Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program

by Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Overview

Preservation: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program finds a bevy of name artists from across the musical spectrum performing with the storied New Orleans jazz band. What on first glance could be a gimmicky idea is actually anything but that. While the artists included here are from a wide array of disparate backgrounds and styles, the result is an organic, inspired, and solid collection of performances that truly make sense within the New Orleans jazz tradition of Preservation Hall. Standout numbers come from artists like Chicago indie stalwart Andrew Bird, who delivers a loose and rambling version of "Shake It and Break It," and singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco, who imbues the old-time standard "Freight Train" with a swinging confidence. Elsewhere, country legend Merle Haggard is a pure delight on the laid-back and bluesy "Basin Street Blues," as are Del McCoury, Pete Seeger, Dr. John, Angelique Kidjo, and Steve Earle, among others, on their respective tracks. Guest singers aside, it is the Preservation Hall Jazz Band itself that truly shines here. Featuring a mix of longtime New Orleans names like bassist Walter Payton and clarinet player Charlie Gabriel alongside relative up-and-comers like trumpeter Mark Braud and vocalist/reedman Clint Maedgen, the band is in peak form here. Also included are guest spots by such well-known New Orleans natives as trumpeter Terence Blanchard, trombonist Lucien Barbarin, and many others. Ultimately, Preservation works as it is intended -- as an homage to one of the longest-running musical institutions in the country and the important place it holds in keeping New Orleans jazz alive -- as well as simply being one heck of a great listen. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	02/16/2010
Label:	Preservation Hall Recordings
UPC:	0020286151326
Rank:	116796

Tracks

1. Shake It and Break It
2. Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
3. Tootie Ma Was a Big Fine Thing
4. Louisiana Fairytale
5. After You've Gone
6. Freight Train
7. Blue Skies
8. Nobody Knows You
9. Old Rugged Cross
10. Trouble In Mind
11. Basin Street Blues
12. There is a Light
13. Winin' Boy
14. Rockin' Chair
15. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
16. T'ain't Nobody's Business
17. Some Cold Rainy Day
18. I Ain't Got Nobody
19. La Vie En Rose

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Preservation Hall Jazz Band   Primary Artist
Dr. John   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Piano,Vocals
Terence Blanchard   Primary Artist,Trumpet,Featured Artist
Andrew Bird   Primary Artist,Violin,Vocals,Featured Artist,Whistle (Human)
Steve Earle   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Angelique Kidjo   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Ani DiFranco   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist,12-String Bass Guitar
The Blind Boys of Alabama   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Del McCoury   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Louis Armstrong   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Pete Seeger   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals,Featured Artist
Richie Havens   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jim James   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Brandi Carlile   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Amy LaVere   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jason Isbell   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Paolo Nutini   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Tom Waits   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Buddy Miller   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Cory Chisel   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Amy LaVete   Primary Artist
Merle Haggard   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Tao Rodriguez-Seeger   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Phil Hanseroth   Vocals (Background)
Adriel Harris   Vocals (Background)
Ernie Elly   Drums
Mark Braud   Trumpet
Freddie Lonzo   Trombone
Charlie Gabriel   Clarinet
Michael Merenda   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Shannon Powell   Tambourine
Benjamin Jaffe   Tuba,Piano,Tambourine,String Bass
Walter Payton   String Bass
Rickie Monie   Piano
Lucien Barbarin   Trombone
Joe Lastie   Drums
Carl LeBlanc   Banjo
Walter Parks   Guitar
Leroy Jones   Trumpet
Tim Hanseroth   Vocals (Background)
Clint Maedgen   Vocals,Clarinet,Slapstick,Tambourine,Sax (Tenor),Featured Artist
Maynard Chatters   Trombone
Leon "Kid Chocolate" Brown   Trumpet
Jacob Silver   String Bass
Ben Moore   Vocals
Anita Briem   Vocals,Featured Artist
"9th Ward" Joe Lastie   Drums
Bishop Billy Bowers   Vocals
Daniel "Weenie" Farrow   Sax (Tenor)
Jimmy Carter   Vocals
Lucien Barbarain   Trombone
Leroy Jason   Trumpet
Ruth Ungar   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Ben Jaffe   Tuba,Tambourine,String Bass
Joseph "Fish" Lastie   Drums
Rickie "Professor" Monie   Piano
Joey Williams   Vocals

Technical Credits

Turner Layton   Composer
Spencer Williams   Composer
Tony Bruno   Creative Consultant
Traditional   Composer
Shannon Brinkman   Cover Photo,Photography
Roger Graham   Composer
Frank Relle   Cover Photo
Lisa Cohen   Producer
Erika Goldring   Photography
Bruce Barielle   Mastering
Gulli Briem   Mixing
Adam Shipley   Associate Producer
Steffi Graham   Photography
Harold Arlen   Composer
Jimmy Reed   Composer
Irving Mills   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Benjamin Jaffe   Producer,Liner Notes,Photography
Johann Asmundsson   Assistant
Pete Seeger   Composer
Jelly Roll Morton   Composer
Jerry Seelen   Composer
Alan Becker   Concept,Compilation Producer
Earl Scioneaux III   Engineer
Frank Hamilton   Composer
Elizabeth Cotten   Composer
Lou Bradley   Engineer
Jean Hebrail   Engineer
Jimmie Cox   Composer
Guy Carawan   Composer
Clint Maedgen   Composer,Photography
Louis Guglielmi   Composer
Addi 800   Mixing
Barry Kaiser   Photography
Michael Jensen   Publicity
Bob Morelli   Concept,Executive Producer
Edith Giovanna Gassion   Composer
Jonathan Ulman   Creative Consultant
Douglas Miller   Art Direction
Charles Warfield   Composer
Parish Gillespie   Composer
Mary Ashley Johnson   Concept,Photography,Executive Producer
Meghan Helsel   Publicity
Ron Rona   Associate Producer
Sean Maxson   Product Manager
David Farrell   Engineer
Henry Creamer   Composer
Zilphia Horton   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Clarence Williams   Composer