BMI Hosts Annual NEA Jazz Masters Luncheon

Broadcast Music, Inc. celebrated the 2014 Jazz Master recipients at a luncheon held January 13, 2014, at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City. This year’s honorees included BMI composers and artists Anthony Braxton and Keith Jarrett, along with jazz musicians Jamey Aebersold and Richard Davis. Paying tribute to the new honorees during the awards ceremony and concert held at New York’s Lincoln Center that evening were inspirational performances by Jazz Masters Muhal Richard Abrams (2010), Kenny Barron (2010), Jimmy Heath (2003), Dave Liebman (2011), Jimmy Owens (2012) and George Wein (2005).

In case you missed the live webcast, the 2014 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert can still be viewed on bmi.com at www.bmi.com/jazzmasters or on the NEA’s website at arts.gov.