Joshua Kosman March 16, 2021Updated: March 25, 2021, 11:41 am
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington will be honored as a 2021 NEA Jazz Master on April 22 in a virtual ceremony. Photo: Tracy Love
Four giants of contemporary jazz drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Albert “Tootie” Heath, composer and saxophonist Henry Threadgill, and historian Phil Schaap will be honored as part of the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Tribute Concert, scheduled to be presented online by SFJazz and the NEA next month.
The free webcast is slated to be presented at 5 p.m. April 22, via the SFJazz website at www.sfjazz.org. The virtual event will be hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, herself a 2017 winner of the award, and “Da 5 Bloods” actor Delroy Lindo, an Oakland resident.
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For this year s jazz appreciation month, NPR s Jazz Night in America wants to hear from you! Let us know what role jazz plays in your life.
WBGO s Lezlie Harrison and Dorthaan Kirk
March is Women s History Month, and we take the time to honor the importance of women in our music and our organization. WBGO launched in 1979 with Dorthaan Kirk as a founder and Rhonda Hamilton as one of the first voices on air. Forty-two years later, the female voice rings clearly on WBGO: women are a critical factor that distinguishes us, just as they remain an essential force in the music.
We will celebrate the voices of women all month long, starting with a Take Five curated by our female announcers. A special edition of The Pulse on March 10 will feature the women of WBGO in a discussion about navigating a career in radio and the challenge of working in male-dominated spaces, among other things.