Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Overview
This art-deco museum honors great jazz artists with ties to the state of Alabama.Contact Information
1631 Fourth Avenue NorthBirmingham, Alabama 35203
United States
Diamond level member
Description
This art-deco museum honors great jazz artists with ties to the state of Alabama. While furnishing educational information, the museum is also a place for entertainment. Exhibits convey the accomplishments of the likes of Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Erskine Hawkins and the music that made them famous. Within this fine musical collection, visitors travel from the beginnings of boogie woogie with Clarence "Pinetop" Smith to the jazz space journeys of Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Space Arkestra.