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Archives for May 21, 2009

The 2010 NEA Jazz Masters

May 21, 2009 by Doug Ramsey

From a news release just received: May 21, 2009 Washington, DC - 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 … [Read more...]

Compatbile Quotes: On Masters

May 21, 2009 by Doug Ramsey

We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come. -- George Bernard Shaw No art is less spontaneous than mine.
What I do is the result of reflection
and the study of the great masters. -- Edgar Degas
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Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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