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“Heartbroken but Far from Broken”: Preservation Hall’s Ben Jaffe Speaks on New Orleans’ Music, Spirit and Recovery After Tragedy
Chris Granger In the early hours of Jan. 1, tragedy struck New Orleans’ historic French Quarter when a man targeted New Years ...
Tragedy in New Orleans: “Music Is What’s Going to Bring the City Back,” Says Preservation Hall Chief
Ben Jaffe, director of the hallowed jazz institution in the heart of the French Quarter, grapples with a massacre that ...
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Peace, Love and Jazz: Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Ben Jaffe, multi-instrumentalist bandleader of New Orleans’ esteemed Preservation Hall Jazz Band, is a master of conversation as he is of melody, weaving stories about the world-famous group and his ...