NEA Announces 2010 NEA Jazz Masters

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ National Endowment For The Arts) - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award - the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music.
The eight recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award and be publicly honored in an awards ceremony and concert on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

The eight 2010 NEA Jazz Masters are:
Muhal Richard Abrams - Pianist, Composer, Educator - New York, NY
Kenny Barron - Pianist, Composer, Educator - Brooklyn, NY
Bill Holman - Composer, Arranger, Saxophonist - Los Angeles, CA
Bobby Hutcherson - Vibraphonist, Marimba Player, Composer - Montara, CA
Yusef Lateef - Saxophonist, Flutist, Oboist, Composer, Educator - Amherst, MA
Annie Ross - Vocalist - New York, NY
Cedar Walton - Pianist, Composer - Brooklyn, NY
George Avakian, a jazz producer, manager, critic, and educator from Riverdale, New York, will receive the 2010 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy.