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[[Image:PreservationHall 2008.jpg|upright|thumb|Front door of the Preservation Hall]]
[[Image:PreservationHall 2008.jpg|upright|thumb|Front door of the Preservation Hall]]
'''Preservation Hall''' is a jazz venue in the [[French Quarter]] of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building is associated with a house band, a record label, and a non-profit foundation.
'''Preservation Hall''' is a jazz venue on St Peter Street in the [[French Quarter]] of [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. The building is associated with [[Preservation Hall Jazz Band|a house band]], a record label, and a non-profit foundation.


== History of the jazz hall ==
== History of the jazz hall ==
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In the 1950s art dealer Larry Borenstein from Milwaukee managed Preservation Hall in the French Quarter as an art gallery. To attract customers, he invited local jazz musicians to play. After their honeymoon in 1961, [[Allan Jaffe]] and his wife Sandra visited to hear some traditional New Orleans jazz. The Jaffes were from Pennsylvania. Allan Jaffe was a tuba player who had graduated from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School of Business]] in Philadelphia, while his wife had been employed at an advertising agency. They attended concerts, grew to love the French Quarter, and stayed longer than they had intended. Borenstein asked if they wanted to manage Preservation Hall, and they agreed.<ref name="Sancton">{{cite web|last1=Sancton|first1=Tom|title=The Venerable, Musical History of Preservation Hall in New Orleans|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/preservation-hall-201201|website=Vanity Fair|accessdate=18 November 2017|language=en|date=9 December 2011}}</ref>
In the 1950s, art dealer [[Larry Borenstein]] from Milwaukee managed what would become Preservation Hall in the French Quarter as an art gallery, Associated Artists. To attract customers, he invited local jazz musicians to play for tips. After a time, the music started drawing more attention than the art.<ref name="Farbenbloom">{{cite web|last1=Farbenbloom|first1=Frank|title=Remembering Larry Borenstein and Preservation Hall|url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/remembering-larry-borenstein-and-preservation-hall/|website=The Syncopated Times|access-date=30 April 2020|language=en|date=30 April 2020}}</ref> In May 1961, Borenstein turned management over to Ken Grayson Mills and Barbara Reid, who turned it into a music venue and named it "Preservation Hall".<ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.lacroixrecords.com/part11.html |title=Preservation Hall: The Rest of the Story |last=Ekins|first=Richard|newspaper= Just Jazz, No. 235, pp. 18-25 |access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url= http://www.lacroixrecords.com/reid%20pt7.html |title=On the Origin of Preservation Hall|last=Ekins|first=Richard|newspaper= Just Jazz, No. 255, pp. 20-29 |access-date=2020-06-23}}</ref>


After their honeymoon in 1961, [[Allan Jaffe]] and his wife Sandra visited to hear some traditional New Orleans jazz. The Jaffes were from Pennsylvania. Allan Jaffe was a tuba player who had graduated from the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania|Wharton School of Business]] in Philadelphia, while his wife had been employed at an advertising agency. They attended concerts, grew to love the French Quarter, and stayed longer than they had intended. Borenstein asked if they wanted to manage Preservation Hall, and they agreed, taking over in September 1961.<ref name="Sancton">{{cite web|last1=Sancton|first1=Tom|title=The Venerable, Musical History of Preservation Hall in New Orleans|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/preservation-hall-201201|website=Vanity Fair|access-date=18 November 2017|language=en|date=9 December 2011}}</ref>
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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 refused to 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]], pianist [[De De Pierce]] and her husband, trumpeter [[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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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 refused to advertise. In 1963, Allan Jaffe began to tour with bands in the U.S. and in other countries. These tours included such musicians as pianist [[Sweet Emma Barrett]], trumpeter [[Kid Thomas Valentine]], brothers [[Percy Humphrey]] and [[Willie Humphrey]], pianist [[Billie Pierce]] and her husband, trumpeter [[De De 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" />
=== The foundation ===
The Preservation Hall Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization primarily dedicated to Preservation Hall's educational initiatives, including but not limited to providing private lessons to youth taught by New Orleans jazz musicians, coordinating group lessons with the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz Band, presenting workshops during Preservation Hall Jazz Band tours, or maintenance of the ever-growing Preservation Hall archives.


=== Historic building ===
=== The foundation ===
The Preservation Hall Foundation is a [[501(c)(3) organization]] primarily dedicated to Preservation Hall's educational initiatives, including but not limited to providing private lessons to youth taught by New Orleans jazz musicians, coordinating group lessons with the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz Band, presenting workshops during Preservation Hall Jazz Band tours, or maintenance of the ever-growing Preservation Hall archives. The Foundation also provides a free online learning resource for music educators and students called the Preservation Hall Foundation Brass Bandbook including the songs "Bourbon Street Parade", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Lil' Liza Jane", "Down by the Riverside", "Didn't He Ramble", "Lord, Lord, Lord", "I'll Fly Away", "Joe Avery's Piece", "Paul Barbarin's Second Line", "Old Rugged Cross", "By and By", and "Do Whatcha Wanna".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brass Bandbook — New Orleans Sheet Music |url=https://www.preshallfoundation.org/brassbandbook |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Preservation Hall Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
Antoine Faisendieu bought the lot from Guillermo Gros in 1803 and built a tavern, selling it in 1809 to Pierre and Barthelemy Jourdain. A sale in 1812 advertised a "house lately belonging to M. Faisendieu, $4000 cash and two years of notes."{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} In 1816, when the Orleans Ballroom burned, this building also burned, and according to an act of sale, architects Gurlie and Guillot bought the lot and rubble for $5000 and sold the property to Agathe Fanchon, femme de couleur libre, for $13,500 a year later. She owned the property until 1866. The service wing and patio were home and office to photographer "Pop" Whitesell in the first half of the twentieth century.


== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==
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* [http://www.preservationhall.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.preservationhall.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.lacroixrecords.com/grayson_menu.html The Ken Grayson Mills Project]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024952/http://www.artplusradio.org/podcasts/shows/Preservation_Hall_06272007.mp3 ART+ Interview with Ben Jaffe (July 2007)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927024952/http://www.artplusradio.org/podcasts/shows/Preservation_Hall_06272007.mp3 ART+ Interview with Ben Jaffe (July 2007)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080226215107/http://www.wwltv.com/historicbuildings/stories/wwl021608tppreservation.caa3c6a2.html Historic Architecture of Preservation Hall]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080226215107/http://www.wwltv.com/historicbuildings/stories/wwl021608tppreservation.caa3c6a2.html Historic Architecture of Preservation Hall]
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[[Category:Historically African-American theaters and music venues]]

Latest revision as of 22:55, 17 September 2024

Front door of the Preservation Hall

Preservation Hall is a jazz venue on St Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. The building is associated with a house band, a record label, and a non-profit foundation.

History of the jazz hall

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In the 1950s, art dealer Larry Borenstein from Milwaukee managed what would become Preservation Hall in the French Quarter as an art gallery, Associated Artists. To attract customers, he invited local jazz musicians to play for tips. After a time, the music started drawing more attention than the art.[1] In May 1961, Borenstein turned management over to Ken Grayson Mills and Barbara Reid, who turned it into a music venue and named it "Preservation Hall".[2][3]

After their honeymoon in 1961, Allan Jaffe and his wife Sandra visited to hear some traditional New Orleans jazz. The Jaffes were from Pennsylvania. Allan Jaffe was a tuba player who had graduated from the Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia, while his wife had been employed at an advertising agency. They attended concerts, grew to love the French Quarter, and stayed longer than they had intended. Borenstein asked if they wanted to manage Preservation Hall, and they agreed, taking over in September 1961.[4]

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 refused to advertise. In 1963, Allan Jaffe began to tour with bands in the U.S. and in other countries. These tours included such musicians as pianist Sweet Emma Barrett, trumpeter Kid Thomas Valentine, brothers Percy Humphrey and Willie Humphrey, pianist Billie Pierce and her husband, trumpeter De De Pierce. The most popular was clarinetist George Lewis, whose reputation preceded the Hall. Fans from all over the world came to New Orleans to hear traditional jazz.[4]

The foundation

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The Preservation Hall Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization primarily dedicated to Preservation Hall's educational initiatives, including but not limited to providing private lessons to youth taught by New Orleans jazz musicians, coordinating group lessons with the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz Band, presenting workshops during Preservation Hall Jazz Band tours, or maintenance of the ever-growing Preservation Hall archives. The Foundation also provides a free online learning resource for music educators and students called the Preservation Hall Foundation Brass Bandbook including the songs "Bourbon Street Parade", "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Lil' Liza Jane", "Down by the Riverside", "Didn't He Ramble", "Lord, Lord, Lord", "I'll Fly Away", "Joe Avery's Piece", "Paul Barbarin's Second Line", "Old Rugged Cross", "By and By", and "Do Whatcha Wanna".[5]

Further reading

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  • Preservation Hall by William Carter
  • "Song for My Fathers" by Tom Sancton

References

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  1. ^ Farbenbloom, Frank (30 April 2020). "Remembering Larry Borenstein and Preservation Hall". The Syncopated Times. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. ^ Ekins, Richard. "Preservation Hall: The Rest of the Story". Just Jazz, No. 235, pp. 18-25. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. ^ Ekins, Richard. "On the Origin of Preservation Hall". Just Jazz, No. 255, pp. 20-29. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. ^ a b Sancton, Tom (9 December 2011). "The Venerable, Musical History of Preservation Hall in New Orleans". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Brass Bandbook — New Orleans Sheet Music". Preservation Hall Foundation. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
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