# Bach, Billie Holiday, Preservation Hall Jazz Band...What is it about them?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bach-billie-holiday-preservation-hall-jazz-band-what-is-it-about-them/52373 "2001-01-30T04:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Omega007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Omega007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega007)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bach-billie-holiday-preservation-hall-jazz-band-what-is-it-about-them/52373/1 "2001-01-30T04:37:51Z")

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I’m sitting here right now listening to The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and I am totally at ease. They aren’t the only group that does this to me and many other people I would assume. Any music can be relaxing in a manner of speaking. Anyone from Mozart to B.B. King can have someone in an almost catatonic state. What I want to know is what is it about music that makes a person so relaxed? Does some kind hormone release into your brain to mellow you out or what? I don’t fully understand why.

Thanks,

Omega007