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Online voting available now through April 29, 2019

2019 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame inductees to be announced on
 International Jazz Day, April 30, and honored at Dizzy’s Club, July 16–17

New York, NY (April 22, 2019) – To close out Jazz Appreciation Month, Jazz at Lincoln Center invites music lovers around the world to vote for the 2019 Ertegun Jazz at Fame inductees. The general public can vote online now for this year’s nominees at https://academy.jazz.org/hall-of-fame/. Voting ends on April 29 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Jazz at Lincoln Center will announce the four inductees of the Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame 2019 class on April 30, recognized as International Jazz Day. The legacy of each inductee will be celebrated at curated sets on July 16 – 17, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club. The shows will also be webcast live at jazz.org/live. 

The 2019 Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame nominees are:

Julian “Cannonball” Adderley

Kenny Clarke

Roy Haynes

Freddie Hubbard

Arturo “Chico” O’Farrill

Cecil Taylor

Frank Trumbauer

Dinah Washington

Chick Webb

Teddy Wilson

The 2019 nominees were selected by a Jazz at Lincoln Center-appointed panel, which include Bill Charlap, Aaron Diehl, Jon Faddis, Will Friedwald, Ethan Iverson, Jerome Jennings, Renee Rosnes, Catherine Russell, Bobby Sanabria, Phil Schaap, Loren Schoenberg, Bria Skonberg, Terell Stafford, Helen Sung,and Ben Young.

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame is located in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, on Broadway at 60^th Street in New York City. For additional information, visit jazz.org.

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Bloomberg Philanthropies, Brooks Brothers, The Coca-Cola Company, Con Edison, Entergy, SiriusXM, and Steinway & Sons.

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