Old school New Orleans jazz will help launch concert goers into the new year when the State Street Traditional Jazz Band performs at the Phippsburg Congregational Church on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Founded in 1989, the members of the band play and preserve traditional New Orleans “Preservation Hall” jazz. John Page, the band’s founder and leader, has spent much of his life playing, studying and interacting with some of the most influential New Orleans musicians of his generation. While he discovered the trumpet at age 7, it was not until the early 1970s, as a Maine Maritime Academy graduate shipping out of the Port of New Orleans, that Page was captivated by the sounds of the original Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

The band, recently featured on the WCSH TV program “207,” pays homage to music birthed over a century ago. Initially performed in New Orleans and throughout the Louisiana Delta region, following World War I jazz moved north out of New Orleans, and in the course of the move it began to change. However, many musical greats kept the original sound alive, including the Original Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, “Kid” Thomas Valentine, Sweet Emma Barrette and the Humphrey Brothers. Page is at odds to impress that this is not “Dixieland” jazz — but the real deal.

Also one of the founding members of Bellamy Jazz Band, Page helped to assemble a formidable ensemble of highly-skilled players for the State Street band.

On piano, Doug Protsik has been a fixture on the Maine music scene for 40 years, his reputation stretching throughout the U.S. and abroad. He has appeared on “A Prairie Home Companion” and is also known for his folk performances on fiddle and accordion. A protégée of silent movie pianist Danny Patt, who was a founding member of the band, Protsik directs the Maine Fiddle Camp and continues the tradition of accompanying silent movies as well.

Peter Dunphy plays banjo, guitar and vocalizes in the band. He ran the Bellamy Jazz Band with his late father, Roy Dunphy, and studied classical guitar at University of Southern Maine. In addition to co-managing the Bellamy band, he continues to play in multiple bands throughout New England.

Also playing banjo, Paul Mattor spent years as an upright and electric bassist in widely diverse groups and styles, from Finnish dances to surf rock, while continuing to cherish the traditional roots celebrated by the State Street ensemble.

Vocalizing and playing trombone, Bill Rayne is a founding member of the band. He was highly influenced by jazz musician Jack Teagarden.

A founding member of the band, Barry Daniels has been playing clarinet since the age of 9. He has played in the WWI Veterans Marching Band, Bellamy Jazz Band, National Sidewalk Over Easy Brass Band with Strings. His greatest musical influence is Maurice Lane, the Portland Symphony’s clarinetist.

Playing tuba since the age of ten, Pat Whitaker has performed in multiple genres: wind ensemble, symphonic brass, brass quintet, dance band, pit band for musicals, swing band and as principal tubist for the 195th US Army Band.

The show will be performed at the Phippsburg Congregational Church at 10 Church Lane in Phippsburg. Tickets are available at the door. Admission is $12; students $6. Children under 8 are admitted free. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information, call (207) 389- 1770.