The hall, which didn’t even have air conditioning until 2019, has persisted against steep odds, much like the city of New Orleans. And at the time of the hall’s founding, New Orleans jazz was ...

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Located in the French Quarter on Saint Peter Street, Preservation Hall welcomes visitors nightly for 45 minutes of intimate traditional New Orleans live jazz performances. Recent visitors said ...

The band was the result of founder Allan Jaffee‘s effort to keep New Orleans jazz alive in a French Quarter building called Preservation Hall. Today the Hall is the home base for a network of ...