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Posted: 03 Jun 2015 at 8:13am |
Gary Bartz to Receive BNY Mellon Jazz 2015 Living Legacy AwardSaxophonist to be honored in October ceremonyBy JazzTimes Saxophonist and educator Gary Bartz will receive the BNY Mellon
Jazz 2015 Living Legacy Award in a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on October 16. The
award, a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, sponsored by BNY
Mellon, honors living jazz masters from the mid-Atlantic region who have
achieved distinction in jazz performance and education. The 2015 event will include a gala reception in the Kennedy Center Atrium, the award ceremony, and a performance featuring the BNY Mellon Jazz 2014 Living Legacy awardee Joanne Brackeen in the Kennedy Center Jazz Club. Previous BNY Mellon Living Legacy Award winners include Brackeen, Nathan Davis, Muhal Richard Abrams, Phil Woods, Roy Haynes, Dr. Frank Foster, Kenny Barron, Benny Golson, Oliver Lake, Rufus Reid, Randy Weston, Keter Betts, Jimmy Heath, Joe Kennedy, Jr., Shirley Scott, Reggie Workman, Dr. Donald Byrd, Larry Ridley, Barry Harris, Robert "Boysie" Lowery and Clark Terry. A Millennium Award was conferred on Dr. Billy Taylor in 2000. For more information, visit Living Legacy. |
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