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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.
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 ...
The Jazz Temple. Coordinates: 41°30′32.2″N 81°36′17.1″W. The Jazz Temple was a coffeehouse / nightclub located in the University Circle area of Cleveland, Ohio. The club's name was chosen by the owner, Winston E. Willis, to symbolize a devout gathering place dedicated to the icons of the jazz world where these artists would be ...
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.
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.
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 ...
Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs. Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs ( AFWC; also known as GFWC Alabama) is a state organization composed of women's clubs in Alabama. Established in Birmingham in 1895, [1] and admitted to the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) on December 26, 1907. [2] Foster House became the official headquarters ...
July 6, 2024 at 12:09 AM. YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — When the Little Art Theatre set out to land a $100,000 grant to fund a stylish new marquee, with a nod to its century-long history, the cozy ...