NEA Jazz Masters Live

Celebrating the living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz, NEA Jazz Masters Live supports meaningful, in-depth, extended engagements featuring NEA Jazz Masters that:

• honor their body of work, history, or styles
• provide understanding of their significance to jazz through thematically-designed or retrospective programming
• broaden audiences' awareness of their unique contributions to this original American art form.

Organizations chosen for the first phase of NEA Jazz Masters Live:

American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO;
Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI;
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle, Seattle, WA;
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus, Columbus, OH;
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY;
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC;
The Litchfield Jazz Festival, Litchfield, CT;
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA;
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA;
SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA;
Tri-C JazzFest, Cleveland, OH;
"We Always Swing" Jazz Series, Columbia, MO.

Upcoming schedule of NEA Jazz Masters Live events:

Venue		NEA Jazz Master(s)		Date(s)
SFJAZZ, San Francisco, CA		Wayne Shorter, Dan Morgenstern		4/1/2008-6/30/2008
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA		Ahmad Jamal, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Nancy Wilson, John Levy		7/22/2008-4/30/2009
The Litchfield Jazz Festival, Litchfield, CT		Dave Brubeck, Paquito D'Rivera		8/1/2008-8/2/2008
Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI		Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Gerald Wilson, Barry Harris, Jim Hall, Roy Haynes, Slide Hampton, James Moody		8/31/2008-9/1/2008
Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY		Ahmad Jamal		9/18/2008-9/20/2008
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA		Nancy Wilson, John Levy		9/20/08
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO		Curtis Fuller & Dan Morgenstern		10/9/2008-10/11/2008
Earshot Jazz Society of Seattle, Seattle, WA		James Moody, Toshiko Akiyoshi		10/30/2008 & 3/8/2009
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC		Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Ron Carter		1/22/2009-1/24/2009
"We Always Swing" Jazz Series, Columbia, MO		Bob Brookmeyer, Dan Morgenstern		2/17/2009-2/18/2009
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus, Columbus, OH		Slide Hampton		4/20/2009-4/26/2009
Tri-C JazzFest, Cleveland, OH		Randy Weston, Dan Morgenstern, Roy Haynes, and Candido Camero		Apr-09

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