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Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Kimmel Cultural Campus
Courtesy of Carrie Williams | Posted on July 18, 2022
When
Fri, November 11, 2022
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Preservation Hall is a humble, much-loved room dedicated to keeping the past and future of jazz alive. It’s a well-worn, well-loved space that’s physically small but spiritually huge. People from around the globe make pilgrimages to it, and this fall, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is embarking on a pilgrimage of its own: a nationwide tour to celebrate the Hall’s 60th anniversary. The band’s mission remains focused on initiating audiences into the ineffable, almost religious experience of channeling their ancestors through the music and culture they’ve inherited from them.
“Touring is a part of our ritual,” Ben Jaffe, creative director of Preservation Hall, adds...