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Oct 17, 2008 - New York, NY, USA - (L-R) NEA Chairman DANA GIOIA, Jazz Masters GEORGE BENSON, JIMMY COBB, LEE KONITZ, AHMAD JAMAL, CURTIS FULLER, PHIL WOODS, TOOTS THIELMANS, GUNTHER SCHULLER, BUDDY DEFRANCO, DAVID BAKER, RANDY WESTON, BILLY TAYLOR, DAVE BRUBECK, DAN MORGENSTERN, GERALD WILSON, SNOOKY YOUNG, CHICO HAMILTON, FRANK WESS, ROY HAYNES, FRANK FOSTER,TOM MCINTOSH, BARRY HARRIS, RUDY VAN GELDER and CANDIDO CAMERO pose for the class photo at the 2009 NEA, (National Endowment for the Arts), Jazz Masters Awards held at the Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center.