Tower Of Power & Preservation Hall Jazz Band in Los Angeles

Tower of Power is an American funk and soul band formed in Oakland in 1968. Its sound is built around tightly arranged horns and a deep rhythm section, heard on albums including Bump City and Tower of Power. “You’re Still a Young Man,” “So Very Hard to Go” and “What Is Hip?” are among the band’s best-known songs. In 2018, Tower of Power marked its 50th anniversary with two concerts at the Fox Theater, bringing former and serving members together for the occasion. Recordings from those shows were later released as 50 Years of Funk & Soul: Live at the Fox Theater, documenting the band’s long-running concert repertoire. Tower of Power performs as a full band centered on its five-piece horn section, lead vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. The arrangements leave room for instrumental features while retaining the ensemble parts associated with saxophonists Emilio Castillo and Stephen “Doc” Kupka. Its festival appearances have included Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band is an American ensemble formed in New Orleans in the early 1960s to carry forward the city’s traditional jazz. Its repertoire includes standards, spirituals and original compositions; later albums such as That’s It!, So It Is and A Tuba to Cuba brought new writing and Cuban musical connections into its recorded work. The group began touring nationally under Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s, building its concert work around the repertoire heard at Preservation Hall. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2012 with a concert later released as St. Peter & 57th St., recorded at Carnegie Hall.