ASCAP Names More Jazz Wall of Famers

The names of seven jazz stars including Quincy Jones and Marian McPartland (pictured) were added to the Jazz Wall of Fame at the ASCAP’s New York City offices on Monday at an invitation-only luncheon. Both Jones and McPartland were on hand to receive the honor and McPartland treated all those in attendance to a piano performance. (ASCAP is an organization committed to protecting the rights of its members-music composers&#$151;by licensing and collecting royalties for the public performance of their copyrighted works, and then distributing these fees to the Society’s members based on performances.)

The other new Wall of Famers were honored posthumously: Ray Brown, Carmen McRae, Woody Herman, Joe Pass and Willie “The Lion” Smith. ASCAP members and proven composers Alan Bergman, John Clayton and Johnny Mandel decided on this year’s Wall of Fame honorees. The Wall of Fame also includes Hank Jones, Sidney Bechet, Al Cohn, Nat “King” Cole, Peggy Lee, Teddy Wilson and Lester Young.

The reception also celebrated the second annual Young Jazz Composer

Awards of The ASCAP Foundation, a two-year-old program that encourages composers under 30 to write jazz tunes. The judges for the competition were ASCAP members

and jazzmen John Fedchock, Frank Foster and Rufus Reid. Below is a list of the award recipients is attached, along with the titles of their award-winning works. For more info on ASCAP, visit www.ascap.com.

Young Jazz Composer Awards winners:

MICHAEL BARILE (age 27) JOY STREET

New Orleans, LA

NATHANIEL BEVERSLUIS (age 26) NATURAL SELECTION

Cincinnati, OH

ZACCAI CURTIS (age 21) STORY IN THREE

Windsor, CT

BRIAN EISENBERG (age 24) LATIN AMERICAN-IZATION

San Diego, CA

JESSE ELDER (age 19) RED PAINT

Rochester, MI

ROSS GARREN (age 18) MAGGIE’S NAP

Carmel, CA

JOHN RUSSEL HEER (age 22) BEAN, BEIN’, BEEN

Los Osos, CA

AYN INSERTO (age 27) FOXBORO SUITE

Boston, MA

CAMILLE JENTGEN (age 23) JOY IS TO LIFE

Tucson, AZ

PASCAL LeBOEUF (age 17) POTTER WATER

Santa Cruz, CA

REMY LeBOEUF (age 17) CAT’S WHISKERS

Santa Cruz, CA

MICHAEL MacALLISTER (age 21) GUIDE

Boston, MA

ANDREW NEESLEY (age 24) NEES PLEEZ

Eau Claire, WI

ROBERT REYNOLDS (age 26) HIDDEN AGENDA

Astoria, NY

DANNY RIVERA (age 16) OUT OF THE BLUE

Bellerose, NY

MATT ROBERTS (age 21) 21ST CENTURY BOHEMIAN

N. Hollywood, CA

SCOTT ROUTENBERG (age 24) FREEZING RAIN

Miami, FL

SAMUEL SADUGURSKY (age 24) UNLESS?

Brooklyn, NY

JEFFREY SCHNEIDER (age 16) BREAKFAST AT NOON

Greenwich, CT

JOEY SCHNEIDER (age 15) SIGNATURE

Novato, CA

KENNETH SHANKER (age 23) SAINTS

Brooklyn, NY

STEPHEN C. SMITH (age 25) PARADIGM SHIFT

Wichita Falls, TX

Originally Published March 10, 2004