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UAB Jazz Ensemble, music student win Jazz Hall of Fame honors

  • April 25, 2012
UAB Jazz Ensemble and student Micah Braxton won top honors at the 2012 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Student Jazz Band Festival.

uabjazz_hofwin_jpgThe UAB Jazz Ensemble recently received the first place award of Band of Distinction April 14 at the 2012 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Student Jazz Band Festival. Micah Braxton, a UAB music technology major from Norfolk, Va., won the honor of outstanding soloist for his work on drum set. 

The competition included jazz bands from colleges in Alabama and Mississippi.