Repost from @oberlincon • BREAKING NEWS! Oberlin jazz faculty member and legendary saxophonist Gary Bartz was named a 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. Bartz now joins the ranks with fellow Oberlin faculty member Billy Hart, a 2022 NEA Jazz Master. "Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, says 'Gary Bartz's saxophone has blazed trails with his dynamic phraseology and iconic tone for decades—he is representative for the truth in music." READ MORE at Linktr.ee in bio. PC: Elizabeth Auclair & John Seyfried #jazzmaster #jazzsaxophone #saxophonist #GaryBartz #neajazzmaster