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:: 1991 Jazz Masters


Danny Barker
Guitarist, Banjoist, Vocalist, Composer, Educator
 


Wilbur "Buck"Clayton
Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader, Educator
 


Andy Kirk
Bandleader, Saxophonist
 


Clark Terry
Trumpeter, Flugelhornist, Vocalist, Educator
 

   

Photo credits:
Danny Barker: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Wilbur "Buck"Clayton: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
Andy Kirk: courtesy of Ray Avery Photo Archives<br>ctsimages.com
Clark Terry: 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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