Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Allen Toussaint Play MPAC Tonight

Get set for a hot night of jazz featuring the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band ("The best jazz band in the land" - San Francisco Examiner) and Crescent City icon Allen Toussaint, when their "Oh Yeah Tour" comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center tonight, October 22, 2014 at 8 pm. Tickets are $39-59.

The "Oh Yeah Tour" marks the first time that The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will be touring with fellow New Orleans icon Allen Toussaint . The band, which bases out of the legendary French Quarter venue Preservation Hall, has performed around the world and toured with a diverse list of artists, from My Morning Jacket to The Blind Boys of Alabama, but, has never before toured America with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer, pianist, songwriter, and producer known for penning many New Orleans classics including "Southern Nights" and "Working in a Coal Mine."

"After all these years of playing together in New Orleans and coming to the same festivals here and there around the world, it is amazing that we never hit the road as a package before" said Preservation Hall band leader Ben Jaffe. "It was almost as if we've always just assumed it had already happened, and then one day it was like 'Oh yeah, WE need to do this thing' and the Oh Yeah! Tour was born."

Unlike many tour packages, where two artists tour together but perform their own shows, this tour will be a combined show, with lots of interaction between the two legends. "I've been playing with the guys in Preservation Hall around New Orleans since the 1960's, so I'm really excited to finally get out on the road and perform together with them every night on a tour," said Mr. Toussaint, "we're going to have a lot of fun, and so will the audience."

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2014-2015 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Allen Toussaint - "Oh Yeah Tour"
Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 8 pm
Tickets: $39-59

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