Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival

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The Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival is a one day jazz festival held annually in Birmingham's Historic 4th Avenue District downtown. It is presented by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and Urban Impact.

2006

The 2006 festival was held on September 23, the same weekend as the Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival. It kicked off with a New Orleans style parade at 1:00 PM and continued with the New Orleans All-Stars, Tommy Stewart, Ray Reach & Friends, Foxxy Fatts & Co, Cleve Eaton, Rolando Matias & the Afro Rican Ensemble featuring Bobby Matos, Johnny O'Neal, Eric Essix, Dee Lucas, the Birmingham Heritage Band, and Donald Witherspoon as Billy Ocean.

Other activities included a swing-dancing tent, a children's area, and food and gift vendors.

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