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Dootsie Williams (Craig Legg's ARM 273)
Painting of Walter D. "Dootsie" Williams by Craig Legg, 2023. #273 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Kenny Lovelace (Craig Legg's ARM 240)
Painting of Kenny Lovelace by Craig Legg, 2023. #240 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Pappy Neal McCormick (Craig Legg's ARM 234)
Painting of Pappy Neal McCormick by Craig Legg, 2023. #234 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Cootie Williams (Craig Legg's ARM 194)
Painting of Cootie Williams by Craig Legg, 2023. #194 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Lucky Millinder (Craig Legg's ARM 104)
Painting of Lucky Millinder by Craig Legg, 2023. #104 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
James Reese Europe (Craig Legg's ARM 040)
Painting ofJames Reese Europe by Craig Legg, 2023. #040 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Dr. Tolton Rosser (1932-2023)
Funeral program for educator, bandleader, and trumpeter Dr. Tolton C. Rosser (1932-2023), Birmingham, Alabama.
Ad: Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy (1946)
Newspaper advertisement for Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, featuring Floyd Smith and Beverly White with the Jubilaires. Weekly Review, June 29, 1946.
Ad: Lionel Hampton at the Masonic Temple (1941)
Newspaper advertisement for Lionel Hampton at Birmingham's Masonic Temple,Weekly Review, January 3, 1941.
Ad: Lionel Hampton at the Masonic Temple (1940)
Newspaper advertisement for Lionel Hampton at Birmingham's Masonic Temple, Weekly Review, December 27, 1940.
John Tuggle Whatley Elementary School Program
Program for Birmingham's John Tuggle Whatley Elementary School, named for the city's influential "Maker of Musicians," John T. "Fess" Whatley. Program includes a biography of Whatley and a photo of his early Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra. Please see also…
Ad: Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium (1940)
Newspaper advertisement for Count Basie at the Birmingham City Auditorium, Weekly Review, September 1940.J. Earle Hensley, one of the event's promoters, was a longtime entertainment promoter in Birmingham's Black community.
Erskine Hawkins (1914-1993)
Funeral program for bandleader Erskine Ramsey Hawkins (1914-1993), Birmingham, Alabama.
Jimmy Chappell Orchestra
Jimmy Chappell Orchestra at the Pickwick Club, Birmingham, Alabama.
Courtesy Carol Clarke.
Courtesy Carol Clarke.
Frank Adams Describes the Culture of Sun Ra's Birmingham Band
Frank Adams elaborates on his early experiences with Sun Ra. Adams joined Sonny Blount’s band as a teenager in the 1940s, before Blount left Birmingham for Chicago and became famous as Sun Ra. When this interview was recorded in 2012, Adams was the…
Erskine Hawkins
Erskine Hawkins publicity photo, 1940s
John T. "Fess" Whatley
John T. “Fess” Whatley (1885 – 1972), Birmingham’s legendary “Maker of Musicians,” 1968. From 1917 into the 1950s, Whatley’s music program at Industrial / Parker High School produced numerous professional musicians, many of whom performed in the…
Paul Bascomb
Best known for his work with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra, tenor saxophonist Paul Bascomb (1912-1986) performed throughout his career with his own bands as well as with the C. S. Belton Orchestra, a popular southern territory band, and with the…
J. B. Sims
J. B. “Jay” Sims. As a student at Alabama State, Sims served as the original singer and emcee of the ‘Bama State Collegians, performing in the frenetic “wildman” style of Cab Calloway; after graduation, he returned to his hometown of Birmingham,…