Preservation Hall Jazz Band is delighted to announce the release of their forthcoming album That's It!, available July 9th. The release marks the band's first album of original music in its entire fifty year history! The album was produced by Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall Jazz Band and recorded at the legendary Preservation Hall in New Orleans, LA. "Dear Lord (Give Me The Strength)" premieres today!
So proud to be a part of Preservation Hall's first release of original music in 50 years! The music will speak forever. -Jim James
Listen to "Dear Lord (Give Me The Strngth) http://smarturl.it/eccrdq (http://smarturl.it/eccrdq)
Here's a link to an article and a video that paste magazine posted behind the scenes of recording the album with Jim producing it.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/05/video-premiere-preservation-hall-jazz-band-jim-jam.html (http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/05/video-premiere-preservation-hall-jazz-band-jim-jam.html)
I loved seeing Jim talk about this in the "making of" video. Really excited to hear this record.
If you guys are interested, you can pre-order the record on Preservation Hall's website: http://preservationhall.com/ (http://preservationhall.com/)
8 DAYS!
cannot wait! :cheesy:
The album is streaming at NPR.
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/30/195945367/first-listen-preservation-hall-jazz-band-thats-it (http://www.npr.org/2013/06/30/195945367/first-listen-preservation-hall-jazz-band-thats-it)