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Importance of Artful Lives

NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson discusses the principles for engaging in and living an artful life.
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NEA Jazz Masters: Tribute to Stanley Clarke

2022 NEA Jazz Master Stanley Clarke’s bass-playing, showing exceptional skill on both acoustic and electric bass, has made him one of the most influential players in modern jazz history.
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NEA Jazz Masters: Tribute to Donald Harrison, Jr.

Donald Harrison, Jr., 2022 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy recipient, is known for his dedication to preserving the music and culture of New Orleans, which has been crucial to assuring its important legacy survive.
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NEA Jazz Masters: Tribute to Billy Hart

2022 NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart is one of the most sought-after jazz drummers of his generation, able to perform in diverse contexts ranging from straight-ahead to avant-garde to pop.
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NEA Jazz Masters: Tribute to Cassandra Wilson

2022 NEA Jazz Master Cassandra Wilson has used her distinctive voice and fascinating arrangements of standards, in not just jazz, but blues, country, and folk as well, to create a body of work that has expanded the definition of jazz.