Jazz in the Park founder dies of COVID-19
Updated Dec 23, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
In this 2010 Birmingham News photo, Bernard Lockhart smiles during an interview in which he talked about his work on the Magic City Smooth Jazz non-profit organization. (Photo by Bernard Troncale/The Birmingham News)
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Jazz in the Park founder Bernard Lockhart died on Monday from complications related to COVID-19, his wife, Jacqueline, announced on Facebook.
Lockhart, 59, had been director and event organizer for Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham and event manager at Trussville Civic Center. He founded the Jazz in the Park event series at Avondale Park in Birmingham in 2010. The series later spread to other Birmingham city parks and presented jazz concerts at parks in other cities in Alabama, including in Bessemer, Helena, Huntsville and Tuscaloosa.