Preservation Hall jazzes up the Meyerhoff Hall

When Alan Jaffe and his wife, Sandra, founded The Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 1961, their intent was clear ? the perpetuation of the traditional jazz music of New Orleans. The name was taken from the revered music fortress The Preservation Hall, enthroned in the heart of the city?s French Quarter.

Forty-six years later and in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the need to celebrate and hang on to this distinctly American art form has never been more acute.