Big black and white letters that spelled out "Preservation Hall New Orleans" made the jazz band's sousaphone hard to miss. That was, at least, until it went missing. "If you're trying to identify ...

Someone has stolen Preservation Hall’s signature sousaphone, and there’s a reward offered for its return. Jaffe posted a message about the theft on the jazz venue’s Facebook page ...

but also in rock bands such as Bonerama and the Anders Osborne Band and in contemporary jazz bands led by John Ellis and Kermit Ruffins. Most tuba players in New Orleans play the sousaphone ...

It’s still used in many college bands, jazz bands and even rock and funk recordings today. Sousaphones come in professional or beginner varieties, but you’re going to get the best sound from a ...

In 1961, Pottsville native Allan Jaffe established Preservation Hall in the city’s French Quarter, and played Sousaphone in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Under Jaffe’s tutelage ...

sousaphone and tuba. Moving to New York City in 1958, when he was 20, Hubbard quickly became known as one of the important new jazz arrivals. In the early ‘70s, his career well-established ...

Someone has stolen the signature sousaphone belonging to Preservation Hall in New Orleans. Creative director and musician Ben Jaffe wrote about it on the traditional jazz venue's Facebook page ...