New jazz fellowship honors long-time musicians

New jazz fellowship honors long-time musicians who often struggle financially
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-jazz-fellowship-honors-long-time-musicians-who-often-struggle-financially

Tonight’s PBS Newshour had a great feature about the Jazz Foundation of America’s new program to support longtime American jazz masters who could use some help due to medical issues or just the challenges of trying to make it as a semi-famous jazz master in the U.S.A. (not to mention some pretty nifty tambourine work by New Orleans drummer Herlin Riley).


Herlin Riley

Several of the first round of 20 Jazz Legacy Fellowship recipients are among my favorites, for example the bassist Reggie Workman, pianist Michele Rosewoman, pianist George Cables, drummer Herlin Riley, saxophonist George Coleman, pianist Amina Claudine Myers, trumpeter Tom Harrell, drummer Billy Hart, vocalist Carmen Lundy, and trombonist Julian Priester.

For the complete list of honorees and more information about this program, visit the JFA’s website at https://jazzfoundation.org/jazz-legacies-fellowship/