RUFFIN: NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT ABOUT 2014 NEA JAZZ MASTER, JAMEY AEBERSOLD.

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Dave Liebman: Jamey could teach a fly on the wall how to sing the guide tones to the blues in an hour.

2011 NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE LIEBMAN ON HIS FRIEND AND EDUCATOR, JAMEY AEBERSOLD.

Dave Liebman: This guy is some teacher. And with a sense of humor,  unbelievable. He’s very strict, he’s very straight, he wants his folks to do what they gotta do. But he is hilarious and entertaining and keeps the class alive and has everyone singing back and everything. And it’s really a lesson in humanity.

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THIS JAZZ MOMENT ABOUT JAZZ ADVOCATE JAMEY AEBERSOLD WAS PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.

Excerpt of Bb Blues, composed by Jamey Aebersold, used by permission of Jamey Aebersold Jazz.