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Dr. Frank Foster Receives BNY Mellon Jazz 2009 Living Legacy Award
 Baltimore, MD - Jazz saxophonist and composer Dr. Frank B. Foster was honored with the BNY Mellon Jazz 2009 Living Legacy Award in a special ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, October 2, 2009. The Award honors living jazz masters from the mid-Atlantic region who have achieved distinction in jazz performance and education.
BNY Mellon Jazz 2009 Living Legacy Award guests began the evening with a concert performance by BNY Mellon Jazz 2008 Living Legacy Award honoree Kenny Barron in the Terrace Theatre. Following the concert, the Award ceremony and a gala dessert reception took place in the Kennedy Center Jazz Club.
Previous Living Legacy Award winners include Kenny Barron, Benny Golson, Oliver Lake, Rufus Reid, Randy Weston, Keter Betts, Jimmy Heath, Joe Kennedy, Jr., Shirley Scott, Reggie Workman, Dr. Donald Byrd, Larry Ridley, Barry Harris, Robert "Boysie" Lowery, and Clark Terry. A Millennium Award was conferred on Dr. Billy Taylor in 2000.
The BNY Mellon Jazz 2009 Living Legacy Award is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and is sponsored by BNY Mellon.
This program is made possible through a collaboration with the Kennedy Center Education Department.
Photo: (l-r) Michael DiMedio, Managing Director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Mid Atlantic Region; Dr. Frank Foster; and Dorothy Pierce McSweeny, Chair, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Credit: Valerie Russell
About BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon 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 $19.5 trillion in assets under custody and administration, $881 billion in assets under management, services more than $11 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.8 trillion per day.
Website: http://www.bnymellon.com/
About Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation supports the richness and diversity of the region's arts resources and promotes wider access to the art and artists of the region, nation and world. The region includes nine states and jurisdictions that are closely related by geography or culture: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Website: http://www.midatlanticarts.org
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