Press Release Jul 12, 2023 NEA Announces the 2024 Recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Honors The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the 2024 recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships—Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Amina Claudine Myers, and Willard Jenkins, recipient of the 2024 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz...
Press Release Apr 17, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal, recipient of a 1994 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.
Press Release Feb 22, 2023 2023 NEA Jazz Masters Honored at Free Events In honor of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters—Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, and Sue Mingus—the NEA is collaborating with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a series of free events March 30-April 1 t...