Video | Marching Tradition Forward: The Story of Preservation Hall

July 22, 2018 | by Ross Eustis

A short film produced by SFJAZZ honoring Preservation Hall, featuring interviews with Louis Armstrong, Allen Toussaint, Jon Batiste, Ani DiFranco, Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Corinne Bailey Rae, SFJAZZ Founder Randall Kline, Preservation Hall co-founder Sandra Jaffe, as well as Preservation Hall Jazz Band's Ben Jaffe, Charlie Gabriel and Clint Maedgen.

Film edited by Ross Eustis

Footage courtesy of Preservation Hall, Arcade Fire, CNN, Newport Jazz Festival, Late Show with David Letterman, Rounder Records, Sony Legacy, Louisiana Fairytale (DVD), Ellis Marsalis, Austin City Limits, Red Rocks, Bonnaroo, Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

PRESERVATION HALL There are few instances when a place devoted to creativity, a tangible human-made structure, becomes synonymous with the soul of the art form it houses. The uniquely American expression now known as jazz has its origins in New Orleans’ African-American community, and today, the living heart of this musical culture resides in the French Quarter within the hallowed walls of Preservation Hall, where it has been perpetuated for over five decades.