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:: 2004 Jazz Masters


Jim Hall
Guitarist, Composer
 


Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton
Percussionist, Bandleader, Composer, Educator
 


Herbie Hancock
Keyboardist, Composer
 


Luther Henderson
Composer, Arranger, Musical Director, Pianist
 


Nat Hentoff
Critic, Journalist, Producer
 


Nancy Wilson
Vocalist, Broadcaster
 

   

Photo credits:
Jim Hall: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Herbie Hancock: by Jocelyn Augustino
Luther Henderson: courtesy of the artist
Nat Hentoff: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Nancy Wilson: 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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