- Record Label: Rounder
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
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Dec 7, 2012Released in celebration of the Preservation Hall's 50th Anniversary, the album is a rootsy, high-energy, and spirited mix of New Orleans jazz and blues with some gospel and country inflections.
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Under The RadarNov 30, 2012It's hardly all-encompassing, but it's an enjoyable and worthy listen for fans of New Orleans jazz or the participating artists. [Oct/Nov 2012, p.130]
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Oct 11, 2012They swing like only the second line can. All in all, it's a cause for celebration (and fifty more years of Preservation Hall).
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Oct 8, 2012With the multitude of guests, perhaps this would be better as a DVD. When experienced as audio only the ears are forced to make some wild and sudden adjustments. But maybe that's one of this disc's perverse attractions.
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Oct 8, 2012St. Peter & 57th St. shows the current Preservation Hall lineup in a flattering light--that is, as exponents of a musical sensibility not so much trapped in amber as preserved via community.
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Oct 8, 2012The more it changes with the times the more its essential spirit comes through. And it's guaranteed to cheer you up.
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Oct 8, 2012This is an uplifting concert--and here's to the next 50 years of The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.