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Frank Adams, 1978

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Paul Bascomb postcard, stamped 1965. Caption on back of card: “PAUL BASCOMB … Born in Birmingham, Ala. Attended Alabama State College and originated the ‘Bama State Collegians’ Band and the famous Erskine Hawkins Band. His brother, Dud Bascomb, is a…

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Frank Adams, saxophone, backs a female impersonator at Birmingham’s 2728 Club, 1950s.

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Charles “Chuck” Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans perform in a Birmingham club, c. 1950s.

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Frank "Mr. Sax" Adams Promo Card, 1960s

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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…

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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 saxophonist Jimmy Colvin

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

Photo by Craig Legg, courtesy Craig Legg.

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In the first of more than 100 interviews with Burgin Mathews, Frank Adams shares some of his earliest memories. Topics include the influence of his father, Oscar W. Adams, Sr., and of his maternal grandmother, Ella Eaton; his first public…

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As a high school student in the 1940s, Frank Adams played in both the bands of Fess Whatley, Birmingham's celebrated "Maker of Musicians," and Herman "Sonny" Blount, later famous as Sun Ra. In this interview excerpt, Adams compares the experience of…

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

Photo by Craig Legg, courtesy Craig Legg.

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Brothers Charles ("Chuck") and Arthur ("Babe" or "Bayboy") Clarke perform with the Men of the Great Lakes Experience Navy Band, World War II. Like musicians across the country -- including many Birmingham jazz players -- the Clarke brothers found a…

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Funeral program for jazz musician Charles "Chuck" Clarke (1920-1990), Birmingham, Alabama.

Program provided by Carol Clarke.

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Funeral program for James Leroy (J. L.) Lowe: musician, educator, and champion of the Birmingham jazz tradition (1913-1998), Birmingham, Alabama.

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Funeral program for jazz musician and educator Frank E. Adams, Sr. ("Doc," 1928-2014), Birmingham, Alabama.

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Funeral program for jazz saxophonist Arthur Roy Doyle (1944-2014), Birmingham, Alabama.

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Newspaper advertisement for Frank Adams and His Swingsters at the Woodland Club,Birmingham News, November 20, 1963.

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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.

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