June 2004

Seven Music Greats Added to Jazz Wall of Fame

2004 ASCAP Jazz Living Legend Marian McPartland (center) is congratulated by ASCAP’s Frances Richard and ASCAP Board member Doug Wood. Family members of the 2004 posthumous ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame inductees gather in front of the wall at ASCAP's New York offices. Pictured (l-r) Dr. & Mrs. Anthony Passalaqua (brother and siister-in-law of Joe Pass); Ellen Lueders Pass (widow of Joe Pass); Nicholas Passell (brother of Joe Pass); Tom Littlefield (grandson of Woody Herman) and Cecelia Brown (widow of Ray Brown). Seventeen year-old twins Pascal and Remy LeBoeuf of Santa Cruz, California were both among the recipients of this year's ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. They are pictured performing their award-winning works together, with Pascal on piano and Remy on saxophone. Marian McPartland performs at the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame ceremonies.

Inductees Include Living Legends Quincy Jones and Marian McPartland

ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award Winners Honored

ASCAP added seven music greats to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame at a special luncheon hosted by ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman at the Society’s New York office on March 8.

The reception was highlighted by the induction of two Jazz Living Legends: Quincy Jones and Marian McPartland. ASCAP member Quincy Jones is truly a multi-faceted musical talent, making his mark as a major composer, instrumentalist, bandleader, record producer, arranger, executive and visionary for the past 50 years. ASCAP member Marian McPartland has been a major force in jazz for five decades: pianist, composer, bandleader and host of NPR’s "Piano Jazz" series.

The 2004 inductees included five honorees posthumously: Ray Brown, Carmen McRae, Woody Herman, Joe Pass and Willie "The Lion" Smith. Judges for the Jazz Wall inductees are ASCAP members Alan Bergman, John Clayton and Johnny Mandel.

The event also celebrated the second annual Young Jazz Composer Awards of The ASCAP Foundation. The program was established in 2002 to encourage composers under 30 years of age whose works are selected through a national competition. The judges for the competition were ASCAP members John Fedchock, Frank Foster and Rufus Reid.

Commenting on the Jazz Wall of Fame, Marilyn Bergman said, "Jazz is truly the music of America, and like the movies, one of our greatest home-grown art forms. The sheer diversity and magnitude of the individuals we honor this year -- among them are composers, instrumentalists and vocalists, each one an innovator -- speaks to the richness of this living and endlessly evolving musical genre. ASCAP is pleased to add all of these legends to our Jazz Wall of Fame. And it is most appropriate to couple this salute to jazz greats of the past with a celebration of the jazz of the future via the talented recipients of The ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards."