Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1994-01-14

Duration: 00:12:54

Subjects: Preservation Hall (New Orleans, La.) | JAZZ | Music

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Duhe, Jeff Reporter
• Humphrey, Percy Interviewee
• Humphrey, Willie Interviewee
• Marquis, Donald Interviewee
• Belous, Don Interviewee

This segment from the January 14, 1994, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s report on the National Park Service’s plan to open a cultural interpretation center in New Orleans to preserve jazz. Duhe reports that the legislation to create the center has been introduced in Congress. He interviews: Percy Humphrey, a trumpet player at Preservation Hall; Willie Humphrey, a clarinet player at Preservation Hall; Donald Marquis, the curator of the jazz exhibit at the Louisiana State Museum; and Don Belous of the National Park Service. Host: Robert Collins