Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All- Stars( AJHoF All- Stars) is a working jazz ensemble, featuring some of the finest jazz musicians Alabama has to offer.
This group is the faculty of the Jazz Education Department of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and the faculty of the Fun With Jazz Educational Program, begun through the Alys Stephens Center( 2006), and now administered by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame( 2007).
Through these educational programs, the AJHoF Allstars, directed by Ray Reach, seek to fulfill a mission ... to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.
Its mission is also to preserve a continued and sustained program of illuminating the contribution of the State of Alabama through its citizens, environment, demographics and lore, and perpetuating the heritage of jazz music( excerpt from the mission statement of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame).
The AJHoF All- Stars perform at schools, civic events and jazz festivals throughout the southeast.
The members of the AJHoF All- Stars also participate in numerous other active performing groups, including the" Magic City Jazz Orchestra", the" Night Flight Big BandRay Reach and Friends" and" Cleveland Eaton and the Alabama All- Stars".
The current membership roster of the AJHoF All- Stars includes: Tommy Stewart( trumpet), Omari Thomas( trumpet and saxophone), Ken Watters( trumpet), Chad Fisher( trombone), Billy Bargetzi( trombone), Gary Wheat( saxophones), Dave Amaral( saxophones, flute, clarinet), Dave Miller( saxophone and chromatic harmonica), Abe Becker( bass), Chris Wendle( bass), Cleveland Eaton( bass), Sonny Harris( drums), Steve Ramos( drums), John Nuckols( drums), Chris Fryar( drums) and Ray Reach( director, piano and vocals).
Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame was part of a US- based non-profit organization( The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame Foundation) that operated from 1978 to 2004.
It was based in San Diego County, California.
The board Vice President in 1997 Daniel Del Fiorentino.
The Unlikely Candidates
The Unlikely Candidates are an American indie rock band.
They formed in Fort Worth, Texas in 2008.
The band consists of lead vocalist Kyle Morris, lead guitarist Brenton Carney, guitarist Cole Male, drummer Kevin Goddard, and bassist Jared Hornbeek.
Their most recent single," Novocaine", has received over 10 million streams and video views.
Haywood Henry
Frank Haywood Henry (January 10, 1913 – September 15, 1994) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist.
In 1978 he was induced into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Fun with Jazz Educational Program
The" Fun With Jazz" Educational Program is a program of jazz educational concerts and demonstrations developed by Ray Reach and sponsored by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Fred Wesley
Fred Wesley( born July 4, 1943) is an American jazz and funk trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as Parliament- Funkadelic in the second half of the 1970s.
In 2015, Wesley was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
WAJH
WAJH( 91.1 FM) is a non-commercial, listener- supported campus radio station licensed to Birmingham, Alabama, and owned and operated by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Inc.
The station broadcasts smooth jazz and other music programs.
The station's directional antenna is located on Shades Mountain in Homewood, Alabama.
The broadcast studio is on the Samford University campus.
The station's owner is the nonprofit corporation that operates the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, located in the Carver Theatre in Birmingham.
Tommy Stewart (trumpeter)
Tommy Stewart is an American trumpeter, arranger, composer, and record producer.
He has been a member of the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, Cleveland Eaton and the Alabama All- Stars, the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All- Stars, and Ray Reach and Friends.
He was a 1988 inductee into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Jazz Hall of Fame
Jazz Hall of Fame may refer to:
Shorty Long
Frederick Earl" Shorty" Long( May 20, 1940 – June 29, 1969) was an American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint.
He was placed in the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.

Question: Are The Unlikely Candidates and Alabama Jazz Hall Of Fame All-Stars from the same country?
Answer: yes