2025 NEA Jazz Masters: Marshall Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Chucho Valdes, Gary Giddins (advocacy)

[Mark Stryker]

https://www.arts.gov/news/press-releases/2024/announcing-2025-nea-jazz-masters

[JSngry]

Not a dud in the bunch!

[jlhoots]

Seems good.

[colinmce]

Excellent choices. Marshall Allen is long overdue, and I’m very happy to see Marilyn included. 

[Peter Friedman]

Not the choices I would make.

As with all such awards, there are many different opinions on who should have been selected. 

Musical tastes vary.

[JSngry]

12 minutes ago, Peter Friedman said:

Not the choices I would make.

As with all such awards, there are many different opinions on who should have been selected. 

Musical tastes vary.

No doubt!!!

[clifford_thornton]

I have no problem with these choices at all.

[JSngry]

I mean, I'm not the biggest Gary Giddings fan, but he's been there and done plenty of work, so hey. I'm certainly not dispirited by his selection.

[Steve Reynolds]

Glad Marilyn is being honored.

[optatio]

 

I'm glad to have seen Marshall Allen and Marilyn Crispell in Göttingen ...

[JSngry]

Marshall Allen his quietly rebuilt the post-Ra Arkestra into a sustainable performing troupe of no mean power. The last few albums have been quite strong imo.

[clifford_thornton]

21 hours ago, JSngry said:

I mean, I'm not the biggest Gary Giddings fan, but he's been there and done plenty of work, so hey. I'm certainly not dispirited by his selection.

ditto.