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:: 1983 Jazz Masters


William "Count" Basie
Bandleader, Pianist, Organist, Composer, Arranger
 


Kenny Clarke
Drummer, Bandleader
 


Sonny Rollins
Saxophonist, Composer
 

   

Photo credits:
William "Count" Basie: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Kenny Clarke: Herman Leonard Photography LLC<br>ctsimages.com
Sonny Rollins: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.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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