Preservation Hall Jazz Band - 2012 - The 50th Anniversary Collec

Preservation Hall Jazz Band - 2012 - The 50th Anniversary Collection

Founded in 1961 as a sort of loose institution where overlooked and often underappreciated New Orleans jazz musicians could gain wider exposure while simultaneously preserving the traditions of their unique music and culture, Preservation Hall has grown into an internationally celebrated establishment, with each generation of draftees playing in a constantly revolving in-house ensemble. Produced by Hall bassist Ben Jaffe (whose parents Allan and Sandra Jaffe helped co-found and manage the Hall) along with Michael Cuscuna, the Preservation Hall's 2012 four-disc anthology The 50th Anniversary Collection compiles tracks recorded by the Hall's inductees from the 1960s to the 2010s. Included are live and studio tracks from each of the Hall's various lineups, featuring such legendary artists as George Lewis, Billie and De De Pierce, Harold "Duke" Dejan, Percy and Willie Humphrey, Narvin Kimball, John and Wendell Brunious, and many others. Also featured are various recordings the more contemporary lineups made, featuring such guest artists as Tom Waits, Pete Seeger, the Del McCoury Band, and Richie Havens. There is also a 60-page booklet featuring photos and liner notes that, combined with the extensive and well-curated track selection, works to showcase not only how successful the Hall was at shining a light on authentic, rough, and honest New Orleans jazz, but also how, in more recent years, the group evolved into a creatively vital and stylistically nuanced ensemble, where musicians from all areas of post-jazz music, from bop to pop, bluegrass to blues, can find common ground in the fertile soil of the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies of New Orleans jazz. This is a loving, intimate, and joyful collection that details what makes the Preservation Hall Jazz Band such a valued and widely celebrated group both in New Orleans and on tour around the world. (AllMusic)

Track list:
CD 1
01 - Band Introduction
02 - Eh la Bas
03 - Oh Didn't He Ramble
04 - I Get the Blues When It Rains
05 - St. James Infirmary [King Britt Remix]
06 - Ice Cream
07 - In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)
08 - Down by the Riverside
09 - Corinna, Corinna
10 - I'm Alone Because I Love You
11 - El Manicero
12 - Do Lord
13 - St. James Infirmary
14 - Just a Little While to Stay Here
15 - Complicated Life
16 - We Shall Overcome
CD 2
01 - His Eye Is on the Sparrow
02 - Shake It and Break It
03 - Nellie Grey
04 - When the Saints Go Marchin' In
05 - Little Liza Jane
06 - (True) You Don't Love Me
07 - In the Sweet Bye and Bye
08 - I'll Fly Away
09 - That Bucket's Got a Hole in It
10 - Love Song of the Nile
11 - Blue Yodel #9
12 - Shine
13 - Burgundy Street Blues
14 - I Want a Little Girl
15 - Chimes Blues
CD 3
01 - Whenever You're Lonesome
02- Lord, Lord, Lord, You Sure Been Good to Me
03 - Sing On
04 - Joe Avery
05 - Louisiana Fairytale
06 - Shake That Thing
07 - Short Dressed Gal
08 - Freight Train Blues
09 - Over in the Gloryland
10 - A Good Man Is Hard to Find
11 - Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
12 - I Ain't Got Nobody
13 - Amen
CD 4
01 - Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing
02 - Bourbon Street Parade
03 - I'm Confessin'
04 - Le Petit Fleur
05 - One More 'Fore I Die
06 - Shake It and Break It
07 - C.C. Rider
08 - That's a Plenty
09 - Westlawn Dirge
10 - Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
11 - Peanut Vendor
12 - Trouble in Mind
13 - A Good Gal Is Hard to Find
14 - Precious Lord

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