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Stream the 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert From SFJAZZ

Performances and speeches honor this year's NEA Jazz Masters award recipients, including Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Henry Threadgill & Phil Schaap. Watch live Thu, Apr 22 at 8PM ET!
2021 NEA Jazz Masters

The National Endowment for the Arts has inducted a new class of NEA Jazz Masters every year since 1982, honoring more than 160 artists and advocates during their lifetimes. This year's class embodies a dazzling and ; a saxophonist and composer who's always marched to his own rhythm, ; and a jazz broadcaster and historian known for chasing down any promising digression, Phil Schaap.

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