BMI Celebrates its 2023 NEA Jazz Masters, Louis Hayes and Kenny Garrett

Posted in News on April 5, 2023
Pictured (L-R): BMI Foundation Representative Susan Bywaters, NEA Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett, 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes, Senior Director of Musical Theatre & Jazz Patrick Cook and 2023 BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship winner Christian McGhee.
Pictured (L-R): BMI Foundation Representative Susan Bywaters, NEA Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, 2023 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Garrett, 2023 NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes, Senior Director of Musical Theatre & Jazz Patrick Cook and 2023 BMI Future Jazz Master Scholarship winner Christian McGhee. Photo: Jati Lindsay, courtesy of the National Endowment for the Arts

BMI was once again thrilled to join the National Endowment of the Arts, this past Saturday night, in hosting the annual, celebratory dinner in honor of BMI affiliates and 2023 Jazz Masters, Louis Hayes and Kenny Garrett. The event comes as part of BMI’s longtime sponsorship of the NEA Jazz Masters, which is notably the most prestigious accolade for American jazz musicians and songwriters.

During the course of the evening, BMI’s Director of Musical Theatre and Jazz, Pat Cook, presented awards to jazz greats Louis Hayes and Kenny Garrett. Additionally, Cook, alongside the BMI Foundation’s Susan Bywaters, presented the 2023 BMI Future Jazz Master Award to Christian McGhee.

Beyond the commemorative dinner, BMI is also hosting the livestream of the concert honoring all of this year’s NEA Jazz Masters, which you can watch here. Enjoy!

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