[Tradjazz] Jazz Hall of Fame

[Hkelliott at aol.com]

Thanks, Don, for all the information on the Rutgers Jazz connection.   It's 
really helpful.  Now, all we need is for some billionaire jazz  enthusiast to 
endow a facility to house the Jazz Hall of Fame, Museum, website,  etc!  I'll 
forward all this to my friend Peter Clayton.  You might  want to check out his 
website:http://robinwoodproductions.com/  He has  produced some really good 
stuff, and is working now on a jazz CD featuring two  great saxophonists.  I've 
heard the rough cut of the CD and it really is  good.  FYI, the Space Coast 
Jazz Society is a thriving organization in the  Cocoa Beach-Satellite 
Beach--Indian Harbour Beach area of south  Florida.  They have a good website also,  
_www.spacecoastjazzsociety.com_ (http://www.spacecoastjazzsociety.com/)   King  
Elliott, Miami.
 
 
In a message dated 2/16/2008 8:26:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
DRobert769 at aol.com writes:

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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