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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 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars (AJHoF All-Stars) is a working jazz ensemble, featuring some of the finest jazz musicians Alabama has to offer. This group is the faculty of the Jazz Education Department of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and the faculty of the Fun With Jazz Educational Program, begun through the Alys Stephens Center (2006), and now administered by the Alabama Jazz Hall ...
Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues, R&B, and traditional pop music, [1] and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". [2] She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
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 ...
Killen, Alabama, U.S. Genres. Jazz. Occupation (s) Musician. Instrument (s) French horn, double bass. Willie Henry Ruff Jr. (September 1, 1931 – December 24, 2023) was an American jazz musician, specializing in the French horn and double bass, and a music scholar and educator, primarily as a Yale professor from 1971 to 2017.
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.
The Fun With Jazz program is taught by the faculty of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame known collectively as the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars. The roster of musicians includes: Founding director/pianist: Ray Reach. Trumpets: Tommy Stewart, Omari Thomas, Bo Berry.
Jerry Grundhoefer ( a.k.a. Grundy) (1930–1997) was a jazz musician who played clarinet, piano, saxophone, organ, xylophone, and flute in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1980, Grundhoefer was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. [1]