Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Live! (1992)

Preservation Hall Jazz Band : Live!
Year Of Release: 1992
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Total Size: 363 mb/141 mb | Total Time: 01:00:45 min

1. Hindustan 5:50
2. Tishomingo Blues 7:49
3. Ice Cream 5:43
4. Savoy Blues 5:49
5. Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet 5:38
6. Burgundy Street Blues 4:18
7. Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 7:28
8. Lily Of The Valley 6:28
9. After Hours 3:32
10. When The Saints Go Marching In 8:10

Percy Humphrey vocals, trumpet Greg Stafford vocals, cornet Les Muscutt, Lars Edegran banjo
Dr. Michael White , Manuel Crusto, Willie Humphrey clarinet Kid Sheik Cola, Wendell Brunious trumpet
Paul Crawford, Frank Demond trombone Jeanette Kimball piano Frank Oxley, Joe Lastie drums, snare drum

Since the 1950s, the Preservation Hall has been a major venue for the traditional jazz music sound for which the city of New Orleans is famous. The place itself is simple and unassuming, located in a decrepit building in the French Quarter. There, music-lovers sit on hard wooden benches with no amenities or refreshments. They are rewarded with performances by some of the greatest names in traditional jazz, as well as modernists who are carrying on the legacy of that early era in the birthplace of jazz. In the former category are luminaries such as Willie Humphrey on trumpet and vocals and his brother, Percy Humphrey, on clarinet. These musicians, along with Kid Sheik Cola on trumpet, are some of the senior members of the band. Younger musicians carrying the torch forward include Dr. Michael White on clarinet, Wendell Brunious on trumpet, and Greg Stafford on cornet and vocals. Young and old, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's constituents pour their collective talents into some of the best-loved music of a bygone era. They start right in with "Hindustan" and "Tishomingo Blues," then serve up the popular "Ice Cream" ("I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream"). Other standouts include "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet," "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place," "Savoy Blues," and "Burgundy Street Blues." The band plays the spiritual "Lily of the Valley" in a reverential tone and goes out on a joyous note with the perennial favorite "When the Saints Go Marching In." You can't get any more New Orleans than this. ~ Rose of Sharon Witmer

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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

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"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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