2023 NEA Jazz Masters Announced
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced the recipients of its prestigious Jazz Masters fellowships for 2023. Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Louis … Read More “2023 NEA Jazz Masters Announced”
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2022 NEA Jazz Masters Program to Be Held in San Francisco
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced its program to honor the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters class—Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison, Jr., Billy Hart, … Read More “2022 NEA Jazz Masters Program to Be Held in San Francisco”
Jimmy Owens Leads Tribute to Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk
Flushing Town Hall in Queens, New York, marks 15 years of an annual tradition with its November 12 concert “NEA Jazz Masters: The Music of … Read More “Jimmy Owens Leads Tribute to Horace Silver and Thelonious Monk”
2022 NEA Jazz Masters Announced
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the latest class of NEA Jazz Masters, the highest recognition that the United States bestows on its … Read More “2022 NEA Jazz Masters Announced”
NEA Jazz Masters Event Goes Virtual for Second Year
The NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert for 2021 will once again take place virtually, streaming on April 22 in a program co-presented by the National … Read More “NEA Jazz Masters Event Goes Virtual for Second Year”
National Endowment for the Arts Reveals Jazz Masters for 2021
The National Endowment for the Arts has today announced the four recipients of the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship. The new honorees of the United … Read More “National Endowment for the Arts Reveals Jazz Masters for 2021”
NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Set for Aug. 20
The National Endowment for the Arts is the latest player in the jazz world to take its presence into the virtual arena, announcing that its … Read More “NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Set for Aug. 20”
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2020 Jazz Masters
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the four newest recipients of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz. Musicians Bobby … Read More “National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2020 Jazz Masters”
2019 NEA Jazz Masters Honored in Washington
The son of a silent film accompanist, raised in apartheid South Africa; a kid from Arkansas longing to join the hip world of bebop; a … Read More “2019 NEA Jazz Masters Honored in Washington”
NEA Jazz Masters to Be Honored at Kennedy Center on April 15
The National Endowment for the Arts will honor this year’s Jazz Masters—Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, Maria Schneider, and Stanley Crouch—with a series of Washington D.C.-based … Read More “NEA Jazz Masters to Be Honored at Kennedy Center on April 15”