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:: 2012 Jazz Masters


Jack DeJohnette
Drummer, Keyboardist, Composer
 


Von Freeman
Saxophonist
 


Charlie Haden
Bassist, Composer, Educator
 


Sheila Jordan
Vocalist, Educator
 


Jimmy Owens
Educator, Trumpeter, Flugelhornist, Composer, Arranger
 

   

Photo credits:
Jack DeJohnette: by Dion Ogust
Von Freeman: by Jimmy Katz
Charlie Haden: by Steven Perilloux
Sheila Jordan: by Ed Cohen
Jimmy Owens: by Stephanie Myers

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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