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Consuela Lee (Moorehead) (Craig Legg's ARM 106)
Painting of Consuela Lee (Moorehead) by Craig Legg, 2023. #106 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
William Levi Dawson (Craig Legg's ARM 169)
Painting of William Levi Dawson by Craig Legg, 2023. Courtesy Craig Legg.
The Alabama Hayloft (Craig Legg's ARM 032)
Painting of The Alabama Hayloft radio show at WAPI in Birmingham, by Craig Legg, 2023. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Gary Motley (Craig Legg's ARM 314)
Painting of Gary Motley by Craig Legg, 2024. #314 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Jimmy Colvin Band Photo and Bio
Photograph of Jimmy Colvin and his band, taken at a wedding reception at the Carraway-Davie House, Birmingham, Alabama, August 9, 1986. Included with the photo is a one-page biography of Colvin. Courtesy Chad Fisher.
Big Chief Ellis (Craig Legg's ARM 274)
Painting of Wilbert T. "Big Chief" Ellis by Craig Legg, 2023. #274 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Clarence "Pine Top" Smith (Craig Legg's ARM 264)
Painting of Clarence "Pine Tope" Smith by Craig Legg, 2023. #264 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
David Vest (Craig Legg's ARM 245)
Painting of David Vest by Craig Legg, 2023. #245 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Jean Kittrell (Craig Legg's ARM 214)
Painting of Jean Kittrell by Craig Legg, 2023. #214 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Coot Grant (Craig Legg's ARM 211)
Painting of Coot Grant by Craig Legg, 2023. #211 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Cow Cow Davenport (Craig Legg's ARM 105)
Painting of Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport by Craig Legg, 2023. #105 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Donnie Fritts (Craig Legg's ARM 084)
Painting of Donnie Fritts by Craig Legg, 2023. #084 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Nat King Cole (Craig Legg's ARM 072)
Painting of Nat King Cole by Craig Legg, 2023. #072 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Jabo Williams (Craig Legg's ARM 038)
Painting of Jabo Williams by Craig Legg, 2023. #038 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Avery Parrish
Pianist / composer / arranger Avery Parrish (1917-1959), creator of the jazz and blues piano standard "After Hours," first recorded with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra in 1940.
Walter Miller at Joe (1989 Radio Broadcast)
1989 radio broadcast featuring pianist Walter Miller live at the Birmingham bar and bistro Joe (sometimes known as Joe Bar).As a trumpeter, Miller performed for many years in the bands of Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles, and Sun Ra. Sun Ra in particular…
The Jerry Grundy Trio, Featuring Laura Washington
In this radio broadcast, circa 1988-1989, singer Laura Washington appears with the Jerry Grundy Trio at Grundy's Music Room in Birmingham, Alabama.From 1979 to 1992, Grundy's Music Room -- owned and operated by Jerry and Bernadine "Bernie"…
3 Ads: The Rhythm Four and Others at the Pizitz (1940-1941)
Newspaper advertisements for the Rhythm Four and other groups performing at the Pizitz department store's open house, 1940-1941.For National Retail Demonstration Week, the Pizitz hosted an open house, inviting the public to view their latest…
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.
Ad: Fats Waller at the Birmingham City Auditorium (1938)
Newspaper advertisement for Fats Waller at the City Auditorium,Birmingham News, February 4, 1938. As the ad notes, Waller would also appear "in an exclusive colored engagement" at Birmingham's Colored Masonic Temple on Valentines' Day, February 14.