Five jazz artists with roots in the Natural State were inducted into the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame during a ceremony and jam session June 20 at the Old State House Museum s 1885 House of Representative Chamber. The event, sponsored by the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation, honors those who have made notable contributions in the arena of jazz music.
Arkansas jazz musicians TeRoy Betton Jr., Irene Crutchfield Brown, Bill Craig, Jackie Lamar and Ken Walker join the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame at an "Induction Ceremony with Jazz Celebration," sponsored and presented by the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation, 8-10 p.m. Monday in the 1885 House of Representatives Chamber of the Old State House Museum in Little Rock.