
NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Heath, Chick Corea, Paquito D'Rivera, and James Moody at the 2006 awards concert. Photo by Tom Pich

Minnesota's state champion Isabella Callery (Anishinaabe) became the 2019 Poetry Out Loud National Champion. Photo by James Kegley

NEA Jazz Masters Jack DeJohnette, Ron Carter, Sheila Jordan, and Jimmy Owens performing at the 2012 tribute concert. Photo by Michael G. Stewart

2004 NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton performs as part of A Salute to NEA Jazz Masters, a White House concert in celebration of Black Music Month in 2004. Photo by Vance Jacobs

2017 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Samara Elán Huggins from Georgia backstage during the competition. Photo by James Kegley
2011 NEA Jazz Masters the Marsalis Family perform with bassist Jason Stewart at the tribute concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Photo by Frank Stewart

Dianne Reeves, with Sherrie Maricle and the Diva Jazz Orchestra, performs a tribute to Dee Dee Bridgewater at the 2017 NEA Jazz Master Tribute Concert. Photo by Shannon Finney

DC state champion Amanda Fernandez is announced as the 2007 Poetry Out Loud National Champion. Photo by James Kegley

Jason Moran, Cleve Guyton, Noah Jackson, Terence Blanchard, and Terri Lyne Carrington perform in honor of 2019 NEA Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Photo by Shannon Finney<

2011 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Youssef Biaz from Alabama. Photo by James Kegley
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