Jan. 22 ? 1:30-2:45 p.m. 

Church of the Holy Comforter 

Mike Lingo 

This class will cover the history of big band jazz in the Birmingham area, beginning in the 1880s. The class broadly covers four eras: The Vaudeville musicians, the immigrant bands, the college bands and the member-led bands. The timeline begins with the development of the first opera houses in Birmingham and ends with the current Super Jazz project and the Birmingham Heritage Band.