legends of jazz Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/legends-of-jazz Celebrating 30 Years Online! Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:12:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 legends of jazz Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/legends-of-jazz 32 32 124780169 Legends of Jazz On Television! https://contemporaryjazz.com/legends-of-jazz-on-television https://contemporaryjazz.com/legends-of-jazz-on-television#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2005 17:19:30 +0000 http://tomorrowjazz.com/?p=183 New weekly jazz programming returns to the airwaves this fall when Legends of Jazz debuts on PBS. Ramsey Lewis will host thirteen 30-minute shows each with a different theme such as “Voices of the Next Generation,” “The Divas,” and “The Golden Horns.” Chick Corea, Marcus Miller, Pat Metheny, David Sanborn, Arturo Sandoval, George Benson, George […]

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Legends of Jazz kicks off in June with an hour-long special that spotlights five recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts’ NEA Jazz Masters award, the highest national honor in this art form: Nancy Wilson, James Moody, Jon Hendricks, Paquito D’Rivera, and Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein.

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