NEA jazz masters 30th anniversary
Subtitle: 1982-2012
Series: National Endowment for the Arts Collection
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Arts; Jazz; Endowments; History and criticism; Biography; Jazz musicians
Other titles: Jazz masters; Jazz moments
Description: CD (Jazz moments) contains brief segments of interviews with jazz musicians on various subjects..
Notes: Includes selected discographies for each musician.

Includes bibliographical references and discographies.

Also available online through the UMass Amherst Open Content Alliance Digitization Project.

UMass Amherst Special Collections copy is part of the National Endowment for the Arts Collection (MS 686).
Table of contents: title: CD Tracks: Introduction by A. B. Spelman; title: Early inspiration from hearing live music : Kenny Barron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Marian McPartland, Buddy DeFranco; title: Early inspiration from radio & recordings : Jim Hall, Cedar Walton, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dan Morgenstern, George Avakian; title: Early inspiration from teachers : Johnny Mandel, Ramsey Lewis, Curtis Fuller; title: First instruments : Roy Haynes, Yusef Lateef, George Benson, Lee Konitz, Jimmy Heath, Hubert Laws; title: FIrst performing experiences : Quincy Jones, Bobby Hutcherson, Buddy DeFranco, Annie Ross, McCoy Tyner, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Cobb, Chico Hamilton; title: Relating to audiences : Bobby Hutcherson, Slide Hampton; title: The art of improvisation : Lee Konitz, Jim Hall, Kenny Barron; title: Composing and arranging : Yusef Lateef, Jon Hendricks, Bill Holman, Frank Foster, Gerald Wilson, Johnny Mandel; title: Musical influences and mentors : Snooky Young, Frank Wess, Marian McPartland, Curtis Fuller, George Benson, Herbie Hancock; title: Jazz education : Wynton Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Dave Liebman; title: Why jazz? : George Benson, Jimmy Heath, Dave Brubeck.