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{{Short description|American jazz band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
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| origin
| genre
| years_active = 1963–present
| label
| website
| current_members = * [[Charlie Gabriel]]
* Walter Harris
* [[Ben Jaffe]]
* Ronell Johnson
* Branden Lewis
* Clint Maedgen
* [[Kyle Roussel]]
| past_members = see [[#Members|below]]
}}
The '''Preservation Hall Jazz Band''' is a New Orleans jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player [[Allan Jaffe]] in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from [[Preservation Hall]] in the French Quarter. In 2005, the Hall's doors were closed for a period of time due to [[Hurricane Katrina]], but the band continued to tour.
==Early years==
In the 1950s, Larry Borenstein, an art dealer from Milwaukee, managed [[Preservation Hall]] in the French Quarter as an art gallery. To attract customers, he invited local New Orleans jazz musicians to play. After their honeymoon in 1961,
Allan Jaffe hired local musicians whose ages ranged from the 60s to the 90s. Many were struggling with poverty, racism, and illness. At first the Jaffes served no alcohol, used no amplification, and didn't advertise. In 1963, Allan Jaffe began to tour with bands in the U.S. and in other countries. These tours included such popular figures as pianist [[Sweet Emma Barrett]], trumpeter [[Kid Thomas Valentine]], brothers [[Percy Humphrey]] and [[Willie Humphrey]], trumpeter [[De De Pierce]] and his wife, pianist [[Billie Pierce]]. The most popular was clarinetist [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], whose reputation preceded the Hall. Fans from all over the world came to New Orleans to hear traditional jazz.<ref name="Sancton" />
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In 1977, Jaffe and Arthur Hall and his Afro-American Dance Ensemble released ''Fat Tuesday and All That Jazz! A Mardi Gras Dance Musical''. The world premiere of the dance musical was on February 19, 1977, and was followed by a tour in the United States. Dejan's Olympia Brass Band was featured in ''Fat Tuesday and All That Jazz'', in addition to the Arthur Hall Afro-American Dance Ensemble of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
==Later years==
In 1987, Allan Jaffe died of cancer at the age of fifty-one. After his son Ben graduated from [[Oberlin College]], he became artistic director in 1993.<ref name="Sancton" /> Ben Jaffe toured with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, playing double bass and tuba. He began the educational initiatives that his father developed.
"As many as 20 different bands, drawn from a pool of about 150 local musicians, had played at Preservation Hall in the 1960s, but by 1999 virtually all of the older generation of musicians had died and the band members were a mixture of younger African-American players and white musicians from overseas. Most notable among the former were Michael White (ii), Wendell Brunious (who gradually took over the leadership of Valentine's band in the elder trumpeter's final years, as well as the touring band), Freddie Lonzo, and the tuba player Walter Payton; Europeans included the Swedish pianist Lars Edegran, the English trumpeter Clive Wilson, Orange Kellin, and Jacques Gauthé" (Hazeldine, Kernfeld).
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The Preservation Hall Jazz Band continued to tour nationally and internationally. The band was led by trumpeter [[Wendell Brunious]], later replaced by his older brother, [[John Brunious]].
In 2006, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band was awarded the [[National Medal of Arts]], the nation's highest honor for artistic excellence. The award was presented to Benjamin Jaffe and co-founder of Preservation Hall, [[Sandra Jaffe]], who accepted the award from President and Mrs. [[Laura Bush]] in an Oval Office ceremony on November 9, 2006. The citations read: "With enormous talent and pride, this ageless ensemble has toured the world displaying the unbreakable spirit of New Orleans and sharing the joy of New Orleans jazz with us all."
Nearing Preservation Hall's 45th anniversary, the band collaborated with musicians from other genres, such as [[Blind Boys of Alabama]] on their Grammy Award winning album
In 2014,
The [[Trey McIntyre Project]] dance ensemble collaborated with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to create ''Ma Maison'' and ''The Sweeter End'', two contemporary dance works set. The two ensembles toured numerous dates nationally, including performances at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] and the [[Lincoln Center]].
In 2018 the documentary ''[[A Tuba to Cuba]]'' was released.<ref name="discusses">{{cite web |title=Ben Jaffe Discusses New Documentary "A Tuba to Cuba" |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/ben-jaffe-creative-director-of-preservation-hall/ |website=Amanpour & Company |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=November 15, 2018}}</ref>
==50th anniversary==
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==Awards==
=== National Medal of Arts ===
In 2006, President [[George W. Bush]] and the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] awarded the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with the [[National Medal of Arts]], the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. A writer for the NEA commented, "Whether performing at Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, for British Royalty or the King of Thailand, the band conveys a joyful, timeless spirit. Under the auspices of current director, Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, Preservation Hall continues with a deep reverence and consciousness of its impressive history as a venue, band, and record label."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preservation Hall Jazz Band |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/preservation-hall-jazz-band |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117145422/https://www.arts.gov/honors/medals/preservation-hall-jazz-band |archive-date=2023-11-17 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[National Endowment for the Arts]] |language=en}}</ref>
=== [[NAACP Image Awards]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Category
!Work nominated
!Result
!Ref.
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|2013
|Jazz Album
|''The Preservation Hall 50th Anniversary Collection''
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-02 |title=The 44th NAACP Image Award complete winners list |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-en-the-44th-naacp-image-award-winners-20130201-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601171923/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-et-en-the-44th-naacp-image-award-winners-20130201-story.html |archive-date=2023-06-01 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|2018
|Outstanding Jazz Album
|''So It Is''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-14 |title=NAACP Image Awards: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2018-naacp-image-award-winners-complete-list-1064208/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}
=== [[OffBeat (music magazine)|''OffBeat'']]'s Best of the Beat Awards ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Category
!Result
!Ref.
|-
|2000
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2011-09-08 |title=Best of the Beat Award Winners: Complete List |url=https://www.offbeat.com/best-of-the-beat-award-winners-complete-list/,%20https://www.offbeat.com/best-of-the-beat-award-winners-complete-list/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=[[OffBeat (music magazine)|OffBeat Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|2007
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
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|2008
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2011
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2012
|Best Traditional Jazz Album (for ''St. Peter & 57th St.'')
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2015
|Best Music Video (for "That's It!" with [[Lyrics Born]] and director Jermaine Quiz)
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
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|2016
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
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| rowspan="2" |2017
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Best Traditional Jazz Album (for ''So It Is)''
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2018
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2019
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2020
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2021-22
|Best Traditional Jazz Band or Performer
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2023
|Best Traditional Jazz Artist
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":0" />
|}
==Members==
* [[Ben Jaffe]] – double bass, tuba
* [[Charlie Gabriel]] – saxophone, clarinet
* Walter Harris – drums
* Ronell Johnson – trombone
* Branden Lewis – trumpet
* Clint Maedgen – vocals, saxophone
* [[Kyle Roussel]] – piano<ref name="About">{{cite web|title=About - Preservation Hall Jazz Band| url=http://www.preservationhalljazzband.com/about/|website=Preservation Hall Jazz Band|
'''Past members'''
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* [[Raymond Burke (clarinetist)|Raymond Burke]] – clarinet
* Maynard Chatters – trombone
* [[Paul Crawford (jazz musician)|Paul Crawford]] - trombone, baritone horn
* Manny Crusto – clarinet
* Frank Demond – trombone
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* [[Allan Jaffe]] – tuba
* Ralph H. Johnson – clarinet
* [[Leroy Jones (trumpeter)|Leroy Jones]] – trumpet
* [[Jeanette Kimball]] – piano
* [[Narvin Kimball]] – banjo player
* [[Carl LeBlanc]] – banjo
* [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]] – clarinet
* [[Jeffery Miller]] – trombone
* [[Punch Miller]] – trumpet
* [[Sing Miller]] – piano
* [[Louis Nelson (trombonist)|Louis Nelson]] – trombone
* [[Alcide Pavageau]] – bass
* [[Walter Payton (musician)|Walter Payton]] – double bass
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* Mari Watanabe – piano
* [[Michael White (clarinetist)|Michael White]] – clarinet
* Ricky Monie - Piano
* Joseph Lastie - Drums
==Discography==
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* ''New Orleans * ''Preservation Hall Jazz Band Live!'' (Sony, 1992)
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* ''Shake That Thing'' (Preservation Hall, 2004)
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* ''That's It!'' (Legacy, 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Preservation Hall Jazz Band – That's It! (2013, 180g, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4749048-Preservation-Hall-Jazz-Band-Thats-It |website=www.discogs.com |access-date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Run Stop & Drop!!'' (Legacy, 2017)
* ''[[So It Is]]'' (Legacy, 2017)<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web|title=Preservation Hall Jazz Band {{!}} Album Discography {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/preservation-hall-jazz-band-mn0000358532/discography|website=AllMusic|access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
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==References==
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* William Carter. ''Preservation Hall: Music from the Heart'', 1991. {{ISBN|0-393-02915-8}}
* [https://www.today.com/popculture/preservation-hall-jazz-band-reunites-nyc-wbna9428130 "Preservation Hall Jazz Band reunites in NYC"], MSNBC, September 21, 2005. Retrieved July 24, 2008]
* {{cite web|last1=Hazeldine|first1=Mike|last2=Kernfeld|first2=Barry|title=Olympia Brass Band| url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J337300
* {{cite web|last1=Hazeldine|first1=Mike|last2=Kernfeld|first2=Barry|title=Preservation Hall Jazz Band| url= http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J361800
==External links==
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