Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival

One-day jazz festival which has been presented annually since 2003 in Birmingham's Historic 4th Avenue District downtown.

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Reach (right) with Branford Marsalis

Ray Reach

American pianist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger, music producer, and educator, named by AL.com as one of "30 Alabamians who changed jazz history."

American pianist, vocalist, guitarist, composer, arranger, music producer, and educator, named by AL.com as one of "30 Alabamians who changed jazz history."

Reach (right) with Branford Marsalis

On September 27, 2008, The Ray Reach Quartet, featuring saxophonist Gary Wheat, drummer Steve Ramos, and Count Basie bassist Cleveland Eaton with guest New York trumpeter Lew Soloff, appeared at the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham, Alabama.

Members of the AJHF free Saturday jazz class.

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

Founded in 1978, and opened a museum on September 18, 1993, with 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."

Founded in 1978, and opened a museum on September 18, 1993, with 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."

Members of the AJHF free Saturday jazz class.
Members of the AJHF free Saturday jazz class.

During the fall of each year, the "Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival" takes place, jointly sponsored by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and Urban Impact of Birmingham.

Birmingham, Alabama

City in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama.

City in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Another musical festival is the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival, presented at the end of August each year, concurrent with the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.

Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2007

List of jazz festivals

List of notable jazz festivals.

List of notable jazz festivals.

Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2007
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Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival in Birmingham

Carver Theatre

Carver Theatre (Birmingham, Alabama)

Theater located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Theater located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Carver Theatre

Since its reopening, the Carver has hosted many events such as the Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival, and the annual AJHoF Student Jazz Festival, as well as performances by Duke Ellington Orchestra, Lionel Hampton, Diana Krall, Lou Marini, the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, Ray Reach and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars, Gregg Karukas, the Tom Joyner syndicated radio show, and many other notable performers.