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Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Jazz band from New Orleans, LA · formed 1961

Preservation Hall Jazz Band photo
Photo: Spotify
Shows on record
None on record
Rooms played
None on record
Cities
None on record
Releases
34
Last show
None on record

About

Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a band from New Orleans, LA, formed in 1961, tagged dixieland, jazz, jazz band by its sources. No dated shows are on record.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

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No past shows on record.

Where they play

No rooms on record.

Releases

34 releases, 1962–2025
  • For Fat Man

    2025 · Album

  • Preservation Hall Wishes You A Very Merry Creole Christmas

    2025 · Album

  • 89

    2022 · Album

  • Eighty Nine

    2022

  • Lift Every Voice and Sing / Theme from MLK/FBIPreservation Hall Jazz Band and Gerald Clayton cover
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing (from the film MLK/FBI) cover
  • Keep Your Head Up (feat. Pell) cover

    Keep Your Head Up (feat. Pell)

    Apr 8, 2020 · Track · 1 track

  • Keep Your Head Up

    2020

  • So It Is cover

    So It Is

    Jun 28, 2019 · Album · 7 tracks

  • A Tuba to Cuba

    2019 · Album

  • So It Is

    2017 · Album

  • Good Sound Comes Back Around Vol.1

    2017

  • Run Stop & Drop!! (The Needle)

    2017

  • 50th Anniversary Collection - The Best

    2014

  • That's It!

    2013 · Album

  • American Legacies

    2011 · Album

  • Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

    2010 · Album

  • Royal New Orleans Jazz Celebration

    2010 · Album

  • New Orleans Preservation Vol. 1

    2009 · Album

  • The Hurricane Sessions

    2007 · Album

  • Songs of New Orleans

    2005 · Album

  • Hot 4

    2004 · Album

  • Shake That Thing

    2004 · Album

  • Because of You

    1998 · Album

  • Marching Down Bourbon Street

    1997 · Album

  • In the Sweet Bye & Bye

    1996 · Album

  • Best Of Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    1989 · Compilation

  • New Orleans, Volume IV

    1987 · Album

  • New Orleans, Volume III

    1983 · Album

  • New Orleans, Volume I

    1977 · Album

  • New Orleans' Billie & De De and Their Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    1966 · Album

  • New Orleans’ Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    1964 · Album

  • New Orleans, Volume II

    1962 · Album

Lineup

  • Darryl Adams
  • Louis Barbarin
  • Lucien Joseph Barbarin, Sr.
  • Mark Braud
  • John Brunious
  • Wendell Brunious
  • Elliott Callier
  • Maynard Chatters
  • Kevin Clark
  • Frank Demond
  • Daniel “Weenie” Farrow
  • Cié Frazier
  • Charlie Gabriel
  • David Grillier
  • Walter Harris
  • Percy Humphrey
  • Willie Humphrey
  • Benjamin Jaffe
  • Ralph Johnson
  • Leroy Jones
  • Narvin Kimball · lead vocals
  • Freddie Kohlman
  • Joseph Lastie, Jr. · membranophone
  • Carl LeBlanc
  • Branden Lewis
  • George Lewis
  • Frederick Lonzo
  • Clint Maedgen
  • Rickie Monie
  • Louis Nelson
  • Alcide Pavageau
  • Walter Payton
  • Shannon Powell
  • Jim Robinson
  • Kyle Roussel
  • Emanuel Sayles
  • Kid Sheik
  • Don Vappie
  • Chester Zardis

Former

  • “Sweet Emma” Barrett
  • Ronell Johnson · tuba

Airplay

  • KEXP airplay: 36+ plays, 2022-02-26–2026-09-19 — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Morgan) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Larry Mizell, Jr.) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Midday Show' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP
  • Played on KEXP show 'The Roadhouse' (Greg Vandy) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Photo
Photo — Bandcamp
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Lift Every Voice and Sing / Theme from MLK/FBIPreservation Hall Jazz Band and Gerald Clayton
Release art · Lift Every Voice and Sing / Theme from MLK/FBIPreservation Hall Jazz Band and Gerald Clayton — release
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Lift Every Voice and Sing (from the film MLK/FBI)
Release art · Lift Every Voice and Sing (from the film MLK/FBI) — release
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — Keep Your Head Up (feat. Pell)
Release art · Keep Your Head Up (feat. Pell) — release
Preservation Hall Jazz Band — So It Is
Release art · So It Is — release
What each source supplied
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MusicBrainzArtist facts
Preservation Hall Jazz Band on BandcampArtist facts
BandcampArtist facts, Releases, Photos
WikipediaArtist facts
Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Last.fmArtist facts
Preservation Hall Jazz Band on DiscogsArtist facts
Preservation Hall Jazz Band on GeniusArtist facts
KEXPAirplay
SpotifyPhotos
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
GeniusCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
WikidataCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.