[Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame
DeWitt Peterson
dpeterson53 at comcast.net
Sat Feb 16 11:51:18 EST 2008
I would like to suggest two females, not primarily vocalists:
Valaida Snow
Mary Osborn
DeWitt Peterson
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Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame
> Here are the names of the current inductees into the American Jazz Hall of
> Fame:
>
> Nat Adderley
> J. "Cannonball" Adderley
> Toshiko Akiyoshi
> Henry "Red" Allen
> Albert Ammons
> Gene Ammons
> Lillian Hardin Armstrong
> Louis Armstrong
> Buster Bailey
> Mildred Bailey
> Chet Baker
> Danny Barker
> Charlie Barnet
> Kenny Barron
> William “Count” Basie
> Sydney Bechet
> Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke
> Louis Bellson
> R. B. “Bunny” Berigan
> Leon “Chu” Berry
> Barney Bigard
> Eubie Blake
> Art Blakey
> Jimmy Blanton
> Ruby Braff
> Bob Brookmeyer
> Clifford Brown
> Lawrence Brown
> Ray Brown
> Dave Brubeck
> Ray Bryant
> Cabell "Cab" Calloway
> Harry Carney
> Betty Carter
> Benny Carter
> Ron Carter
> Al Casey
> Sid Catlett
> Paul Chambers
> A. “Doc” Cheatham
> Charlie Christian
> Kenny Clarke
> Wilbur “Buck” Clayton
> Jimmy Cobb
> Al Cohn
> Nat “King” Cole
> Wm. R. "Cozy" Cole
> Bill Coleman
> Ornette Coleman
> John Coltrane
> Eddie Condon
> Tadd Dameron
> Kenny Davern
> Miles Davis
> Wm. “Wild Bill” Davison
> B. “Buddy” DeFranco
> Paul Desmond
> Vic Dickenson
> Johnny Dodds
> Warren "Baby" Dodds
> Eric Dolphy
> Jimmy Dorsey
> Tommy Dorsey
> Eddie Durham
> George Duvivier
> Harry “Sweets” Edison
> Roy Eldridge
> Edw. K.“Duke”Ellington
> George “Pee Wee” Erwin
> Bill Evans
> Gil Evans
> Herschel Evans
> Talmage "Tal" Farlow
> Art Farmer
> Maynard Ferguson
> Ella Fitzgerald
> Tommy Flanagan
> Carl Fontana
> Frank Foster
> Lawrence “Bud” Freeman
> Erroll Garner
> Stan Getz
> Terry Gibbs
> John B. “Dizzy” Gillespie
> Benny Golson
> Benny Goodman
> Dexter Gordon
> Norman Granz
> Stephane Grappelli
> Freddie Green
> Sonny Greer
> Bobby Hackett
> Bob Haggart
> Edmond Hall
> Lionel Hampton
> L. W. “Slide” Hampton
> Herbie Hancock
> W. C. Handy
> Roland Hanna
> Barry Harris
> Bill Harris
> Coleman Hawkins
> Roy Haynes
> Jimmy Heath
> Percy Heath
> Fletcher Henderson
> Jon Hendricks
> Woody Herman
> J.C. Higginbotham
> Earl “Fatha” Hines
> Milt Hinton
> Johnny Hodges
> Billie Holiday
> Bill Holman
> Helen Humes
> Dick Hyman
> Milt Jackson
> Illinois Jacquet
> Ahmad Jamal
> Albert “Budd” Johnson
> James P. Johnson
> James L. “JJ” Johnson
> Elvin Jones
> Hank Jones
> Jonathan “Jo” Jones
> Quincy Jones
> Robert E. "Jonah" Jones
> Thad Jones
> Louis Jordan
> Max Kaminsky
> Wynton Kelly
> Stan Kenton
> John Kirby
> Andy Kirk
> Lee Konitz
> Gene Krupa
> Donald Lambert
> Eddie Lang
> John Lewis
> Jimmie Lunceford
> Shelly Manne
> Wynton Marsalis
> Jimmy McGriff
> Dave McKenna
> Jimmy McPartland
> Marian McPartland
> Carmen McRae
> Jay McShann
> Bubber Miley
> Charlie Mingus
> Hank Mobley
> Thelonious Monk
> Wes Montgomery
> James Moody
> Joe Mooney
> Joe Morello
> Ferd. “Jelly Roll” Morton
> Benny Moten
> Gerry Mulligan
> Ray Nance
> Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
> Theodore "Fats" Navarro
> Frankie Newton
> Jimmie Noone
> Kenneth “Red” Norvo
> Anita O’Day
> Joe “King” Oliver
> Melvin J.”Sy” Oliver
> Edward "Kid" Ory
> Oran “Hot Lips” Page
> Charlie Parker
> Joe Pass
> Les Paul
> Oscar Peterson
> Art Pepper
> Oscar Pettiford
> Joseph "Flip" Phillips
> Bucky Pizzarelli
> Benny Powell
> Earl “Bud” Powell
> Russell Procope
> Ma Rainey
> Don Redman
> Django Reinhart
> Bernard “Buddy” Rich
> Max Roach
> Sonny Rollins
> Frank Rosolino
> Annie Ross
> Jimmy Rowles
> Jimmy Rushing
> Chas. “Pee Wee” Russell
> Charlie Shavers
> Artie Shaw
> George Shearing
> Wayne Shorter
> Horace Silver
> John Haley “Zoot” Sims
> Arthur “Zutty” Singleton
> Bessie Smith
> H. Leroy "Stuff" Smith
> Jimmy Smith
> Willie “The Lion” Smith
> F. J. "Muggsy" Spanier
> Jess Stacy
> Leroy E. “Slam” Stewart
> Rex Stewart
> Sonny Stitt
> Billy Strayhorn
> Ralph Sutton
> George "Buddy" Tate
> Art Tatum
> Billy Taylor
> Jack Teagarden
> Clark Terry
> Eli "Lucky" Thompson
> Mel Torme
> Dave Tough
> Lennie Tristano
> Frank Trumbauer
> Sarah Vaughan
> Joe Venuti
> Thomas “Fats” Waller
> William “Chick” Webb
> Ben Webster
> Dick Wellstood
> Frank Wess
> Randy Weston
> Bob Wilber
> Joe Wilder
> Chas. “Cootie” Williams
> Claude "Fiddler" Williams
> Joe Williams
> Mary Lou Williams
> Gerald Wilson
> Teddy Wilson
> Phil Woods
> Eugene “Snooky” Young
> James "Trummy" Young
> Lester Young
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/16/2008 8:22:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> DRobert769 at aol.com writes:
>
> Here is a writeup I did for Jersey Jazz last year about the AJHoF and
> how
> the AJHoF works.
>
> "The idea for a Jazz Hall of Fame was the brainchild of the late
> bassist/author Warren Vaché, Sr., one of the founders of the New Jersey
> Jazz
> Society. He
> proposed it to the Society’s Directors in 1980 and the idea was quickly
> accepted. We have always had close ties with the Rutgers Institute for
> Jazz
>
> Studies and its Director, Dan Morgenstern, who added their support to the
> effort.
> After some initial organizational and procedural matters were attended
> to,
> the first election was held in 1983 and has been an annual event ever
> since. I
> have served as the Secretary of the group for most of the AJHoF’s
> existence
> and preside over the balloting
>
> How Artists Are Selected.
>
> An eleven-member panel of Electors makes the selection of honorees. The
> panel consists of three representatives from Rutgers (the Director and
> Assistant
> Director of the IJS and the Director of the Jazz Music program;
> respectively,
> Dan Morgenstern, Ed Berger and Ralph Bowen) three from the Jazz Society
> (the
>
> President, Vice-President and one other person; respectively, Andrea
> Tyson,
> Lou Iozzi and Stan Myers) and five distinguished “jazz world” figures,
> currently: bassist/author Bill Crow, jazz critic/writer George Kanzler,
> bassist
> John Lee, producer/broadcaster Bob Porter and Star-Ledger jazz columnist
> Zan
> Stewart. Each serves a staggered term. Others from the jazz world who
> have
> served include multi-instrumentalist Benny Carter, record producer Milt
> Gabler,
> jazz photographer Bill Gottlieb, bassist Milt Hinton, pianist Marian
> McPartland, record producer Helen Oakley-Dance, and singer Maxine
> Sullivan.
>
> The election process has evolved over time, and might now be called a “
> self-generating” ballot. The Electors are first polled, by mail, to name
> a
> number
> of deserving artists. Most recently, they were asked to name eight living
> and
> eight deceased, with no other qualification other than they aren’t
> already
> in the Hall of Fame. Given the turnover in Electors and to provide a
> sense
> of
> continuity, each Elector is given a “reminder” list of artists who came
> close
> to election in prior years. This is just to assure that deserving
> artists
> aren’t “lost in the shuffle.” The most frequently named artists from the
> first
> round are then listed on a second ballot and the Electors are instructed
> to
> choose a number of those artists to be honored. The criterion for
> election
> is
> to receive six or more votes from the eleven Electors. Those receiving
> less
> than six, but more than two votes are added to the “reminder” list for
> next
> year.
>
> Although there is no physical site for the Hall of Fame and no formal
> induction ceremonies, living honorees are presented with an engraved faux
> crystal
> plaque when and as they can be located, usually at a performance in New
> York
> or elsewhere."
>
> Don Robertson
>
>
> In a message dated 2/16/2008 8:09:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> knittelsportland at juno.com writes:
>
> 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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