Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Trey McIntyre Dance Project Present Ma Maison 8/18

The Hollywood Bowl will come alive with the spirit of New Orleans on Wednesday, August 18, at 8 p.m. as The Neville Brothers, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Trey McIntyre Dance Project, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band take the stage to continue the 2010 Jazz series.

The Neville Brothers make their only appearance in Los Angeles this year at the Hollywood Bowl. Otherwise known as the "First Family of Funk," Arthur, Charles, Aaron and Cyril Neville have recently devoted much of their time to Gulf Aid, whose mission is to provide relief to the fishing communities of the Gulf Coast and address the long-term challenge of restoring American coastal wetlands. Aaron Neville plans to release a new record in late October 2010 produced by Joe Henry.

Even though Preservation Hall and its namesake ensemble was founded in New Orleans in 1961, nearly five decades later, Preservation Hall Jazz Band is still representing the music of New Orleans. The group recently recorded a single, "It Ain't My Fault" with Lenny Kravitz, Trombone Shorty, and Tim Robbins under the name The Gulf Aid All-Stars with the proceeds going to benefit Gulf Coast cleanup efforts. In February the group released Preservation: An Album benefitting Preservation Hall & the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program to much acclaim. Featuring collaborations with Tom Waits, Brandi Carlile, and Yim Yames, Paste Magazine recently named it their number one album of the year so far. Their newest collaboration, featuring the Trey McIntyre Project, Ma Maison, has been described as "an artistic triumph," by the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Founded in July 2005, the Trey McIntyre Project, led by chorographer Trey McIntyre, has impressed the world with their elegant dance numbers and modern thinking, leading to acts featuring music from The Beatles, Beck, and Chopin. With a mission statement that conveys the group's goal "to use the inherent beauty of ballet vocabulary to create dances that authentically and clearly convey the emotion and grace of life's journey," the Boise, ID natives are enjoying critical success, national attention and support from groups like the National Endowment for the Arts.

A staple at music festivals, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has given people all over the world a taste of the music New Orleans is known and praised for. In 2006, the band released their version of the Marvin Gaye classic album What's Goin' On in response to the devastation of the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The group is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its debut record with the current rerelease of My Feet Can't Fail Me Now.

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WHEN: AUGUST 18, 2010 at 8 p.m.

WHERE: HOLLYWOOD BOWL
2301 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90068

HOW TO PURCHACE: Tickets ($1 - $99) are on sale now at HollywoodBowl.com, at the Hollywood Bowl Box Office (12pm - 6pm, Tues. - Sun.); via credit card phone order at 323.850.2000, or through Ticketmaster. Groups of 10 or more may call 323.850.2050 for information about special rates, subject to availability.

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