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Live from New York...it's the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters!

January 11, 2011
New York, New York 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Panel. (l-r) A.B. Spellman, Orrin Keepnews, Hubert Laws, David Liebman, Johnny Mandel, and Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Photos by Ayana Hiso/Frank Stewart, courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center Today is Day Two of our 2011 NEA Jazz Masters celebrations here at Jazz at...

Let's Celebrate 2011 NEA Jazz Masters: The Marsalis Family

January 7, 2011
Washington, DC The Marsalis Family: (l-r) Ellis, Jr., Wynton, Delfeayo, Jason, and Branford. Photo by Jos L. Knaepen Ellis, Jr. on his first professional band "The first professional job that I had was with this group called the Groovy Boys....This friend of mine, this piano teacher, wanted...