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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.
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.
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 ...
RICHMOND, VA, Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As a major event during our yearlong 80th anniversary celebration, UNCF (United Negro College Fund) will host its 4th annual UNCF Richmond “A Mind Is...”® Smooth Jazz Concert Gala at 6:00 p.m., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 at the Historic Hippodrome Theater.
African Americans. The African-American upper class, sometimes referred to as the black upper class, the black upper middle class or black elite, is a social class that consists of African-American individuals who have high disposable incomes and high net worth. [ 1][ 2][when?] The group includes highly paid white-collar professionals such as ...
Massey Business College. Massey Business College was a chain of business colleges in the southern United States in the late 19th and 20th century. Richard W. Massey established the first Massey Business College in Birmingham, Alabama in 1887. [1] He served as president of the "Massey System" of colleges for fifty years, and died in Birmingham ...
Pages in category "Jazz ensembles from Alabama" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Bama State Collegians; M. Magic City Jazz Orchestra; W.
The Greater Richmond Region is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond, the state capital. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other entities.