'Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band' (1964 Vinyl Reissue) clothing Charlie Gabriel is still making

Charlie Gabriel is still making music for the sheer love of it

and I’ve tried to nurse it the best way I knew how

At 94 years young

“The truth is

he won a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album in 2021 and was nominated in the same category again in 2024

'Sweet Emma and Her Preservation Hall Jazz Band' (1964 Vinyl Reissue) clothing Charlie Gabriel is still makingSweet Emma Barrett was an early jazz pianist and vocalist from New Orleans. A distinctive and eccentric figure in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band pantheon who performed with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s, Barrett worked with countless jazz greats during her life, including Oscar Papa Celestin, Armand Piron, John Robichaux, and Paul Barbarin. She was commonly identified by her signature red cap and came to be known as the Bell