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Free jazz saxophonist Arthur Doyle, Birmingham, Alabama, 2000.

Photo by Craig Legg, courtesy Craig Legg.

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Bassist Cleveland "Cleve" Eaton in Chicago, 1974.

Born in Fairfield, Alabama, Cleve Eaton (1934-2020) moved to Chicago in 1960, becoming an active figure in the city's jazz scene. In 1964 he joined the Ramsey Lewis Trio, performing for ten years…

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Publicity photo for Mary Alice McCall for Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. In the early 1970s, Eaton produced three soul and funk singles by McCall:

"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…

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Promotional photo for the Soul Controllers on Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. Members of the Soul Controllers (originally founded in 1965 as the Epics) were students at Fairfield High School when they recorded their first single, "Right On,…

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Birmingham saxophonist Jimmy Colvin

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LeMeyer Stanfield -- also known as "Lee," "Leemie," and "Gate" Stanfield --longtime bassist for the Bama State Collegians / Erskine Hawkins Orchestra.

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Souvenir Photo from Birmingham's popular Grand Terrace.

Photo courtesy Patrick Cather.

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In addition to the Birmingham Heritage Band, Newman Terrell performed with the Bama State Collegians and the Fess Whatley orchestra. In the 1950s -- with Birmingham musicians Walter Miller and Melvin Caswell -- Terrell relocated to Liberia, Monrovia,…

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Birmingham trumpeter Richard Clarke (aka Dick or Dickie Clarke) belonged to a family full of musicians. His own career included work in the bands of Fess Whatley, Baron Lee, Benny Carter, Billie Holiday, and others; in a U. S. Army band; and in…

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Birmingham nightclub-goers, possibly at the popular Grand Terrace.

Photo courtesy Patrick Cather.

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Historically, Birmingham schools have played an essential role in developing the city's jazz community; many Birmingham music teachers were also accomplished and highly respected players.

Here, Jackson-Olin High School band director Donald…

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In July of 1980, the Birmingham Historical Society erected an historic marker commemorating the legacy of Tuxedo Junction in Ensley. The text of the marker reads:

"'Tuxedo Junction' was the street car crossing on the Ensley-Fairfield line at this…

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Drummer Alton “Snooky” Davenport. Davenport studied music at Tuskegee Institute, performed in Fess Whatley’s Birmingham orchestra, and during the Second World War directed the 334th ASF Band at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served as bandmaster at…

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Trombonist Richard “Dickie” Harris, undated photo. Harris’s credits include work with the Erskine Hawkins and Lucky Millinder orchestras, Sarah Vaughn, Illinois Jaquet, James Brown, and Sam Cooke.

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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,…

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Jimmy Mitchell (aka Jimmy Mitchelle), saxophonist and vocalist with with the ‘Bama State Collegians / Erskine Hawkins Orchestra. 1940s Publicity photo.

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String band, likely Baldwin County, Alabama, undated. William Riley Cooper, far right; other musicians unidentified.

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