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:: 1986 Jazz Masters


Benny Carter
Saxophonist, Trumpeter, Arranger, Composer, Bandleader
 


Dexter Gordon
Saxophonist
 


Teddy Wilson
Pianist, Arranger, Educator
 

   

Photo credits:
Benny Carter: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Dexter Gordon: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Teddy Wilson: by Rolf Ambor/ctsimages.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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