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. Read more on Last.fm
Preservation Hall Jazz Band has 11 songs that have been featured in movies like Palabras encadenadas, Streets of Blood, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Family That Preys. What is your favorite song by Preservation Hall Jazz Band?
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