[Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame

[Rick Knittel]

There is a Jazz Hall of Fame at The Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers
Uniiversity in New Bruswick, NJ. I do not have any contact information.

Rick Knittel - JAZZBONE
The Maine Street Paraders
 
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:38:30 EST Hkelliott at aol.com writes:
> I usually just read the emails and listen to the music, but I want to 
> pose  a 
> question to the group.  Is there a "Jazz Hall of Fame" anywhere?  A  
> friend 
> of mine who produces jazz CDs in London UK , Peter Clayton,  
> robinwoodproductions.com, asked me if Louis Armstrong was in the 
> Jazz Hall  of Fame.  I told him 
> I was sure he would be, but I'd look it up.  I  have spent a couple 
> of hours 
> on Google looking but can't find one.  There  was one supposed to 
> start in 
> Philadelphia 8 or 9 years ago, but apparently never  got 
> established.  Then 
> another one was supposed to be built in California  and a website 
> started, but 
> apparently it never got off the ground.  There  was a phone number 
> listed, and I 
> called it, but it turned out to be a man's  home.  This was also 8 
> or 9 years 
> ago.  I was looking for something  like the Country Music Hall of 
> Fame in 
> Nashville, but no luck so far.  FYI,  I was a disc jockey in the 
> Atlanta area in 
> the 1950's and 60's and when I  started, we were still getting 78 
> rpm records 
> from record companies.  The  last two I got were Tony Almerico and 
> the Dixieland 
>  Jamboree Allstars.  Thanks for any help you can give me.  King  
> Elliott, 
> Miami, FL.
> 
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