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	NEA Jazz Masters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NEA, or National Endowment for the Arts, every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards.
		The award is usually given late in a performers career after they have established themselves.
		The NPR radio program Jazz Profiles has featured many Jazz Masters such as Herbie Hancock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NEA_Jazz_Masters (105 words)

	Festival Productions, Inc. > NEA Jazz Masters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Designation as an NEA Jazz Master is the nation's highest honor in jazz and may be conferred on a solo instrumentalist, rhythm instrumentalist, keyboardist, arranger-composer, big band leader, vocalist, or jazz advocate.
		The seven new NEA Jazz Masters, who will officially receive their awards at a ceremony and concert on January 7, 2005, are Kenny Burrell (guitarist), Paquito D'Rivera (clarinetist-saxophonist), Slide Hampton (arranger-composer), Shirley Horn (vocalist), Artie Shaw (big band leader), Jimmy Smith (keyboardist), and George Wein (jazz advocate).
		The NEA Jazz Masters touring program is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts with matching funds from Chamber Music America for 16 presenters through a generous grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
	www.festivalproductions.net /04/announce/nea.htm (662 words)

	{ Arts Midwest }
		NEA Jazz Masters on Tour will reach audiences in all 50 states through performances, educational activities, and speaking engagements featuring the NEA Jazz Masters.
		NEA Jazz Masters on Tour is sponsored by Verizon with additional support provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
		NEA Jazz Masters on Tour is sponsored by Verizon with additional support by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation through Chamber Music America.
	www.artsmidwest.org /programs/jazz_masters.asp (495 words)

	National Endowment for the Arts Expands the NEA Jazz Masters Program : ArriveNet Press Releases : Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In addition, a sixth NEA Jazz Master award may now be given to a jazz advocate who has made major contributions to the field.
		NEA Jazz Masters are chosen through nominations submitted by the American public.
		NEA Jazz Masters to be Honored in New York on January 23
	press.arrivenet.com /gov/article.php/113137.html (1739 words)

	NEA names seven Jazz Masters
		NEA Chairman Dana Gioia announced the honorees yesterday afternoon at a gala event at On the Boards that featured a performance by Jazz Master Benny Golson with the Garfield High School Jazz Band.
		The seven new Jazz Masters will receive their awards in January at a gala concert held in Long Beach, Calif., during the annual convention of the International Association for Jazz Education.
		Since 1982, the NEA has honored 80 musicians and jazz advocates as Jazz Masters, an honor that includes a one-time fellowship of $25,000.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /pop/198256_masters05.html (431 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters JackieMcLean
		Yet another jazz master who grew up in a musical home, Jackie's father John was a guitarist who performed with bandleader Tiny Bradshaw.
		McLean's stints with the Miles Davis (NEA Jazz Master 1984) band, between 1949-53 yielded his first recording sessions as a sideman (reissued as Miles Davis, The Blue Note and Capitol Recordings, Capitol; Miles Davis, Dig, Original Jazz Classics; and Miles Davis, Odyssey, Prestige).
		From Davis it was on to work with pianist George Wallington, drummer Art Blakey (NEA Jazz Master 1988)'s Jazz Messengers, and bassist Charles Mingus, during Jackie's busiest period as a sideman, mid-late 1950s.
	www.iaje.org /bio.asp?ArtistID=2 (660 words)

	Jazz News Story - Introducing the 2005 NEA Jazz Masters@ jazzreview.com
		Additionally, the NEA used the occasion to announce an ambitious new curriculum integrating the study of jazz into American History classes in the nation's schools.
		Also worthy of serious consideration was the announcement of a new NEA initiative underwritten by Verizon to make a jazz curriculum available for high schools that want to participate.
		The 2005 recipients of the NEA's Jazz Masters awards were a diverse and deserving bunch representing different eras and styles of jazz.
	www.jazzreview.com /articledetails.cfm?ID=3773 (584 words)

	Jazzcorner's Speakeasy - Verizon to Sponsor NEA Jazz Masters - 2005
		The 2005 Jazz Masters awardees are guitarist Kenney Burrell, instrumentalist Paquito D'Rivera, arranger-composer Slide Hampton, vocalist Shirley Horn, recently deceased big band leader Artie Shaw, keyboardist Jimmy Smith and jazz impresario George Wein.
		The 2005 Jazz Masters will be recognized at an awards ceremony and concert tonight at 8 at the Terrace Theater, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center.
		In conjunction with the company's sponsorship of the '05 Jazz Masters program, the Verizon Foundation is providing a $100,000 grant for NEA Jazz in the Schools, an educational resource for high school teachers that uses a Web- based curriculum and DVD toolkit (see related NEA news release).
	www.jazzcornertalk.com /speakeasy/showthread.php?t=9196 (488 words)

	NEA Jazz Masters to be Honored in New York on January 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		NEA Jazz Masters Ron Carter, Roy Haynes, and Horace Silver will be among the award presenters at the ceremony, hosted by NEA Jazz Master (and International Association for Jazz Education President) David Baker.
		Among the performers at the concert will be NEA Jazz Masters Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Jon Hendricks, Billy Taylor, and Clark Terry, as well as such luminaries as Paquito D'Rivera, Hubert Laws, Joe Negri, The Four Brothers, and the New York Voices.
		The new touring component of the NEA Jazz Masters program is intended to bring NEA Jazz Masters to all 50 states over the next two years.
	preferredconsumer.com /culture/articles/jazz_masters_to_be_honored.html (1982 words)

	FESTIVAL PRODUCTIONS. INC - GEORGE WEIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jazz Impresario George Wein is considered to be as much a legend as his festivals.
		Wein is the person responsible for the Newport Jazz Festival--an event that started the "festival era," according to jazz critic Leonard Feather.
		In June 1993, President Bill Clinton held a White House jazz festival honoring George Wein on the 40th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival.
	www.festivalproductions.net /04/About/ceo.htm (593 words)

	Contemporary Arts Center \| New Orleans \| About \| JazzNet & NEA Jazz Masters
		Jazz is the most American of art forms and perhaps America's greatest artistic contribution, as cherished and vital worldwide today as it was nearly a century ago, when a few musicians first gathered at inner-city clubs to create a new sound that would reverberate from New Orleans to Chicago; from New York to Los Angeles.
		Our current season of jazz music is supported by Jazz Net and NEA Jazz Masters on Tour, a national jazz touring initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Doris Duke Charitable Foundtaion.
		NEA Jazz Masters on Tour is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts sponsored by Verizon in partnership with Arts Midwest.
	www.cacno.org /about/jazznet.html (505 words)

	News - Connecticut, CT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This year the Litchfield Jazz Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and true to its artistic director’s passion, this is the year of the vocalist.
		Organized by the NEA and Arts Midwest, NEA Jazz Masters On Tour, supported by Verizon, is bringing its roster of distinguished American musicians to audiences in all 50 states.
		Established in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters program honors living legends for their exceptional contributions to jazz and helps to connect them, and their music, to the American people through broadcasts, publications, educational initiatives, and NEA Jazz Masters On Tour.
	www.litchfieldjazzfest.com /programs/jazzfest/News (2814 words)

	Nominations Invited for NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The National Endowment for the Arts awards the Jazz Masters Fellowships to honor America's jazz practitioners and to help perpetuate the art form.
		This year, the NEA has increased the value of the fellowships to $25,000 and raised the number of fellowships from three to four.
		The NEA will honor a range of styles, musical instruments, vocalists, and composer/arrangers, and awards will be categorical — i.e., a rhythm instrumentalist, pianist, solo instrumentalist, vocalist, or arranger/composer will be honored each year.
	fdncenter.org /pnd/rfp/arts/20030919_nea.html (164 words)

	NEA's Jazz Masters Program Branches Out (washingtonpost.com)
		The National Endowment for the Arts is enhancing its Jazz Masters program by organizing an annual tour and collaborating on a CD project and radio profiles of its honorees.
		The NEA hopes to provide seed money to nonprofit presenting organizations and schools for performances by Jazz Masters.
		Singer Nancy Wilson is one of the NEA's Jazz Masters for 2004.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A59614-2003Nov18.html (572 words)

	NewMusicbox
		Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts's Jazz Masters program has sought to correct that oversight by honoring living jazz musicians for their dedication and advancement of the field.
		The Endowment is also organizing a national touring component to the Jazz Masters program and is producing hour-long audio profiles of the six 2004 NEA Jazz Masters for radio distribution.
		"The decision to place the NEA Jazz Masters award on a par with the Pulitzer Prize as the highest award our nation can bestow in the jazz field is a courageous act and an historic event," he said.
	www.newmusicbox.org /news.nmbx?id=00334 (1325 words)

	NEA Selects UI Hancher Auditorium To Be Iowa's Jazz Masters Host
		The National Endowment for the Arts launched "NEA Jazz Masters on Tour" in April 2004 with a small-scale program that helped bring artists including Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Heath and Randy Weston to audiences.
		Now "NEA Jazz Masters on Tour" is a large-scale operation with an impact in every state.
		Established in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters program honors living legends for their exceptional contributions to jazz and helps to connect them and their music to the American people through broadcasts, publications, educational initiatives, and now through NEA Jazz Masters on Tour.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/2005/may/050405hancher-jazz.html (366 words)

	2005 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs - Rethinking the War on Terror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Castiglione has a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a BA in History and Political Science from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
		In 2003, Hentoff was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Jazz Advocate Award, the first time a jazz critic has been honored.
		Frederick P. Hitz, a member of Princeton's Class of 1961, is the former inspector general of the CIA, appointed by the President in 1990.
	www.wws.princeton.edu /pcpia/bios.html (7395 words)

	Jazz News: NEA Jazz Masters & students to perform at White House
		A concert, A Salute to NEA Jazz Masters, will take place in the East Room of the White House on Tuesday, June 22 at 4:00 p.m.
		A Salute to NEA Jazz Masters will feature three of the NEA Jazz Masters, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor performing with his trio and with six young musicians from the Kennedy Center’s Jazz and a New Generation program; drummer, Chico Hamilton; and saxophonist, James Moody.
		The NEA Jazz Masters program was selected by the White House to mark its 2004 celebration of Black Music Month, an opportunity to recognize the impact of African-American music on the Nation’s culture and to honor those artists who have made significant contributions to those musical forms.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=3808 (354 words)

	IAJE 2005 Recollections By Kate Kaiser
		Shaw, who passed away a week before the IAJE Conference, luckily had been informed previously about the award and had been delighted to become an NEA Jazz Master - the highest Honor in Jazz - we were told and he had all intentions to be in Long Beach that evening.
		NEA Chairman Dana Gioia (his brother Ted Gioia wrote "The History of Jazz" among other Jazz books) announced a new partnership with Verizon and received a symbolic $100,000 check from the telecommunications giant at the IAJE.
		Schwartz is a master in Jazz music marketing and shares his knowledge in occasional workshops on the subject in and around Berkeley, California.
	www.jazznow.com /0305/2005IAJE.html (1478 words)

	About the USA - Arts & Entertainment > Music
		Jazz originated in New Orleans early in the 20th century, bringing together elements from ragtime, slave songs, and brass bands.
		Jazz was the reigning popular American music from the 1920s through the 1940s.
		Rhythm and blues was a combination of jazz and other “race” music with the lyrical content, sonic gestures and format of the blues.
	usa.usembassy.de /arts-music.htm (1058 words)

	Jazz88 FM - The World's Premier Jazz Radio Station, NYC and NJ
		Bandleader and arranger/composer Artie Shaw, jazz impresario and advocate George Wein, trombonist and arranger/composer Slide Hampton, guitarist Kenny Burrell, vocalist Shirley Horn, keyboardist Jimmy Smith, and clarinetist/saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera will be honored as 2005 NEA Jazz Masters at the 32nd Annual IAJE conference and on the air Jan 1 - 8 on WBGO.
		Each year since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has selected living jazz legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz, to receive this nation's highest recognition and a one-time fellowship of $25,000.
		There are now 80 total Jazz Masters, and Jazz88 will spotlight one of the seven new 2005 Jazz Masters each day with interviews, music, and special features.
	www.wbgo.org /events/2005/NEAJazzMasters.asp (955 words)

	NewMusicbox
		Jazz Masters (l to r) Paquito D'Rivera (photo by Lane Penderson), Artie Shaw (Bruce Weber), Slide Hampton (Teri Bloom), Shirley Horn (Larry Basacca), George Wein (John Abbott), Jimmy Smith (R. Morishima), and Kenny Burrell (Bob Barry).
		The new class of NEA Jazz Masters will receive their awards, which include a one-time fellowship of $25,000, in January at a gala concert in Long Beach, California.
		In making the announcement, Gioia noted that "from its earliest days until now [jazz] has continued to grow creatively—and yet the people who have given us this art form deserve far greater recognition." The Jazz Masters program seeks to rectify that situation by directing public attention to some of the field's greatest living figures.
	www.newmusicbox.org /news.nmbx?id=00442 (198 words)

	Verizon to Sponsor 2005 Jazz Masters Initiative :: PNNOnline ::
		The 2005 Jazz Masters will be recognized at an awards ceremony and concert at the Terrace Theater, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center.
		The Verizon sponsorship of the renowned program was announced at the International Association for Jazz Education conference, which was held in Long Beach, California.
		In conjunction with the company's sponsorship of the '05 Jazz Masters program, the Verizon Foundation is providing a $100,000 grant for NEA Jazz in the Schools, an educational resource for high school teachers that uses a Web- based curriculum and DVD toolkit.
	www.pnnonline.org /article.php?sid=5687&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 (548 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: NEA to Honor 2005 Jazz Masters at Concert on January 7
		NEA to Honor 2005 Jazz Masters at Concert on January 7
		The National Endowment of the Arts will honor its 2005 Jazz Masters at a January 7 concert at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, California.
		The NEA Jazz Masters Award is the nation's highest honor for jazz musicians.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/1007.html (315 words)

	Contemporary Arts Center \| New Orleans: Performing Arts
		The influential contemporary jazz acoustic pianist and composer, and original member of the John Coltrane Quartet in the early 1960s, performs with his longtime trio including Charnett Moffett on bass and Eric Kamau Gravatt on drums.
		Tyner was named a NEA Jazz Master in 2002.
		Abbey Lincoln is a living legend among jazz vocalists, singing with an interpretive quality and emotional impact that has mesmerized fans and listeners for over 40 years.
	www.cacno.org /performing_arts.html (1419 words)

	Biographies of Jazz Musicians
		Ornette Coleman, (4) Ornette Coleman Biography from NEA Jazz Masters, (5) Ornette Coleman, (6) Ornette Coleman, (7) Ornette Coleman from The Iceberg
		Masters, (3) Jackie McLean from NPR Jazz Profiles, (4) Jackie McLean from The Iceberg, (5) Jackie McLean: Sugar Free Saxophone by M. Zwerin, (6) Jackie McLean
		Vaughan Biography from NEA Jazz Masters, (4) Sarah Vaughan from NPR Jazz Profiles, (5) Sarah Vaughan from The Iceberg, (6) Sarah Vaughan from BBC
	www.42explore.com /jazz2.htm (3315 words)

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