American Legacies

American Legacies:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band together with The Del McCoury Band

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CALENDAR INFORMATION
WHAT:           AMERICAN LEGACIES:  Preservation Hall Jazz Band Together with The Del McCoury Band
WHEN:           Friday, May 20, 2011 – 8:00 PM
WHERE:        Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall
PRICES:         $52.50 • $42.50 • $32.50 • $22.50    
INFO:             Jazz meets Bluegrass – live on stage! Together in concert, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The Del McCoury Band create a seamless blend of soul-lifting traditional harmonies as the high and lonesome sound of the Appalachians meets the hot and lively jazz of New Orleans. Audiences will thrill to this very special opportunity to witness the coming together of two legendary groups of musicians from two distinctly American musical lineages.

TICKET INFORMATION – on sale now
•    www.CincinnatiArts.ORG 
•    (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
•    Aronoff Center Ticket Office
•    Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157
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CINCINNATI, OH – Jazz meets Bluegrass live on stage for one night only when two American Musical Legacies – Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The Del McCoury Band – join talents at the Aronoff Center’s Procter & Gamble Hall on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:00 PM.  The show is part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s 2010-11 “Let’s Play” Season. 

Tickets are on sale now at  www.CincinnatiArts.ORG, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. 

Since opening its doors to the public in 1961, it has been the mission of the Preservation Hall to showcase the national treasures of traditional New Orleans jazz music. Fifty years later, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band still represents the best opportunity for music fans the world over to experience the planet’s happiest music. Boasting a direct lineage from the earliest incarnations of New Orleans jazz, the current roster of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band features some of the Crescent City’s finest and most exciting musicians. These unforgettable, multi-generational players proudly carry on the traditions passed forward from the most prolific jazz heritage on earth.

The Del McCoury Band is a world-class bluegrass ensemble that performs original and traditional compositions with eloquent harmonies and “ferocious, purebred musicianship” (USA Today). Holding more than thirty trophies from the International Bluegrass Music Association Awards (including nine for Entertainer of the Year) and multiple Grammy® awards and nominations, they are the most honored group in bluegrass history, earning the acclaim of colleagues throughout the music industry, ranging from Dierks Bentley to pop star Bjork to jam band favorites Phish. Their fans, many of whom proudly claim the title of “Del- Head,” are equally diverse and unanimously passionate, filling venues from Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center to New Orleans’ Preservation Hall and the Grand Ole Opry.

Together in concert, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and The Del McCoury Band create a seamless blend of soul-lifting traditional harmonies as the high and lonesome sound of the Appalachians meets the hot and lively jazz of New Orleans. Fresh off a fruitful recording collaboration, as well as a joint performance at Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday celebration in Madison Square Garden, these American Musical Legacies are taking their show on the road. Audiences will thrill to this very special opportunity to witness the coming together of two legendary groups of musicians from two distinctly American musical lineages.

For more information about Preservation Hall Jazz Band, visit www.preservationhall.com/band/index.aspx.

For more information about The Del McCoury Band, visit www.delmccouryband.com.


CINCINNATI ARTS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS

2010-11 SEASON SPONSORS:  THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Founding Season Sponsor), DUKE ENERGY, The P&G FUND of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, LOCAL12 WKRC, FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner)

2010-11 PRESENTING / PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS:  CityBeat, The Cincinnatian Hotel, Premier Pianos, Natorp’s,  Furniture Fair, Do Downtown, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Coldwell Banker/West Shell, Skyline, Heidelberg Distributing Company, Smart Talk Connected Conversations, The Cincinnati Herald

American Legacies MEDIA PARNTER:  WNKU – 89.7 Highland Heights/Cincinnati, 105.9 Middletown/Dayton, 104.1 Portsmouth/Huntington