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Music of New Orleans Reminds of What's Lost
LOS ANGELES: In the drowned city of New Orleans, Preservation Hall is still standing.
A story in Monday's Los Angeles Times said the fate of the historic jazz venue on St Peter Street in the French Quarter was still unknown.
But – in the uncertainty of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and because of the dicey nature of communications out of the city – information about New Orleans is being passed hand to hand, from one soul to the other.
Ben Jaffe – whose family has operated Preservation Hall since 1961 as a temple devoted to the city's traditional jazz music – survived Katrina's blow, according to Andy Hurwitz of Ropeadope Records in New York, who is working on a remix project with the Preservation Hall label.
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A story in Monday's Los Angeles Times said the fate of the historic jazz venue on St Peter Street in the French Quarter was still unknown.
But – in the uncertainty of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and because of the dicey nature of communications out of the city – information about New Orleans is being passed hand to hand, from one soul to the other.
Ben Jaffe – whose family has operated Preservation Hall since 1961 as a temple devoted to the city's traditional jazz music – survived Katrina's blow, according to Andy Hurwitz of Ropeadope Records in New York, who is working on a remix project with the Preservation Hall label.
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