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:: 2010 Jazz Masters


Muhal Richard Abrams
Pianist, Composer, Educator
 


George Avakian
Producer, Manager, Critic, Jazz Historian, Educator
 


Kenny Barron
Pianist, Composer, Educator
 


Bill Holman
Composer, Arranger, Saxophonist
 


Bobby Hutcherson
Vibraphonist, Marimba Player, Composer
 


Yusef Lateef
Saxophonist, Flutist, Oboist, Composer, Educator
 


Annie Ross
Vocalist, Lyricist
 


Cedar Walton
Pianist, Composer
 

   

Photo credits:
Muhal Richard Abrams: by Alan Nahigian
George Avakian: by Ian P. Clifford
Kenny Barron: by Carol Friedman
Bill Holman: by William Claxton
Bobby Hutcherson: by Jimmy Katz
Yusef Lateef: by Michael DiDonna
Annie Ross: by Barbara Bordnick
Cedar Walton: by Gene Martin

     

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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