NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The International Association for Jazz Education will honor trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and festival impresario George Wein at its 31st annual conference.
It will honor Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis with the IAJE President¹s Award and Newport Jazz Festival founder George Wein with the Lawrence Berk Leadership Award at a gala hosted by singer Nancy Wilson.
The Presidents Award was presented to Oscar Peterson in 2003, Quincy Jones in 2002 and Ken Burns in 2001.
The conference, scheduled Jan. 21-24 at the New York Hilton and Sheraton Hotels, has grown into the world's largest gathering of the global jazz community. More than 7,000 educators, musicians, students and industry representatives from 35 countries are expected to attend.
"The organization is excited about our return to the most important city in the world for jazz," said IAJE Executive Director Bill McFarlin. "Traditionally we have moved the conference each year to a different city. We will now showcase New York on a more permanent basis. It is clear that the jazz field benefits most from a New York-based conference and we are answering that call."
The conference is due back in New York in 2006, 2007 and 2010.
