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:: 1985 Jazz Masters


Gil Evans
Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader
 


Ella Fitzgerald
Vocalist
 


Jonathan "Jo" Jones
Drummer
 

   

Photo credits:
Gil Evans: by Ray Avery/ctsimages.com
Ella Fitzgerald: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Jonathan "Jo" Jones: Herman Leonard Photography LLC<br>ctsimages.com

For high-resolution press images of the 2014 NEA Jazz Masters, please contact NEA Public Affairs at 202-682-5570 or auclaire@arts.gov

     

The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the highest honors that our government bestows upon jazz musicians. These fellowships are given in recognition that this magnificent art form, so profoundly based in American culture, is one of America's greatest gifts to the world.

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