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:: 2007 Jazz Masters


Toshiko Akiyoshi
Bandleader, Pianist, Composer, Arranger
 


Curtis Fuller
Trombonist, Educator
 


Ramsey Lewis
Pianist, Composer, Educator, Broadcaster
 


Dan Morgenstern
Jazz Historian, Archivist, Author, Editor, Educator
 


Jimmy Scott
Vocalist
 


Frank Wess
Flutist, Saxophonist, Composer
 


Phil Woods
Saxophonist, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Educator
 

   

Photo credits:
Toshiko Akiyoshi: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Curtis Fuller: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Ramsey Lewis: photo by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Dan Morgenstern: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Jimmy Scott: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Frank Wess: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Phil Woods: 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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