Wed, Apr 1 2020 | 7:30 PM
Miner Auditorium
This free listening party precedes the April 2nd, 2020 NEA Jazz Masters tribute party.
TICKETS AVAILABLE: FRI, FEB 14 at 11 AM
This listening party will include a panel conversation featuring 2020 NEA Jazz Masters honorees Dorthaan Kirk, Bobby McFerrin, Roscoe Mitchell, and Reggie Workman, and will be moderated by Randall Kline, founder and executive artistic director of SFJAZZ.
This free event offers listeners the chance to get behind-the-scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Robert N. Miner Auditorium, accompanied by the artist’s pick of recorded, and sometimes live, excerpts. The conversation closes with a Q&A session.
For more information about the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters, visit arts.gov/honors/jazz.
Honoring
Bobby McFerrin vocalist, composer, conductor, & educator
Roscoe Mitchell saxophonist, composer, & educator
Reggie Workman bassist, composer, educator, & producer
Dorthaan Kirk jazz advocate
NEA JAZZ MASTERS AT SFJAZZ
During the 2019-20 Season, SFJAZZ will present numerous NEA Jazz Masters throughout the year including Ahmad Jamal, Bobby McFerrin, Dianne Reeves, Kenny Barron, Jack DeJohnette, Eddie Palmieri, Abdullah Ibrahim, Benny Golson, Maria Schneider, and Jason Marsalis.
The National Endowment for the Arts is excited to celebrate these recipients, and to partner with SFJAZZ for the first time, bringing the NEA Jazz Masters events to a different part of the country.
Mary Anne Carter, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is excited to celebrate these recipients, and to partner with SFJAZZ for the first time, bringing the NEA Jazz Masters events to a different part of the country.
Mary Anne Carter, Acting Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
APR 1–3 | 2020 NEA Jazz Masters
AUG 20 • 5 PM PT (8 PM ET)
National Endowment for the Arts
2020 NEA Jazz Masters Online Tribute ConcertAPR 3
Composition/Improvisation
Master Class w/ 2020 NEA Jazz Master Roscoe Mitchell