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Candido Camero and Quincy Jones Named NEA Jazz Masters

Candido Camero

Quincy Jones

The National Endowment for the Arts named the 2008 Jazz Masters and they included ASCAP members, percussionist Candido Camero and composer/ producer Quincy Jones. Credited with being the first percussionist to bring conga drumming to jazz, Candido Camero is also known for his contributions to the development of mambo and Afro-Cuban jazz. Quincy Jones is a music impresario, conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer, filmmaker and trumpeter. Jones holds the record for the most Grammy nominations at 79, 27 of which garnered him Grammy awards. The Fellowships are the highest honors that the U.S. government bestows upon jazz musicians and are given in recognition that jazz is one of America's greatest gifts to the world.

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