The Preservation Hall Jazz Band That's It! LP (Vinyl)

Vinyl LP Reissue!
Features Backing Vocals by Jim James on "I Think I Love You"!

At a moment when musical streams are crossing with unprecedented frequency, it’s crucial to remember that throughout its history, New Orleans has been the point at which sounds and cultures from around the world converge, mingle, and resurface, transformed by the Crescent City’s inimitable spirit and joie de vivre. Nowhere is that idea more vividly embodied than in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, which has held the torch of New Orleans music aloft for more than 50 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s That’s It! (2013) is an eclectic album that draws on the collective experience of players nurtured in the New Orleans tradition but determined to build something fresh and exciting on that foundation. It marks an important milestone in PHJB Creative Director Ben Jaffe’s crusade to carry forward the Hall’s original mission while making it relevant to today’s audiences." For his part, co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is convinced that the PHJB has a future as vibrant as its past: "The music will speak forever," he says. "Will people stop listening to Beethoven? Will people stop listening to Bob Dylan? Will people stop listening to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band?"

Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s That’s It! (2013) is an eclectic album that draws on the collective experience of players nurtured in the New Orleans tradition but determined to build something fresh and exciting on that foundation. It marks an important milestone in PHJB Creative Director Ben Jaffe’s crusade to carry forward the Hall’s original mission while making it relevant to today’s audiences." For his part, co-producer Jim James (My Morning Jacket) is convinced that the PHJB has a future as vibrant as its past: "The music will speak forever," he says. "Will people stop listening to Beethoven? Will people stop listening to Bob Dylan? Will people stop listening to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band?"

That's It! is now back in print on vinyl via Sub Pop, which signed Preservation Hall Jazz Band in 2018.

Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Limited time MP3 full album download code enclosed

Musicians:
Mark Braud, trumpet, backing vocals
Charlie Gabriel, clarinet, tenor saxophone, vocals
Clint Maedgen, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, vocals
Freddie Lonzo, trombone, vocals
Rickie Monie, piano, backing vocals
Ronell Johnson, tuba, piano, vocals
Ben Jaffe, tuba, string bass, banjo, percussion, backing vocals
Joe Lastie Jr., drums, backing vocals
Jim James, backing vocals on "I Think I Love You"

Selections:
Side A:
1. That's It!
2. Dear Lord (Give Me The Strength)
3. Come With Me
4. Sugar Plum
5. Rattlin' Bones
Side B:
1. I Think I Love You
2. August Nights
3. Halfway Right, Halfway Wrong
4. Yellow Moon
5. The Darker It Gets
6. Emmalena's Lullaby