An unlikely combo: jazz, bluegrass bands to showcase joint album 'American Legacies'

Two years ago, Ben Jaffe, a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, said he did not think that jazz and traditional bluegrass music would make for a great musical hybrid. However, on Thursday his band will perform with the traditional bluegrass band Del McCoury at Royce Hall to showcase their joint album “American Legacies.”