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Jazz Appreciation Month Notable Quotable: Max Roach

April 28, 2020
"Do you realize that what we do is what the Constitution is all about? In jazz, each of us has individual voices, but we must listen attentively to one another as we play—and out of this whole, comes what we call jazz." — Max Roach , National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master This quote appears in...
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Jazz Appreciation Month: A Listening List

April 24, 2020
Being under stay-at-home directives in the Washington, DC region (and elsewhere) has led to many of us revisiting the art we have at home. Music, in particular, is a great balm in this time of great unease and anxiety, so I often turn to the thousands of recordings lying about my house. It being,...
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Celebrate #JazzAppreciation Month with the 2019 #NEAJazz Masters!

April 9, 2020
Visit the National Endowment for the Arts YouTube channel to watch the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert and browse our complete library of Jazz Master videos. 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim. Photo by Marina Umari "This is what jazz music does: it gives you...
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Congratulations to the 2020 NEA Jazz Masters!

May 21, 2019
“The 2020 NEA Jazz Masters have made an incredible impact on jazz, whether it’s through their artistic work to expand the musical boundaries of the genre, their educational contributions, or their efforts to reach new audiences for jazz. The National Endowment for the Arts is excited to celebrate...
collage of various performers at last year's NEA Jazz Masters tribute concert

TONIGHT! Don't miss the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert!

April 15, 2019
We're joining with the Kennedy Center to throw the 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters a Tribute Concert and you're invited! Watch tonight, April 15 at 8:00 pm ET as we honor the 2019 class of NEA Jazz Masters—Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, Maria Schneider, and Stanley Crouch—with a...
Stanley Crouch at a podium

Celebrate 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Stanley Crouch!

April 12, 2019
“Thank you very much for this award, thank you for all of the time spent in nightclubs, concert halls, and the like in pursuit of the essence of jazz, which is the feeling itself. As a young man many years ago, I had the opportunity to hear the Coltrane quartet, sometimes from close up and...
Abdullah Ibrahim

Celebrate 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim!

April 11, 2019
"This is what jazz music does: it gives you that insight into yourself because you constantly challenge yourself.... [J...
Composer Maria Schnedier against a background of music notation paper

Celebrate 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Maria Schneider!

April 10, 2019
“In this increasingly polarized world of social tensions, the antidote to everything that’s gone haywire may be found in jazz—our nation’s own extraordinary art form that has at its heart: listening, presence, communication, collaboration, and self-expression. What a blessing for all of us that the...
a man sits at a piano playing with his eyes closed

Celebrate 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Bob Dorough!

April 9, 2019
Although he will forever be associated with his compositions and vocals for the animation series Schoolhouse Rock! , Bob Dorough’s career spanned more than 70 years in jazz as a singer, pianist, composer, and arranger. His distinctive vocals, clever lyrics, and strong melodies were well-known in...
performers on stage at the 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

#FlashbackFriday: 2018 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

April 5, 2019
In just over a week, we're honoring the 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters --Stanley Crouch, Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Maria Schneider--with a tribute concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. With performances from world-renowned musicians like Terri Lyne Carrington...

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