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Gary Giddins, Chucho Valdés & More to Receive NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Marshall Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Chucho Valdés and Gary Giddins are set to receive the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship in April 2025. Full details.
Marshall Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Chucho Valdés, and Gary Giddins are set to receive the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship. • Gary Giddins has been one of the leading critics in the field of jazz for more than 50 years, having written books as well as essays for TheNew York Times, New Yorker, Esquire, and many other publications, and the “Weather Bird” column for The Village Voice. Since 1982, the NEA has awarded 177 fellowships to great figures in jazz, including Kenny Barron, Terence Blanchard, Carla Bley, Dave Brubeck, Terri Lyne Carrington, Betty Carter, Stanley Crouch, Roy Eldridge, Paquito D’Rivera, Quincy Jones, Sun Ra, Dianna Reeves, and Henry Threadgill.
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