Support the vitality of jazz!
Please consider supporting or sponsoring the 2023 Jazz Living Legacy Award Presented by PECO. The annual award honors a living jazz musician for their meaningful contributions to jazz with a cash award of $10,000 and an in-person award presentation. This years event will honor legendary jazz drummer and educator, Billy Hart, on November 2nd from 7-9:30pm, at the Kimmel Cultural Campus in Philadelphia.
Your gift will ensure that jazz and it's most influential artists are celebrated year-after-year. Thank you!
Click here to view the Sponsorship Packet which lists giving levels and benefits.
Please contact Brittney Huff, Director of Development, at bhuff@midatlanticarts.org with any questions about sponsorsing the event.
To purchase event tickets, please visit our EventBrite page.
More about the Jazz Living Legacy award: Established in 1994, the Living Legacy Jazz Award honors living jazz master artists residing in the mid-Atlantic region who have kept the spirit and tradition of this evolving art form alive, maintaining the vitality of jazz for future generations through advocacy, mentorship, and the transmission of artistic skill and cultural knowledge.
More about Billy Hart: An esteemed drummer and educator, Billy Hart is one the foremost jazz performers of his generation, capable of balancing propulsive swing with a nuanced sense of group dynamics and improvisational flow. Following his early years backing Shirley Horn and Jimmy Smith in the 1960s, Hart emerged at the forefront of the ‘70s fusion movement, playing with Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi band, as well as Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, and others. Along with performing, he has built a strong reputation as a mentor and teacher, having held positions at New England Conservatory, Oberlin Conservatory, and Western Michigan University. Currently, he leads the Billy Hart Quartet with Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, and Ben Street, which has released two albums on ECM Records.