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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.
The Bama State Collegians is a student jazz orchestra made up of students at Alabama State University. This group was organized in the late 1920s by Len Bowden, Fess Whatley, and Paul Bascomb. [1] Bowden went on to direct the Navy's music program at Camp Robert Smalls during World War II. John Tuggle "Fess" Whatley (1895-1972) was inducted into ...
Alabama State University ( ASU, Bama State, or Alabama State) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, during the Reconstruction era, it was one of about 180 "normal schools" established by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.
B. Baker's Keyboard Lounge. Bensusan Restaurant Corp. v. King. Blue Bird Inn. Blue Note Hawaii. Blue Wisp Jazz Club. Blues Alley.
Andy's Jazz Club [1]: 4 Bee Hive [4] The Black Orchid; Club DeLisa; Constellation Jazz Club [1]: 4 Friar's Inn (1920s) Green Mill Cocktail Lounge [1]: 4 HotHouse; Hungry Brain [1]: 4 The Jazz Showcase [1]: 4 Kelly's Stables; London House; Macomba Lounge; Plugged Nickel [4] Rhumboogie Café; Regal Theater [4] Sunset Cafe; Sutherland Lounge; The ...
This year's event will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 in the La-Z-Boy Center’s Meyer Theater at Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road. Doors will open at 6 p.m. Admission is free.
Carl Warwick (musician) Dinah Washington. Marzette Watts. Fred Wesley. Cootie Williams. Elmer Williams (saxophonist) Nelson Williams (trumpeter) Categories: Musicians from Alabama.
There are 60 colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Alabama. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa is the largest university in the state with 38,100 enrolled for fall 2019. [ 1] Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest two-year college, with an enrollment of just over 8,000.