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
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, Washington, DC
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus, Columbus, OH
Jazzmobile, New York, NY
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Outpost Productions Inc., Albuquerque, NM
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Washington, DC/New Orleans, LA

Upcoming schedule of NEA Jazz Masters Live events:

Venue		NEA Jazz Master(s)		Date(s)
Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Washington, DC		Ron Carter, Slide Hampton, Barry Harris, and Jimmy Heath		9/1/2009 - 3/30/2010
Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI		Donald Byrd, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, Wayne Shorter, and Gerald Wilson		9/4/2009 - 9/7/2009
Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey, CA		Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, and Hank Jones		9/18/2009 - 9/20/2009
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA		Ahmad Jamal		11/18/2009 - 11/19/2009
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA		Jon Hendricks		2/1/2010 - 7/10/2010
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge, LA		Paquito D'Rivera		4/21/2010 - 4/22/2010
American Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO		Dan Morgenstern and Clark Terry		4/29/2010 - 4/30/2010
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA		Phil Woods		5/1/2010 - 5/30/2010
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, Washington, DC		James Moody		6/9/2010 - 6/10/2010
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, VT		Jim Hall, Nat Hentoff, and Sonny Rollins		6/7/2010 - 6/12/2010
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus, Columbus, OH		Frank Foster		6/4/2010 - 6/5/2010
Outpost Productions Inc., Albuquerque, NM		Toshiko Akiyoshi		7/15/2010 - 7/18/2010
Jazzmobile, New York, NY		Rudy Van Gelder, Jimmy Heath, Nat Hentoff, Billy Taylor, Clark Terry, George Wein, and Frank Wess		8/24/2010 - 8/26/2010

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