out the Gentilly Stage on May 6, the fest’s final Sunday, in the slot previous held by the now-disbanded Radiators.

NBC New York spotlights PHJB's Golden Anniversary concert at Carnegie Hall

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Throw Themselves A Party 

By Michael Tedder

            

 

Since 1961 the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been keeping the tradition of boisterous New Orleans jazz alive, one boogie-fortified, horn-blaring performance at a time.

One suspects that the Preservation gentlemen are constantly coming up with excuses to throw a party, but their current blowout seems especially justified. On Jan. 7 the Preservation Hall Jazz Band will celebrate their 50th "Golden" Anniversary with a performance at Carnegie Hall that's apparently several years in the making.

"I started thinking about the anniversary shortly after we celebrated our 45th Anniversary back in 2006," says Ben Jaffe, creative director and tuba player. "I've been laying down the groundwork for the show for almost 18 months. Ultimately, I want the evening to be a memorable night of music."

The Jazz Band started as a touring outlet for the group of musicians that gathered at New Orleans Preservation Hall, an unretouched, un-air conditioned building which has been around since 1812 and has previously served as a tavern and photo gallery. Jaffe's parents, Allan and Sandra, founded the band 50 years ago, and he credits Preservation's longevity to not mucking up a good thing.

"We're like a pot of red beans and rice. No matter what day of the week, no matter how many times you've eaten them... they're always delicious when the right person is cooking them," he says. "Preservation Hall, no matter where we travel in the world, we connect with our audiences. I don't know exactly what it is, but people universally can't sit still when we play. They have to move or dance or bounce or sing. That's something you still find in New Orleans today, people dance to jazz."

The Hall's brand of rice and beans has proven to be quiet durable and beloved.

For the Carnegie performance the Band will be joined by a wide spectrum of guests including My Morning Jacket, Mos Def,  Allen Toussaint, Trey McIntyre Project, Steve Earle, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Del McCoury Band, Trombone Shorty, GIVERS,  Blind Boys of Alabama, Tao Seeger and even actor Ed Helms.

"We have lots of friends who play lots of styles of music, the whole spectrum. I think that's one of the amazing about what we do.  We all share a love, respect and deep appreciation for New Orleans music and culture," says Jaffe. "To me, it doesn't seem that strange. If Mos Def were alive 100 years ago, he'd be singing with Jelly Roll Morton! Artists have an honest respect for Preservation Hall.  There aren't that many, if any, institutions to compare Preservation Hall to. We are directly connected to the first days of jazz."

The "Golden" 50th Anniversary show (taking place in their 51st year, technically, but let's not pick nits) is a big undertaking for Jaffe, but he says it's only the start of a year-long celebration.

"We have a whole year's worth of projects on the table. We recently opened a retrospective exhibit in New Orleans titled 'Preservation Hall at 50.' We are going to be recording this year as well as touring the country and the world," he says.

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New "Ain't My Fault" video on Yahoo! Music

Today on Yahoo! Music, check out the premiere of the NEW EDIT of the music video for "It Ain't My Fault," the benefit track by the Gulf Aid Allstars featuring Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. This new edit by Richard Gonzalez and Dean Gonzalez combines shocking never-before-seen images from the ongoing Gulf Oil Spill Crisis with the footage from the live recording session at Preservation Hall in New Orleans.



Don't forget, “Ain’t my Fault” is still available for download via iTunes as a single (99 cents) or video ($1.99). All proceeds are being distributed by the Gulf Relief Foundation (GulfAid.org) to support organizations focused on wetlands/coastal environmental issues and the regional seafood industry. Please CLICK HERE to visit iTunes and support this important cause!

'It Ain't My Fault' - Now Available on iTunes!

On May 12th, Mos Def and Ben Jaffe got together to write a song for Gulf Aid, a benefit for those affected by the oil spill.

In an all-night jam session less than 12 hours later, they recorded the song with Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty, Tim Robbins and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band...

..and now YOU can own your own copy of this amazing track, just by donating 99 cents to help the effort in the Gulf! CLICK HERE to travel to iTunes where this all-star relief track is now available for download!
Like the video? You can own your own copy for $1.99!
iTunes!

"Mama ya don’t say, uh

Oil and water don’t mix

Petrolio don’t go good with no fish

Aw, it ain’t my fault

BP, big pimpin, big problem, bad presence

Billionaire pirate, boiling point, burst pressure

Aw, it ain’t my fault

Say man, who pushed the marshes back ?

Where’s the hurricane shelter and the garden at?

Aw, it ain’t my fault

Said, from the gulf of Mexico to the broke levee wall

Something gone wrong and it’s somebody’s fault

Aw, it ain’t my fault

Scripture says, it say they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Say, they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Say, they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Oh lord, oh lord, it ain’t my fault

OW!

Lord have mercy!

Aw, it ain’t my fault

This is part of my gospel song,

Say they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Say they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Say they go to rock to hide they face

And the rock cried out no hiding place

Oh lord, oh lord, it ain’t my fault

OW!

Aw, it ain’t my fault

This is part of my gospel song,

Aw, it ain’t my fault

It ain’t my fault

It ain’t my fault"

It Ain't My Fault in the Times-Picayune!

Great article here by wonderful New Orleans music writer, Keith Spera.

With any luck, the track will be up on iTunes tomorrow!
(Fingers crossed - and we'll definitely shout it from the rooftops when it happens!)

Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band remake 'It Ain't My Fault' as Gulf Aid fundraiser

Published: Monday, June 14, 2010, 6:05 AM
Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune

Early on May 12, Preservation Hall Jazz Band creative director Ben Jaffe was still fuming about the previous day’s U.S. Senate hearings on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.

The spectacle of BP, Transocean and Halliburton executives shucking and ducking responsibility warranted a response, Jaffe decided.

A certain New Orleans rhythm & blues classic sprang to mind: “It Ain’t My Fault.”

Written by legendary New Orleans arranger Wardell Quezergue and drummer Smokey Johnson in 1964, “It Ain’t My Fault” is now a Mardi Gras and brass band standard.

Less than 24 hours after the idea first struck Jaffe, a new version of “It Ain’t My Fault” featuring Lenny Kravitz, Mos Def, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, actor Tim Robbins and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band had been recorded and mixed.

Jaffe hoped to release the song immediately on iTunes to benefit the nonprofit Gulf Relief Foundation, created to promote coastal restoration and assist families affected by the spill.

But creative processes often move more quickly than legal processes. Weeks later, the various parties involved still were securing necessary clearances and lobbying iTunes to waive its percentage of sales. Meanwhile, a video of the late-night recording session at Preservation Hall circulated online.

Barring another delay, “It Ain’t My Fault” should be available via iTunes on Tuesday.
Its existence is a testament to the ability of technology to facilitate creativity — and the musical possibilities available at any given moment in New Orleans...

FULL ARTICLE HERE

It Ain't My Fault!

On May 12th, Mos Def and Ben Jaffe got together to write a song for Gulf Aid, a benefit for those affected by the oil spill.

In an all-night jam session less than 12 hours later, they recorded the song with Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty, Tim Robbins and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band...

Stay tuned for information regarding the release of this historic track!
In the meantime, please visit
Gulf Aid and The Gulf Restoration Network
to learn more about what you can do to help.