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:: 1990 Jazz Masters


George Russell
Composer, Arranger, Theoretician, Educator, Pianist, Drummer
 


Cecil Taylor
Pianist, Composer
 


Gerald Wilson
Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Trumpeter
 

   

Photo credits:
George Russell: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Cecil Taylor: by Michael Wilderman<br>jazzvisionsphotos.com
Gerald Wilson: by Tom Pich/tompich.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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