{"title":"Preservation Hall Jazz Band","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a renowned musical group that takes its name from the historic music venue, Preservation Hall, located in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter. Founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe, the band has dedicated itself to preserving and promoting the art form of New Orleans Jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a mission to nurture and perpetuate this unique genre, the band has traveled across the globe, captivating audiences with their exceptional talent and infectious energy. Led by Creative Director Ben Jaffe on tuba, they bring together a diverse group of musicians including Mark Braud on trumpet and vocals, Charlie Gabriel on clarinet and vocals, Freddie Lonzo on trombone, Rickie Monie on piano, Clint Maedgen on tenor saxophone and vocals, Ronell Johnson on tuba, and Joe Lastie Jr. on drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther talented artists occasionally join them onstage or in recordings such as Frank Demond on trombone, Shannon Powell on percussion, Leroy Jones on trumpet,\nCarl LeBlanc on banjo,\nDarryl Adams\nand Elliot \"Stackman\" Callier\non saxophone,\nand David Silverman also playing tuba.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"so-it-is","title":"So It Is","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a moment when musical streams are crossing with unprecedented frequency, it’s crucial to remember that throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge, mingle, and resurface, transformed by the Crescent City’s inimitable spirit and joie de vivre. Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePHJB marches that tradition forward once again on So It Is, the septet’s second release featuring all-new original music. The album redefines what New Orleans music means in 2017 by tapping into a sonic continuum that stretches back to the city’s Afro-Cuban roots, through its common ancestry with the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Fire Music of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, and forward to cutting-edge artists with whom the PHJB have shared festival stages from Coachella to Newport, including legends like Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and the Grateful Dead and modern giants like My Morning Jacket, Arcade Fire and the Black Keys. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band began charting a new path with the release of \u003ci\u003eThat’s It!\u003c\/i\u003e, their first album of original material, in 2013. \u003ci\u003eSo It Is\u003c\/i\u003e continues and significantly expands on that expedition. The music on \u003ci\u003eSo It Is\u003c\/i\u003e, penned largely by Jaffe and 84 year-old saxophonist Charlie Gabriel in collaboration with the entire PHJB, stirs together that variety of influences like classic New Orleans cuisine. Longtime members Jaffe, Gabriel, Clint Maedgen and Ronell Johnson have been joined over the past 18 months by Walter Harris, Branden Lewis and Kyle Roussel, and the new blood has hastened the journey into new musical territory. The album’s seven new pieces of buoyant, window-rattling funk find common ancestry with the Afro-Cuban sounds that the band heard in the streets of Havana (witness the NOLA-meets-Cuba bounce of \u003ci\u003eLa Malanga\u003c\/i\u003e), Fela Kuti’s Nigerian funk and the entrancing melodies of Ethiopian jazz (most evident on the sinuous \u003ci\u003eInnocence\u003c\/i\u003e), the passion of envelope-pushing ‘60s jazz and soul pioneers, and the intense grooves of their modern Coachella counterparts – then filters them all through a Crescent City lens to emerge with something that compels the listener to move. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50448407101771,"sku":"1064799","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448407560523,"sku":"1064800","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/def5789e-c26c-4fb7-99d5-d52c479e253c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727091414"},{"product_id":"that-s-it","title":"That's It!","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a moment when musical streams are crossing with unprecedented frequency, it’s crucial to remember that throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge, mingle, and resurface, transformed by the Crescent City’s inimitable spirit and joie de vivre. Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreservation Hall Jazz Band’s \u003ci\u003eThat’s It! \u003c\/i\u003e(2013) is an eclectic album that draws on the collective experience of players nurtured in the New Orleans tradition but determined to build something fresh and exciting on that foundation. It marks an important milestone in PHJB Creative Director Ben Jaffe’s crusade to carry forward the Hall’s original mission while making it relevant to today’s audiences.” For his part, co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is convinced that the PHJB has a future as vibrant as its past: “The music will speak forever,” he says. “Will people stop listening to Beethoven? Will people stop listening to Bob Dylan? Will people stop listening to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSo It Is \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) finds the classic Preservation Hall Jazz Band sound invigorated by a number of fresh influences, not least among them the band’s 2015 life-changing trip to Cuba. A visit to the island, so integral to the evolution of jazz and New Orleans culture in general, had long been in the works when President Obama’s diplomatic opening suddenly allowed for a more extensive journey than had originally seemed possible. Producer David Sitek, a founder of art rock innovators TV on the Radio who has helmed projects by Kelis, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs andSantigold among others, offered both a keen modern perspective and a profound respect for the band’s storied history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sub Pop","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50448433086795,"sku":"1064798","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5005588c-759a-4721-97ac-e0ec69e2f45c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727091750"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_7b58c003_thumbnail_4096_218e9696-da20-4011-bea1-28917c241b3a.jpg?v=1727091383","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/preservation-hall-jazz-band.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}