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:: 2009 Jazz Masters


George Benson
Guitarist, Vocalist
 


James "Jimmy" Cobb
Drummer, Educator
 


Lee Konitz
Saxophonist, Composer, Educator
 


Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans
Harmonica Player, Guitarist
 


Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder
Recording Engineer
 


Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young
Trumpeter
 

   

Photo credits:
George Benson: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
James "Jimmy" Cobb: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Lee Konitz: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young: 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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