Preservation Hall, the venerable traditional New Orleans jazz venue on St. Peter Street in the French Quarter, and clarinetist Doreen Ketchens will be featured in a "CBS Sunday Morning" segment scheduled to air Sunday, Jan. 30, at 8 a.m.
The segment was taped in December, when veteran newsman Ted Koppel visited the hall and took in a Ketchens performance with her family band on Royal Street.
At Preservation Hall, Koppel interviewed Ben Jaffe, the hall's creative director and sousaophonist in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, as well as the band's 89-year-old saxophonist, Charlie Gabriel. Gabriel will release his debut album under his name, "89," via Sub Pop Records on Feb. 25.
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The musicians and Koppel, according to a press release, discuss "how the enduring spirit of New Orleans Jazz musicians keep on going through good times and difficult ones."
The segment will give viewers a taste of the hall and its music, as Gabriel, Jaffe, Walter Harris, Branden Lewis, and Joshua Starkman perform together for the cameras.
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