Preservation Hall was started in the early 1960’s by a Californian named Ken Mills assisted by a lady by the name of Barbara Reid. Mills was a jazz buff who wanted to get the older musicians playing in public again and, of course, record them. He rented a hall on St Peter Street and Preservation Hall was born. Alan Jaffe, referred to in a later paragraph, came on the scene after Mills. In those early days the $400 monthly rent for the hall and the musicians’ fees were met from the nightly “kitty” collection from the audience.
These are photos from concerts where Preservation Hall Jazz Band played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Big Ears Festival 2022 Mar 24 - 27, 2022 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Uploaded by Brantelg
Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Boukman Eksperyans / RAM Mar 20, 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by John Vollaro
