The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the 2026 recipients of the Jazz Masters Fellowship, billed as the highest award bestowed by the United States on jazz musicians and advocates. They ...

A celebration to honor this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Marshall Allen, Chucho Valdés, Marilyn Crispell and Gary Giddins.... The NEA Jazz Masters fellowship began in 1982, ...

One of the more surprising recent developments in the jazz world is the increasing awareness of the National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Masters Awards. The program has existed since 1982, but until ...

The 2025 class of the NEA's Jazz Masters was celebrated at a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. This year's fellows included (from left to right) saxophonist Marshall ...

Although she has been working in jazz radio for 50 years, Rhonda Hamilton was still surprised to receive a call from the National Endowment for the Arts informing her that she was the recipient of the ...

For this concert, Schneider conducts some of her most beloved pieces: “Coming About,” “Don't Be Evil,” “Journey Home,” “Sanzenin,” “Last Season,” and “Wyrgly.” In addition, Schneider will lead a ...

In a fraught moment for two institutions behind the awards, this year's NEA Jazz Masters ceremony celebrated musicians who have upheld the genre's... Jason Moran opened the 2025 NEA Jazz Masters ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. For this concert, Schneider conducts some of her most beloved pieces: “Coming ...