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Collins "Bo" Berry Tribute (2023 Program)
Cover photo by Roger…
Tags: 2023; Alabama; Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame; Birmingham Heritage Band; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Bo Berry; Bob Friedman; Cheryl Simonetti; Cleve Eaton; Foxxy Fatts; Frank Adams; Ike Williams; jazz; Jefferson Country, Alabama; John T. "Fess" Whatley; Jonathan Berry; Jose Carr; Ray Reach; Rosedale, Alabama; Tommy Stewart; Trumpet; Trumpeter; Victor Atkinson; William King
Ad: Frank Adams and His Swingsters at the Woodland Club, 1953
Erskine Hawkins and the Birmingham Heritage Band, Function at the Junction, 1988 (4 Photos)
Begun in 1985 in Ensley's Tuxedo Junction Park, the…
Tolton Rosser Directs the Birmingham Heritage Band
Frank Adams and J. L. Lowe at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Dr. Frank E. Adams, Sr. (1928-2014)
Charles "Chuck" Clarke (1920-1990)
Program provided by Carol Clarke.
Tags: Avery Richardson; Birmingham Heritage Band; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Charles Clarke; Chuck Clarke; Chuck Clarke Quintet; Early Billups; Frank Adams; Hampton St. Paul Reese; Hooper Abrams; Horace Carney; jazz; Jefferson County, Alabama; Percy Harris; Saxophonist; Tolton Rosser; Vincent Perry
Frank Adams on Becoming a Teacher
Frank Adams Describes the Culture of Sun Ra's Birmingham Band
Frank Adams on Trumpeter Joe Guy
Frank Adams on Ingenuity
Frank Adams on Returning Home to Birmingham
Frank Adams on Music Education in Birmingham's Black Schools (1)
Tags: Alabama; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Choir; Doc Adams; Education; Educator; Eleanor Roosevelt; Erskine Hawkins; Fess Whatley; Frank Adams; Harmony Singing; Industrial High School; jazz; Jefferson County, Alabama; Marching Band; Parker High School; Teacher; Tuxedo Junction; Vocal Music; W. C. Handy; W. W. Handy; William Wise Handy
Frank Adams on Music Education in Birmingham's Black Schools (2)
Tags: Alabama; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Burgin Mathews; Doc Adams; Education; Educator; Educators; Elks; Fess Whatley; Frank Adams; Fraternal Organizations; Industrial High School; Jefferson County, Alabama; Knights of Pythias; Lincoln School; Marching Band; Masons; Odd Fellows; Oral History; Parades; Parker High School; Schools; Segregation; Smithfield, Alabama; W. W. Handy; William Wise Handy
Frank Adams Compares the Bands of Fess Whatley and Sun Ra
Frank Adams on his Early Life: Family and First Musical Experiences
Tags: 1930s; 1940s; A. M. E. Zion Church; Alabama; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Church; clarinet; Clarinetist; Doc Adams; Fess Whatley; Frank Adams; Industrial High School; jazz; Jefferson County, Alabama; Oscar W. Adams Jr.; Oscar W. Adams Sr.; Parker High School; Sacred Music; Saxophone; Saxophonist
Frank Adams on his Father, Oscar Adams, Sr.
Frank Adams on Banjo Bill and Sammy Mayo
Tags: Alabama; Banjo Bill; Banjo Bill Reese; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Blues; Country Clubs; Doc Adams; Educator; Frank Adams; Industrial High School; jazz; Jefferson County, Alabama; Lil Green; Lincoln School; Oral History; Parker High School; Sammy Mayo; Talent Show; Teacher; Variety Show; W. W. Handy; William Wise Handy