JazzHall Radio

02/05/2024

Jazz at Lincoln Center's 29th annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is May 9–11! We receive a preview of the event from JLCO’s longtime sax player,...

07/04/2024

At long last, we have some exciting changes on the way! While we make some upgrades, the station may be off the air at times (91.1 and jazzhall.com) the next couple of days.

05/02/2024

Samara Joy, Billy Childs, Nicole Zuraitis, säje, Miguel Zenon, Laufey, Meshell Ndegeocello and the Count Basie Orchestra among the winners at the 2024 Grammy Awards pre-telecast ceremony.

23/11/2023

Awww

SEATTLE—In response to criticism about the company’s holiday schedules, Amazon announced Thursday that it would let warehouse employees work alongside their family members this Thanksgiving. “Opening up our fulfillment centers to the spouses and children of workers will help us better represen...

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving!

Don’t forget to watch the Macy’s Parade Thanksgiving morning!

The Alabama A&M University Marching Maroon and White Band will be leading the Macy’s parade. Thank you to Director Carlton Wright, staff, and AAMU Band students for representing Alabama this week in New York. Congratulations!

25/10/2023

Go PJ!

27/08/2023

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04/08/2023

91.1 is currently off the air, with storm-related technical issues. Please enjoy the music online til further notice!

https://jazzhall.com/

17/04/2023

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13/12/2022

Who wants free stuff?

07/12/2022

Here's a chance to hear great music AND see the newly remodeled Carver Theatre!

07/10/2022

Much love to our extended jazz/radio family at WVAS-FM
We lost a legend. 😥

Longtime WVAS 90.7 FM broadcaster Melvin “Mel” Marshall has died after a crash in Macon County.

04/10/2022

Go Jazmin!

So excited to present at the 14th Annual Jazz Education Network Conference January 4th 2023! Make sure to register today!

29/08/2022

Damn. Thanks for the music, Joey DeFrancesco.
https://jazzhall.com/2022/organist-joey-defrancesco-dies-at-51/

18/08/2022

We hope you have those lawn chairs ready! 😎

The Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival is back and will be bigger than ever! Meet us in the Historic 4th Avenue Business District on Sat. Aug. 27th beginning at 12 noon. The festival is FREE and open to the entire community.

For more information, visit www.4thavenuejazz.org.

07/06/2022

91.1 may have intermittent outages as we perform technical upgrades this week. You can continue listening online at jazzhall.com

11/05/2022

Or listen for them on Jazz Hall Radio!

Head over to Spotify's State of Jazz playlist to listen to Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart's "Django" from their new trio album Perpetual Pendulum!

Listen to the playlist today: spoti.fi/3sqIc56

11/05/2022

Please join me in congratulating Isabella Dennison, the first place winner of our 2022 Congressional Art Competition! Isabella is a 10th grader at Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in Montgomery whose winning piece is entitled "Legacy." Her artwork will soon be framed and displayed in the U.S. Capitol along with other winners from across the nation. Wonderful job, Isabella!!

The 7th District is blessed to have so many talented students. I was truly amazed by each of the 40 entries submitted this year. Thank you to all who participated and I look forward to seeing what you create next year!

13/04/2022

Let's dance!

Wallace State's Jazz Band is hosting its Big Band Dance on Friday, April 15 at the Burrow Center for the Fine and Performing Arts.

“We’re excited to welcome familiar and new faces to our event,” said Ricky Burks, director of the Wallace State Jazz Band and chair of the Fine and Performing Arts program at Wallace State. “Whether you dance or not, anyone is welcome to attend to hear America’s original music.”

See more | https://news.wallacestate.edu/2022/04/11/wallace-state-jazz-band-hosting-big-band-dance-april-15/

13/04/2022

Can't wait to have you back at the Carver!

10/04/2022

Beware, my fellow 50+ers. 😄

The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America's finest news source.

10/04/2022

We all have days like this... Happy SundayFunday!

10/04/2022

It’s a beautiful day for a walk through the Red Mountain Garden Club Memorial Garden. Come take a spin! 🌿

"La Danseuse Nattova" Serge Yourievitch, bronze. BMA collection 1967.50

26/03/2022

Jazz unbanned in New Orleans. The craziest news story you'll read today. (And visit our News page for frequent updates from the world of jazz!)
https://jazzhall.com/2022/new-orleans-rescinds-little-known-century-old-ban-on-jazz-in-schools/

from The Guardian

School board ditches policy ‘rooted in racism’ that was widely ignored in practice The New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz and where it is still played nightly at various ven...

14/03/2022

Let's play some March Madness! Join the JazzHall.com brackets and compete against your jazz family!
Special invites to Auburn Bands, UAB Bands, The Marching Southerners, University of Alabama Department of Bands

https://jazzhall.com/march-jazzness/

Introducing the inaugural March Jazzness contest! Friends, listeners, patrons and artists can compete with the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame crew to see who has the best picks. The winners get…we’ll think of something. For now, we’ll post our top pickers after each round on this page.

28/02/2022

Jazz is still alive in Ukraine!
https://www.facebook.com/radiojazz.ua

Radio Jazz. Бути собою. Єдина джазова радіостанція України.