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* [http://www.chuckredd.com Chuck Redd] website | * [http://www.chuckredd.com Chuck Redd] website | ||
* [http://www.philwoods.com/goodwin.htm Bill Goodwin] at Phil Woods' website | * [http://www.philwoods.com/goodwin.htm Bill Goodwin] at Phil Woods' website | ||
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* | * [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=1874 Ray Reach] at All About Jazz | ||
* [http://www.lgjazz.com/pages/quotes.html Laszlo Gardony] website | |||
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Revision as of 14:24, 17 July 2007
The W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars is a group of jazz musicians who collectively form the roster of musicians which play every year at the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, Alabama. Every year, usually during the last week of July, these musicians, from all over the united States, gather in Florence and perform in various combinations. A number of Birmingham musicians participate in this festival.
The Roster of Musicians
- Mundell Lowe – Film composer and guitarist with Andre Pevin, residing in San Diego, California.
- Tom Wolfe – Guitarist, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Alabama.
- Mel Deal - Guitarist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Chuck Redd - Vibraphonist & percussionist, residing in Takoma Park, Maryland.
- Bill Goodwin – Percussionist with Phil Woods, residing in New Jersey.
- Sonny Harris – Percussionist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Mike Shepherd – Percussionist, one of the founders of the Handy Festival, residing in Minnesota.
- Johnny O'Neal - Pianist & vocalist, residing in Detroit, Michigan.
- Robert Redd - Pianist, residing in Takoma Park, Maryland.
- Ray Reach – Pianist & vocalist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Mike Wofford – Pianist, residing in Los Angeles, California.
- Laszlo Gardony – Pianist.
- Cleveland Eaton - Bassist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Tim Goodwin – Bassist, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Memphis.
- Ike Harris – Bassist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
- Neal Starkey – Bassist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Gary Lamb – Trumpeter & vocalist.
- Holly Hofmann – Flutist, residing in Los Angeles, California.
- Howard Lamb – Trombonist & Director of the Memphis Jazz Orchestra.
- Ken Watters – Trumpeter, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Rick Bell – Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
External Links
- Mundell Lowe website
- Chuck Redd website
- Bill Goodwin at Phil Woods' website
- Johnny O'Neal website
- Ray Reach at All About Jazz
- Laszlo Gardony website
- Holly Hofmann website
- Ken Watters website