Celebrate #JazzAppreciation Month with the 2019 #NEAJazz Masters!
By Paulette Beete
Trophies presented to the 2019 NEA Jazz Masters at the NEA Jazz Masters Awards Dinner, sponsored by BMI. Photo by Shannon Finney
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 that insight into yourself because you constantly challenge yourself.... [J]azz music opens you to you." — Abdullah Ibrahim
2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Maria Schneider. Photo by Jimmy and Dena Katz
"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." — Maria Schneider
2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Bob Dorough. Photo by Garth Woods
"I attempted to write songs that would entertain anyone, from ages 2 to 92." — Bob Dorough
2019 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Stanley Crouch. Photo by Frank Stewart
"All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones that we disagree with and the ones we agree with." — Stanley Crouch
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