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Real Jazz: 67 Mainstream, Traditional, Fusion, Acid Satellite Sirius XM Satellite Radio: N/A N/A Website: Watercolors: 66 Smooth Jazz Satellite Sirius XM Satellite Radio N/A N/A Website: WAEG: 92.3 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Perry Broadcasting: Evans Georgia (U.S. state) Website: WAJH: 91.1 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame ...
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.
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
Alabama is an American country music band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969. The band was founded by Randy Owen ( lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and his cousin Teddy Gentry ( bass, backing vocals ). They were soon joined by another cousin, Jeff Cook ( lead guitar, fiddle, and keyboards ). First operating under the name Wildcountry, the group ...
The historic Carver Theatre today houses the Jazz Hall of Fame. The Alabama Music Hall of Fame was created by the Alabama state legislature as a state agency in 1980. A 12,500 square foot (1,200 m²) exhibit hall opened in Tuscumbia in 1990. The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHoF) is located in Birmingham, housed in the historic Carver Theatre.
New Orleans jazz. Occupation (s) Instrumentalist. Instrument (s) Trumpet, cornet. Years active. 1940s–1980s. Kenneth Colyer (18 April 1928 – 8 March 1988) was an English jazz trumpeter and cornetist, devoted to New Orleans jazz. [ 1] His band was also known for skiffle interludes.
Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco [ 4] Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco. Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco [ 4] Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Downtown Santa Cruz [ 4][ 1]: 5. Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley [ 4] Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio, San Francisco [ 1]: 5. Jazz Workshop, San Francisco.