Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans, Vol. II, 1981

1. Shake It and Break It 4:48
2. Just a Little While to Stay Here 7:26
3. Indy Blues 5:41
4. The Bucket's Got a Hole in It 5:05
5. St. Louis Blues 7:12
6. I Ain't Got Nobody 4:49
7. Rip Em up Joe 6:47
8. Down on the Farm 3:36

Percy G. Humphrey Trumpet, Vocals Frank Demond Trombone Willie Humphrey Clarinet, Banjo Narvin Kimball Banjo, Vocals
Allan P. Jaffe Tuba James Edward "Sing" Miller Piano, Vocals Josiah "Cie" Frazier Drums

AMG:
"The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, after its formation in the early '60s, helped spread the joy of New Orleans jazz around the world. Unfortunately, the musicianship tended to be quite erratic, and by the 1980s it could be somewhat embarrassing at times. Certainly the band was full of joyous spirits, and the rhythm section (pianist James Miller, banjoist Narvin Kimball, Allan Jaffe on tuba and drummer Cie Frazier) was often quite driving. However the frontline of trumpeter Percy Humphrey, clarinetist Willie Humphrey and trombonist Frank Demond was rather weak and erratic at best at this point, so the ensembles tended to be better than the solos. Still, fans of revival New Orleans jazz who do not mind clams and shaky moments should be able to enjoy this music."

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans, Vol.1 (1977)

Mp3 256kbps | 11 Tracks | 59:03 min | 113 Mb

Percy G. Humphrey Trumpet Frank Demond Trombone Willie Humphrey Clarinet Narvin Kimball Banjo
Allan P. Jaffe Tuba James Edward "Sing" Miller Piano Josiah "Cie" Frazier Drums

1. Tiger Rag 7:44 - Ragas;LaRocca
2. Amen 3:18 - Traditional
3. Over In Gloryland 7:06 - Trad.
4. Good Blues 7:22 - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
5. Bill Bailey 3:56 - H.Cannon
6. Joe Avery 6:39 - Trad.
7. His Eye Is On The Sparrow 5:01 - Trad.
8. Memories 7:33 - G.Khan;E.Alstyne
9. Panama 9:51 - W.H.Tyers

Preservation Hall has been a New Orleans landmark since 1961, when it first began providing a regular stage for the city's traditional musicians. It quickly became the object of regular pilgrimages for traditional musicians and enthusiasts around the world. By the time this recording was made in 1976, the official band had coalesced around the Humphrey brothers, Percy on trumpet and Willie on clarinet, veterans already in their 70s. Their age shows only in their fidelity to the music's repertoire and instrumentation, with the band still using a banjo player, Narvin Kimball, and the younger tubaist Allan Jaffe in place of a string bass. In this vigorous traditional jazz, the band brings lifetimes of received musical wisdom to hymns like "Over in Gloryland" and Dixieland warhorses like "Bill Bailey." --Stuart Broomer

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