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:: 1988 Jazz Masters


Art Blakey
Drummer, Bandleader
 


Lionel Hampton
Vibraphonist, Drummer, Pianist, Vocalist, Bandleader
 


Billy Taylor
Pianist, Composer, Educator, Broadcaster
 

   

Photo credits:
Art Blakey: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Lionel Hampton: by Jan Persson/ctsimages.com
Billy Taylor: by Tom Pich/tompich.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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