Preservation Hall Jazz Band Release Album + Share Tracks

Rolling Stone Premieres“It Ain't My Fault” featuring
Yasiin Bey (a.k.a. Mos Def), Trombone Shorty, & Allen Toussaint
This Tuesday, New Orleans jazz legend Preservation Hall Jazz Band isthrilled to release the live recording, St. Peter and 57th Street,on Rounder Records from their epic January 7th performanceat Carnegie Hall in celebration of their 50thAnniversary. The album features a number of special guests from anassortment of genres including: George Wein, Del McCouryBand, Allen Toussaint, Ed Helms,GIVERS, SteveEarle, Tao Seeger, My Morning Jacket, TromboneShorty, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), KingBritt, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs.
In celebration of the release, the band is sharing theirtrack “It Ain't My Fault” featuring Yasiin Bey, Trombone Shorty, andAllen Toussaint, which just premiered on Rolling Stone. The track was initially recorded directlyfollowing the Hurricane Katrina (2007) and BP Deepwater Horizon (2010)disasters, which gave the band a new focus. You can also hear the PreservationHall Jazz Band's track “Careless Love” on NPR's Fall preview, featuring Merrill Garbus and FrankDemond.
The Carnegie Hall performance was a family reunion in manyways, as Preservation Hall Jazz Band have previously worked with each of theirguest musicians over the course of the past 7 years, continuing their missionto preserve and perpetuate traditional New Orleans-Style Jazz. The concert wasorchestrated to benefit the Preservation Hall MusicOutreach Program, directly supporting the passing ofthe musical and cultural traditions of New Orleans to the city's nextgeneration of musicians. A portion of the proceeds from the album will alsobenefit the program.
On September 25th, Preservation Hall Jazz Band is alsoreleasing The Preservation Hall 50th AnniversaryCollection box set (out on Legacy Recordings), which draws from 19albums (and one bonus CD) that were recorded and released between 1962 and2010.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has been carrying thedistinctive sound of New Orleans jazz around the world on behalf ofPreservation Hall, a unique venue that embodies the city’s musical legacy. Witha cast of musicians schooled through first-hand experience and apprenticeshipinto the music’s historic traditions, the PHJB has served as an irreplaceable,vital link to the earliest days of one of America’s most beloved forms ofpopular music.