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:: 1982 Jazz Masters


Roy Eldridge
Trumpeter, Pianist, Vocalist
 


John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader
 


Sun Ra
Bandleader, Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger
 

   

Photo credits:
Roy Eldridge: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie: by Michael Wilderman jazzvisionsphotos.com
Sun Ra: by Michael Wilderman<br>jazzvisionsphotos.com

     

The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honors that our government bestows upon jazz musicians. These fellowships are given in recognition that this magnificent art form, so profoundly based in American culture, is one of America's greatest gifts to the world.

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