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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Tickets

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Jazz music has been around since the early 1900s, when it developed in New Orleans, Louisiana.New Orleans lends its melting pot appeal and unique flavor to style, which incorporates a variety of instruments including clarinets, drums, saxophones, trombones, and trumpets. One of the most famous American jazz musicians was Louis Armstrong, and some popular contemporary jazz musicians include Kenny G. and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

Blues got its name from its extensive use of blue notes that are common across both jazz and blues music. Blues emerged in the latter parts of the 19th century in African American communities in the southern United States. At first developing amongst agricultural workers, blues music eventually spread north and contributed to the creation of other genres such as rhythm and blues. Like jazz, blues music incorporates clarinets, drums, saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and other instruments along with vocals. Modern blues artists include Etta James, B.B. King, and Taj Mahal. To find the best seats to an upcoming Preservation Hall Jazz Band concert, get your tickets from TicketRoom today!

Preservation Hall Jazz Band Concerts

Date	Location	Venue	Price	Get tickets
01.12.2024 07:00	Fort Lauderdale USA	Parker Playhouse 01.12.2024 07:00	$78.99-$499.00	Buy tickets
03.12.2024 07:30	Clearwater USA	Capitol Theatre - FL 03.12.2024 07:30	$85.00-$334.75	Buy tickets
05.12.2024 07:30	Atlanta USA	Variety Playhouse 05.12.2024 07:30	$35.00-$134.00	Buy tickets
06.12.2024 08:00	Roanoke USA	Jefferson Center Foundation - Shaftman Performance Hall 06.12.2024 08:00	$55.00-$522.50	Buy tickets
08.12.2024 07:30	Knoxville USA	U.S. Cellular Stage at the Bijou Theatre 08.12.2024 07:30	$64.01-$383.00	Buy tickets
12.12.2024 07:30	Boone USA	The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 12.12.2024 07:30	$45.00-$244.00	Buy tickets
13.12.2024 07:00	Birmingham USA	Jemison Concert Hall At Alys Robinson Stephens PAC 13.12.2024 07:00	$73.00-$117.00	Buy tickets
15.12.2024 07:00	Oklahoma City USA	Tower Theatre - OK 15.12.2024 07:00	$75.00-$124.00	Buy tickets
17.12.2024 08:00	San Antonio USA	Stable Hall 17.12.2024 08:00	$84.00-$138.00	Buy tickets
08.03.2025 08:00	Albany USA	Hart Theatre At The Egg 08.03.2025 08:00	$74.74-$631.25	Buy tickets
09.03.2025 07:00	Nashua USA	Nashua Center for the Arts 09.03.2025 07:00	$78.00-$186.65	Buy tickets
11.03.2025 08:00	Rockport USA	Shalin Liu Performance Center 11.03.2025 08:00	$106.26-$149.73	Buy tickets
13.03.2025 07:30	Red Bank USA	Count Basie Theatre 13.03.2025 07:30	$42.57-$499.00	Buy tickets
15.03.2025 07:30	Ridgefield USA	The Ridgefield Playhouse 15.03.2025 07:30	$78.00-$504.00	Buy tickets

Artist Info

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 Nelson or Jim Robinson; clarinetists George Lewis, Albert Burbank, or Willie Humphrey; and pianists Joseph Robichaux, Billie Pierce, or Sweet Emma Barrett. By the early '70s, trumpeter Percy Humphrey, his brother Willie on clarinet, and trombonist Jim Robinson (who, after his death in 1976, was succeeded by Frank Demond) usually comprised the front line. The deaths of the Humphreys and Percy's occasional fill-in Kid Sheik Colar in the mid-'90s signalled more lineup changes. Four decades after the group's genesis, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band continues to honor the musical traditions of New Orleans, despite these switches in personnel.
In general, the group's best recordings are their early records under the leadership of Barrett and the Pierces; they also cut three hit-or-miss albums for Columbia during 1976-1992. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band's worldwide tours have resulted in a good deal of goodwill, and the band remained on the road throughout much of 2005 and early 2006, due to the temporary closure of Preservation Hall in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Although the hurricane devastated the city, it left some of the band's archival recordings unscathed, resulting in the release of Made in New Orleans: The Hurricane Sessions in 2007. In 2010, they delivered the charity album, Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program, which featured guest appearances by an eclectic mix of artists including Del McCoury, Steve Earle, Angelique Kidjo, Terence Blanchard, and many others. A year later, they collaborated once again with McCoury on the jazz meets bluegrass album American Legacies. In 2013, Preservation Hall released That's It!, the band's first album of all-original material in its entire 50 year career.