As Jazz Appreciation Month nears its end, Jazz at Lincoln Center has opened voting for the 2019 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame inductees. The general public can vote online now for this year’s nominees by clicking here.
Voting ends on April 29 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
The 2019 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame nominees are: Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Kenny Clarke, Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill, Cecil Taylor, Frank Trumbauer, Dinah Washington, Chick Webb, and Teddy Wilson.
This year’s nominees were selected by a Jazz at Lincoln Center-appointed panel, which includes Bill Charlap, Aaron Diehl, Jon Faddis, Will Friedwald, Ethan Iverson, Jerome Jennings, Renee Rosnes, Catherine Russell, Bobby Sanabria, Phil Schaap, Loren Schoenberg, Bria Skonberg, Terell Stafford, Helen Sung, and Ben Young.
Jazz at Lincoln Center will announce the four inductees of the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame 2019 class on April 30, recognized as International Jazz Day. The inductees will be celebrated at curated sets on July 16–17 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club. The shows will also be webcast live at jazz.org/live.
Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame is located in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Broadway at 60th Street in New York City. For additional information, visit jazz.org.
