davidmanson Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Dear Friends, Once again it is time for the NEA Jazz masters nominations. For the past three years, many supporters of innovative jazz have made efforts to bring the lifelong work of Sam Rivers to the attention of the NEA panel. Sam has been considered, but there seems to be a "safe mode of operation" that has lobbied for more mainstream jazz artists since 1991. I think that a hundred or so letters of support could show the NEA panel that jazz has room for innovators. Sam is 80 years old. He has dedicated his life to music and deserves this last remaining program of support for individual artists from the National Endowment of the Arts. Please consider writing a short letter of support for Sam Rivers. Information is listed below. Ten minutes of your time could make all of the difference. sincerely, David Manson EMIT www.emitseries.org Nominations may be made by submitting a one-page letter that details the reasons that the nominee should receive a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship. Describe the nominee's contributions and explain why this individual deserves national recognition. Include with your nomination letter a resume or a short biography that outlines the career of the nominee. An individual may submit only one nomination in each round of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships. No one may nominate him/herself. Deadline for Nominations Nominations must be postmarked no later than January 23, 2004. Grant fellowships will be announced in the fall of 2004. Send your nomination to: Jazz Masters Fellowships National Endowment for the Arts Nancy Hanks Center 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 703 Washington, DC 20506-0001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMX Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny E Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 I'll send one off now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 I will plan to do this as well. This request should be posted on AAJ too, and any other jazz boards that one can think of. Heck, any "progressive classical" boards too, if any such animals exist (and if there are any, somebody please let me know!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 How funny... I was just researching federal grants and came across the list of Jazz Masters on the NEA site and thought to myself, "What?!? No Jimmy Smith?!?!?!?!?!" Don't they award three musicians per year? If so, I'm writing one for both Sam and Jimmy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 An individual may submit only one nomination in each round of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships. Don't know if this is true, but it was included in the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Shoot - I was planning on nominating Sam and Dewey Redman. Now I have to choose. Bummer. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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