[Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame

[DRobert769 at aol.com]

The New Jersey Jazz Society and the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies  
established the American Jazz Hall of Fame in 1983 and has held annual elections  
since then. Right now there are over 200 artists inducted, including, of course, 
 Louis Armstrong as one of the first. The AJHoF is "virtual" in that it has 
no  physical representation, although NJJS is working on a website at present. 
There  is also a hall of Fame at Lincoln Center that started a few years ago 
that is  better funded. Dan Morgenstern, the IJS Director serves on both. I was 
 Secretary for the AJHoF for the last 10-15 years and supervised the  
balloting.
Don Robertson
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2008 6:36:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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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