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:: 2006 Jazz Masters


Ray Barretto
Percussionist, Bandleader
 


Tony Bennett
Vocalist
 


Bob Brookmeyer
Trombonist, Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Educator
 


Chick Corea
Keyboardist, Composer, Arranger
 


Buddy DeFranco
Clarinetist, Educator
 


Freddie Hubbard
Trumpeter
 


John Levy
Manager, Bassist
 

   

Photo credits:
Ray Barretto: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Tony Bennett: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Bob Brookmeyer: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Chick Corea: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Buddy DeFranco: by Tom Pich/tompich.com
Freddie Hubbard: by Lee Tanner/jazzimage.com
John Levy: 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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