In February 2024, Fort Mose Historic State Park will be the host of the third annual Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series to honor the history and cultural significance of Fort Mose. The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series will comprise five unforgettable performances over two weeks from some of the biggest names in Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Soul.
New Orleans-based Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at Fort Mose Historic State Park on February 9th at 7 PM for the Jazz & Blues Fest. Tickets are $22 - $79 and are available to purchase here.
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In February 2024, Fort Mose Historic State Park will be the host of the third annual Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series to honor the history and cultural significance of Fort Mose. The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series will comprise five unforgettable performances over two weeks from some of the biggest names in Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Soul.
New Orleans-based Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at Fort Mose Historic State Park on February 9th at 7 PM for the Jazz & Blues Fest. Tickets are $22 – $79 and are available to purchase here.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
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 60 years, all the while carrying it enthusiastically forward as a reminder that the history they were founded to preserve is vibrantly living history.
PHJB marches that tradition forward once again on So It Is. The album redefines what New Orleans music means today by tapping into a sonic continuum that stretches back to the city’s Afro-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 has shared festival stages from Coachella to Newport, including legends like Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello and the Grateful Dead and modern giants like Beck, The Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket, and the Black Keys.
ABOUT FORT MOSE JAZZ & BLUES SERIES
The Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series is produced by the St. Johns County Cultural Events Division, which operates The St. Augustine Amphitheatre and Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, with support from St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, St. Augustine Distillery, St. Johns Cultural Council, Fort Mose Historical Society, and Flying Saucer Presents.
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