Preservation Hall Jazz Band reunites in NYC

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Brunious landed on Sept. 9, in the middle of a BET telethon that included a Preservation Hall performance at the end. Brunious normally would have sung the lyrics to “New Orleans” (made famous by Louis Armstrong), but a bad cough prevented him from performing. He yielded the lyrics to banjo player Carl Le Blanc.

“We’re not going to let a hurricane stop our music. This music is too important to the musicians and people of New Orleans, and to the people of the world,” Brunious said. “This music is our treasure and we want to share it.”

Jaffe is now scrambling to prepare for a previously arranged international tour that begins in Thailand on Sept. 28 — securing new passports, outfitting the musicians and replacing missing instruments.

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“I don’t know when Preservation Hall will reopen, but all I know is that it will reopen,” Jaffe said.

“What my real dream is that when we reopen that it will be without fanfare and like all the other nights that Preservation Hall has been open. Because then I’ll know that New Orleans is back on its feet again, that everybody’s safe, healthy and cared for, and that’s when I’ll feel like my job is done.”

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