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NEA Jazz Masters [2009]
Profiles of the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters with brief biographies and selected discographies. Includes a brief history of NEA's creation of the Jazz Masters program and an overview of the newly expanded program, and photos from previous award ceremonies. October 2008. 24 pp.

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NEA Jazz Masters
Profiles NEA Jazz Masters from 1982 to 2008 with brief biographies and selected discographies for all 100 honorees. Includes a brief history of NEA’s creation of the Jazz Masters program and an overview of the newly expanded program. Also included is an hourlong audio CD of NEA-produced Jazz Moments, radio shorts of interviews with NEA Jazz Masters. January 2008. 110 pp.

 
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Changing the Beat
This study examines the worklife of jazz musicians in New York, Detroit, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Information from jazz artists using two different survey sampling methodologies - respondent-driven-sampling and a random sample of musicians' union members - are analyzed and discussed. NEA 2003.

 
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2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
This report describes U.S. adult arts participation in 2002. It shows attendance at live arts events (such as concerts, plays, and dance performances), as well as the number and percentage of adults visiting art museums and reading literature. The survey also investigates arts participation through broadcast and recorded media, the Internet, and personal participation such as singing in choirs or making photographs. In addition, the report discusses demographic and geographic differences in arts participation, and compares 2002 rates to those found in 1982 and 1992. March 2004. 70 pp.