A new fellowship gives 20 older jazz musicians $100,000

[Dondilion]

A new fellowship gives 20 older jazz musicians $100,000 each - no strings attached.
Included in the twenty is 94-year-old trumpeter Dizzy Reece.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1...rings-attached

quote:

RILEY: Oftentimes, it happens where you get your accolades after you pass away. It's so nice to get your flowers while you can still smell them.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

A new fellowship gives 20 older jazz musicians $100,000 - no strings attached.
Included in the twenty is 94-year-old trumpeter Dizzy Reece.

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1...rings-attached

quote:

RILEY: Oftentimes, it happens where you get your accolades after you pass away. It's so nice to get your flowers while you can still smell them.

That is very cool. Thanks.

[finnbow]

It would be great if someone somewhere could bring jazz back from the grave. As Zappa once said, "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." Rock and roll music itself is on the threshold of that same grave.

[Dondilion]

It was just heartwarming to know that Dizzy Reece was in the the mix. Dizzy was well known on the British scene.

94 years old!

A wonderful gesture to all these seniors.