[Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame

[DRobert769 at aol.com]

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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