This evening, as the MD of the spah 2008 jazz jam, I proudly dedicated BLUSETTE, the first song of the evening to TOOTS THIELEMANS for his new award.
We love you Toots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for bringing our instrument to life around the world and in our hearts.
Congratulations on your new well deserved award.
Best,
Randy Singer
TOOTS THIELEMANS BECOMES
2009 NEA JAZZ MASTER
The highest American distinction
National Endowment for the Arts announces the
2009 NEA Jazz Masters.
Washington, DC – The National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Award—the nation’s highest honor in this distinctly American music. The six recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award, and will be publicly honored in an awards ceremony and concert at the Lincoln Center NY on Friday, October 17, 2008, where the Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis dedicates the program to the honorees’ works .
The six 2009 NEA Jazz Masters are: George Benson (vocalist and solo instrumentalist, guitar), Jimmy Cobb (rhythm instrumentalist, drums), Lee Konitz (solo instrumentalist, saxophone), Toots Thielemans (solo instrumentalist, harmonica and guitar), and Snooky Young (solo instrumentalist, trumpet). Recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder will receive the 2009 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy.
More information is available at : http://www.nea.gov/national/jazz/press/JazzMasters2009.html TOOTS THIELEMANS WORDT
2009 NEA JAZZ MASTER
De hoogste Amerikaanse onderscheiding
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