Preservation Hall Jazz Band musicians jam in New Orleans.
New Orleans street musicians. Print scanned from Tri-X negative. Paul Goldfinger ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
I loved this documentary “A Tuba to Cuba.” It is about a musical journey where musicians from New Orleans (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) travel to Cuba to find connections that go back to the slave trade and to Africa.
It is a thrill to see these musicians find common ground as they identify the jazz roots which produce a thrilling musical meeting of cultures. The movie is available to rent streaming on Amazon Prime.
From the LA Times: Jaunty, at times poetic chats and drop-ins with many Big Easy and Cuban jazz artists, discussion of their music’s African lineage (the Atlantic slave trade factored in), stirring examples of native instrumentation, and pulsating performances combine with colorful, travelogue-type shots (love those old Cuban theaters) and vivid archival footage to create a vibrant and joyous portrait.
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“Come With Me” by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band is featured in the film:
When the Preservation Hall Jazz Band was a regular part of the Saturday night shows at the GA it used to be fun to watch a lot of the crowd marching around with their umbrellas as they played “When the Saints Go Marching In”