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"Win Praise In Elk Parade" (1944)
Photo and caption,Chicago Defender, September 2, 1944."Birmingham, Ala., was well-represented in the Elk parade which featured the 45th Annual Session of the Grand Lodge in Chicago last Tuesday. The playing of 'Tuxedo Junction' by the band literally…
"Negro Draftees March Off To Serve Uncle Sam" (1940)
Newspaper clipping, Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. "'From Bunker Hill to Chateau Thierry, Negroes have been good soldiers.... None have been traitors.... You must continue unblemished the exemplary record of Negro soldiers....'"With these heroic words…
Tuskegee Institute Band (Craig Legg's ARM 129)
Painting of the Tuskegee Institute Band by Craig Legg, 2023. #129 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
The Auburn Band: 1897-1972 (Book)
Spiral-bound book:A History of the Auburn University Band, 1897-1972. Prepared by the Auburn Band Alumni Council.
Includes year-by-year photos, personnel listings, and brief synopsis of band activities. 184 pages.Note: Document may take a moment to…
Alabama A&M College Band (Craig Legg's ARM 165)
Painting of the Alabama A&M College Band by Craig Legg, 2023. #165 in Craig Legg's Alabama Roots Music Trading Card Series. Courtesy Craig Legg.
Frank Adams on Ingenuity
In this short excerpt, Frank Adams recalls, from his years as a school band director, one parent’s resourceful innovation in the face of limited resources. Recorded by Burgin Mathews on September 9, 2009, in Frank Adams’s office at the Alabama Jazz…
Frank Adams on Music Education in Birmingham's Black Schools (1)
In this excerpt, Adams reflects on his early training in music, including his first informal lessons from his older brother Oscar and his experience in the elementary and high school bands of William Wise Handy and John T. “Fess” Whatley.…
Frank Adams on Music Education in Birmingham's Black Schools (2)
Frank Adams describes the musical culture of Birmingham’s segregated Black schools. In the opening portion of this excerpt, Adams reads from a lecture he was preparing for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, exploring the history of jazz and…
Lincoln School Band, 1930s
Lincoln School Band, 1930s. Band director William Wise Handy, nephew of W. C. Handy, is at far left, in black. Frank Adams is in the front row, third student from left, with clarinet.
Hurtsboro High School Marching Band, 1989
Hurtsboro High School marching band, Hurtsboro Christmas Parade, Main Street, Hurtsboro, Alabama. Press photo by Joe Maher, 1989.