BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) - Thousands of people are expected to gather at Linn Park over the weekend to enjoy the sweet sounds of jazz music. The Steel City Smooth Jazz Festival attracts people from all over the country.

“I could sit and listen to the music all day long, I hope the weather holds up," said Montie Taylor, who traveled down from Tennessee. "Just wonderful music, a great environment and just vibing and kicking off the summer.”

Taylor and her best friend, Tina Deneen, are getting groovy together at the Steel City Smooth Jazz Festival this weekend. Though they live hundreds of miles apart, the sorority sisters knew the perfect spot to reconnect would be the jazz festival in Birmingham.

"We used to live here, sometime about 6 years ago we moved from here to Maryland, and we came

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