Flom the first night it opened in the heart of the French Quarer in 1961 [Preservatio Hall] gave ordinary visitors to New Orleans the chance to experience the music in something like an authentic setting/ Sitting on the hall's hard wooden chairs and benches,they could feel they'd fpind their way to one of the old jazz dance halls that by this time had mostly closed and torn down, or been converted to some other purpose. (Sam Charters, New Orleans: Playing a Jazz Chorus p. 97)
Significant. File under: Maintaining Traditions
Discography: 1964-98 2001-Present
In the music library: Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans: St. James Infirmary
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
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