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Ad: Fess Whatley's Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra, Easter Dance (1941)
Newspaper advertisement for an Easter night dance featuring Fess Whatley's Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra.
Chuck Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans
Charles “Chuck” Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans perform in a Birmingham club, c. 1950s.
Tags: African American; Alabama; Alto Saxophone; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Charles Clarke; Chuck Clarke; Clarke Family; jazz; Jazz Combo; Jefferson County, Alabama; Jesse Evans; Joe Guy; Mary Alice Clarke; Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck; Nightclub; Pianist; Piano; Saxophone; Saxophonist; Singer; Trumpet; Trumpeter; Vocalist
Fess Whatley's Vibra-Cathedral Orchestra Leading Weekly Review Poll (1941)
Weekly Review, January 24, 1941.
Tags: 1940s; 1941; Albert Jones; Alton Davenport; Amos Gordon; Arthur Miller; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Fess Whatley; Fess Whatley's Vibra; J. L. Lowe; James Swyne; jazz; Jefferson County, Alabama; John Reed; Johnny Grimes; Laura Washington; Mary Alice Clarke; Paul Cowan; Wilton Robinson
John T. Whatley School Song
Lyrics and music for the official school song of John T. Whatley Elementary School, Birmingham, Alabama. Opened c. 1960, Whatley Elementary was named for John T. "Fess" Whatley, Birmingham's celebrated "Maker of Musicians," longtime local bandleader…
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…
Mary Alice Clarke
Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, a member of Birmingham's musical Clarke family, played piano, organ, accordion, and vibraphone; directed music at Birmingham's prestigious Sixteenth Street Baptist Church; and performed for years in Fess Whatley's…
Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck (1911-1999)
Funeral program for Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck: pianist, organist, accordionist, vibraphonist, choir director, and teacher; Birmingham, Alabama, 1911-1999.
Courtesy Carol Clarke.
Courtesy Carol Clarke.
Mary Mataw Clarke ( 18--? -1968)
Funeral program for Mary Mataw Clarke of Birmingham, Alabama. Clarke was a pianist; music teacher; organist and director of music at Birmingham's prestigious Sixteenth Street Baptist Church; and the matriarch of one of her city's most prominent…