Preservation Hall Jazz Band
USA
Formed: 1961
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: New Orleans Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, New Orleans Jazz Revival, Dixieland, Trad Jazz, Early Jazz
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Although New Orleans' traditional jazz scene had many top players in the 1950s, there was no one center for the city's veteran greats to play. In 1961, local art dealer Larry Borenstein opened a building in the French Quarter called Preservation Hall. The young tuba player Allan Jaffe ran the hall and organized tours for the musicians who often performed there, naming the band after the venue. In the Hall's early days, the key musicians included, at various times, trumpeters Kid Thomas Valentine, Punch Miller, or De De Pierce; trombonists Louis...
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- Louis Armstrong (74)
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