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:: 1994 Jazz Masters


Louie Bellson
Drummer, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Educator
 


Ahmad Jamal
Pianist, Composer
 


Carmen McRae
Vocalist, Pianist
 

   

Photo credits:
Louie Bellson: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Ahmad Jamal: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Carmen McRae: 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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