The 2012 live album
St. Peter & 57th St. features the legendary
Preservation Hall Jazz Band performing at Carnegie Hall. Featuring the 2012
Preservation Hall Jazz Band line-up led by bassist
Ben Jaffe and including trumpeter
Mark Braud, trombonist
Freddie Lonzo, clarinetist/vocalist
Charlie Gabriel, and others, the show was a benefit concert intended to raise funds for the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program. Appearing alongside the band were several guest artists including the
Del McCoury Band,
Steve Earle, Trombone Shorty, and others. Released in celebration of the Preservation Hall's 50th Anniversary, the album is a rootsy, high-energy, and spirited mix of New Orleans jazz and blues with some gospel and country inflections. ~ Matt Collar