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:: 1997 Jazz Masters


Billy Higgins
Drummer
 


Milt Jackson
Vibraphonist, Pianist, Bandleader
 


Anita O'Day
Vocalist
 

   

Photo credits:
Billy Higgins: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Milt Jackson: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Anita O'Day: 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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