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== The Roster of Musicians ==
== The Roster of Musicians ==
Through the years, the W. C. Handy Music Festival has featured a large roster of top quality jazz musicians, including:


* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundell_Lowe Mundell Lowe] – Film composer and guitarist with the Andre Pevin Trio, residing in San Diego, California.
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundell_Lowe Mundell Lowe] – Film composer and guitarist with the Andre Pevin Trio, residing in San Diego, California.
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* [[Tim Goodwin]] – Bassist, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Memphis.   
* [[Tim Goodwin]] – Bassist, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Memphis.   
* [[Ike Harris]] – Bassist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.   
* [[Ike Harris]] – Bassist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.   
* [[Cleveland Eaton]] - Bassist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
* [[Neal Starkey]] – Bassist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.       
* [[Neal Starkey]] – Bassist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.       
* [[Gary Lamb]] – Trumpeter & vocalist.   
* [[Gary Lamb]] – Trumpeter & vocalist.   
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* [[Ken Watters]] – Trumpeter, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.  
* [[Ken Watters]] – Trumpeter, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.  
* [[Rick Bell]] – Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
* [[Rick Bell]] – Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
* [[Kelley O'Neal]] - Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.  
* [[Kelley O'Neal]] - Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.
 


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 01:57, 31 August 2007

The W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars is a group of jazz musicians who collectively form the roster of musicians who 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

Through the years, the W. C. Handy Music Festival has featured a large roster of top quality jazz musicians, including:

  • Mundell Lowe – Film composer and guitarist with the Andre Pevin Trio, residing in San Diego, California.
  • Tom Wolfe – Guitarist, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Alabama.
  • Mel Deal - Guitarist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Lloyd Wells - Guitarsist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Eric Essix - Guitarist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • 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, Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Mike Wofford – Pianist, residing in Los Angeles, California.
  • Laszlo Gardony – Pianist.
  • Tim Goodwin – Bassist, Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Memphis.
  • Ike Harris – Bassist, residing in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Cleveland Eaton - Bassist, residing in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • 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.
  • Kelley O'Neal - Saxophonist, residing in Atlanta, Georgia.

External Links

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