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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Artist Biography For Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Preservation Hall Was Started In The Early 1960’s By A Californian Named Ken Mills Assisted By A Lady By The Name Of Barbara Reid. Mills Was A Jazz Buff Who Wanted To Get The Older Musicians Playing In Public Again And Of Course Record Them. He Rented A Hall On St Peter Street And Preservation Hall Was Born. Alan Jaffe Referred To In A Later Paragraph Came On The Scene After Mills. In Those Early Days The $400 Monthly Rent For The Hall And The Musicians’ Fees Were Met From The Nightly “kitty” Collection From The Audience. There Were So Many Requests For “The Saints Go Marching In” That The Bands Grew Tired Of Playing The Tune And So A Minimum Donation Of $5 Or Perhaps It Was $10 Dollars Was Requested. The Audience Thrilled To The Sounds Of George Lewis Clarinet Kid Howard Trumpet Kid Sheik Trumpet Jimmy Clayton Trumpet Kid Thomas Trumpet Charlie Love Trumpet DeDe Pierce Trumpet “Slow Drag” Pavageau Bass Louis James Bass Milé Barnes Clarinet Steve Angram Clarinet John Casimir Clarinet Israel Gorman Clarinet Louis Nelson Trombone Jim Robinson Trombone Emmanuel Sayles Banjo Harrison Verret Banjo Sammy Penn Drums Barney Bigard Drums Billie Pierce Piano And Many Others. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Usually Performs Nightly At Preservation Hall In New Orleans And Tours Around The World Over 150 Days A Year. Hurricane Katrina However Forced Preservation Hall To Close Through The Fall And Winter Of 2005 And The Building Remained Shut Until April 2006. The Band Continued To Tour While The Hall Was Closed. Art Dealer Larry Borenstein Opened An Art Gallery In A Building He Called Associated Artists Studio In 1961. This Evolved Into Preservation Hall. A Young Tuba Player Allan Jaffe Ran The Hall And Organized Tours For The Musicians Who Often Performed There Naming The Band After The Venue. The Late Allan Jaffe Was Often In The Preservation Hall Band His Son String Bass Player Ben Jaffe Often Is Now. The Group Has Been Touring The United States For More Than 25 Years. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Seek To Preserve Music Evolved In New Orleans And To Bring It To Contemporary Audiences. In 2006 The Band Was Awarded The National Medal Of Arts. Current Members Include Lucien Barbarin Trombone Mark Braud Trumpet Frank Demond Trombone Charlie Gabriel Clarinet & Saxophone Ben Jaffe Bass & Tuba Leroy Jones Trumpet Joseph Lastie Jr Drums Carl Le Blanc Banjo Freddie Lonzo Trombone Clint Maedgen Vocalist & Saxophone Rickie Monie Piano Walter Payton Bass Shannon Powell Drums Mari Watanabe Piano A Partial Listing Of The Musicians Who Have Played Under The Preservation Hall Jazz Band Name Includes * Kid Thomas Valentine - Trumpeter * Punch Miller - Trumpeter * De De Pierce - Trumpeter * Percy Humphrey - Trumpeter * Kid Sheik Colar - Trumpeter * Louis Nelson - Trombonist * Jim Robinson - Trombonist * Frank Demond - Trombonist * George Lewis - Clarinetist * Albert Burbank - Clarinetist * Willie Humphrey - Clarinetist * Raymond Burke - Clarinetist * Joseph Rochambeau - Pianist * Billie Pierce - Pianist * "Sweet Emma" Barrett - Pianist * Jeanette Kimball - Pianist * Sing Miller - Pianist * Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau - Bass * Narvin Kimball - Banjo * Emanuel Sayles - Banjo * Josiah "Cie" Frazier - Drums * Walter Payton - Bass * Clint Maedgen - Saxophone Clarinet Vocals * Shannon Powell - Drums