Preservation Hall Jazz Band: Creole Christmas

Celebrate the season with the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they bring their joyful Creole Christmas to the UAB Alys Stephens Center.

Blending New Orleans’ rich musical traditions with beloved holiday favorites, audiences will be transported by dazzling jazz, infectious rhythms, and heartfelt storytelling as one of America’s most treasured ensembles creates an unforgettable evening of festive charm and world-class musicianship.

Gather family and friends for a holiday celebration unlike any other and experience the magic of Creole Christmas live at the UAB Alys Stephens Center.

Come early for a holiday music-filled celebration in the lobby before the show!

About Preservation Hall Jazz Band:

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 65 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is a vibrantly living history.PHJB marches that tradition forward once again on So It Is. The album redefines what NewOrleans music means today by tapping into a sonic continuum that stretches back to the city’sAfro-Cuban roots, through its common ancestry with the Afrobeat of Fela Kuti and the Fire Music of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane, and forward to cutting-edge artists with whom the PHJB have shared festival stages from Coachella to Newport, including legends like StevieWonder, Elvis Costello and the Grateful Dead, and modern giants like Beck, The Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, and the Black Keys.

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