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The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) is an organization and museum in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.It was founded in 1978, and opened as museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.
Joey DeFrancesco (April 10, 1971 – August 25, 2022) was an American jazz organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and occasional singer. [ 3] He released more than 30 albums under his own name, and recorded extensively as a sideman with such leading jazz performers as trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist Houston Person, and guitarist John McLaughlin.
Dinah Washington ( / ˈdaɪnə /; born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular black female recording artists of the 1950s. [ 1] Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, [ 1] and ...
Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. [1] [2] [3] One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, [1] Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter, and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz ...
Nina Simone ( / ˈniːnə sɪˈmoʊn / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [ 1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop. Her piano playing was strongly ...
Erskine Ramsay Hawkins (July 26, 1914 – November 11, 1993) [1] was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed "The 20th Century Gabriel". [2] He is best remembered for composing the jazz standard "Tuxedo Junction" (1939) with saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson. The song became a hit during World War II ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 75 people (74 men and 1 woman) have been executed at the Holman Correctional Facility, near Atmore, Alabama. All executions between December 2002 and 2023 were conducted by lethal injection.
June 21, 2024 at 1:58 PM. Major League Baseball legend and National Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson candidly recalled the racism he faced while playing in Alabama, saying, "I wouldn't wish ...