Sponsors

The Bank of New York Mellon

Offering jazz enthusiasts a wide range of attractions BNY Mellon Jazz is The Bank of New York Mellon's year-round celebration of jazz artistry. Key BNY Mellon Jazz areas of emphasis include providing access to high-quality live musical performances; renewing and strengthening the jazz tradition through workshops and jazz education; and the recognition of leaders in the jazz community.

This is the sixth year for the BNY Mellon Jazz Living Legacy Award, recognizing the honoree's commitment to excellence in the field and the importance of jazz education. This Award is a natural match for BNY Mellon Jazz.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $23 trillion in assets under custody and administration, more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management and services $12 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.

Amtrak (2007 Award)

Amtrak operates a nationwide rail network, serving more than 500 destinations in
46 states on 21,000 miles of routes, with nearly 19,000 employees.

During FY 2006 (Oct. 2005-Sept. 2006), Amtrak welcomed aboard more than
24.3 million passengers, representing the fourth straight fiscal year of record
ridership when comparing the same routes. An average of more than 67,000
passengers ride on up to 300 Amtrak trains per day.

If included among U.S. airlines in 2006, Amtrak would rank 8th in the number of
passengers served, with a market share of nearly 5%. On average, there are
nearly twice as many passengers on an Amtrak train than there are on a
domestic airline flight.
 
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor is the busiest railroad in North America, with more
than 1,700 trains operating over some portion of the Washington-Boston route
each day.

The Boston-New York-Washington portion of the Northeast Corridor carried
9,431,279 passengers in FY 2006 on Acela Express, Regional Service or other
trains. Two other corridors had ridership that topped one million or more: Pacific
Surfliner Service (San Diego-Los Angeles-San Luis Obispo, 2,657,773) and
Capitol Corridor Service (San Jose-Oakland-Sacramento-Auburn, 1,263,504).

Five other corridors had ridership in excess of a half-million passengers:
o Empire Service (New York-Albany-Buffalo): 918,241
o Keystone Corridor Service (Philadelphia-Harrisburg): 823,097
o San Joaquin Service (Oakland-Fresno-Bakersfield): 799,879
o Amtrak Cascades Service (Eugene-Portland-Seattle-Vancouver, B.C.):
627,664
o Hiawatha Service (Chicago-Milwaukee): 580,333

Additional information is available at www.amtrak.com

General Motors Foundation
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 76 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2006, 9.1 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services.

General Motors and the GM Foundation support a variety of activities in the communities where we do business. Our philanthropic and community relations mission is to insure that we maintain our leadership position as a valued, responsible corporate citizen by enhancing the quality of life in our communities consistent with our business goals and objectives.

To visit General Motors, visit www.gm.com