Bill Holman Named NEA Jazz Masters

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. Composer, arranger and saxophonist Bill Holman, an ASCAP member, was honored with a NEA Jazz Masters Award. Bill Holman's unique and complex arrangements have long been appreciated by musicians and critics alike, including Louie Bellson, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Doc Severinsen, and others. Holman will each receive a $25,000 grant award and was publicly honored in an awards ceremony and concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center. In 2008, Holman was inducted to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame.