NEA Jazz Master
Saxophone-tenor/alto, flute, variety of reed instruments, Hungarian tárogató

NEA Jazz Master
Vocalist

Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger

Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer

Founded in 1973 5 decades of piano maestro Chucho Valdés pioneering Afro-Cuban band.

Arturo Sandoval, Paquito D'Rivera, José A. Gola, Horacio Hernandez, Roberto Jr. Vizcaino Torre, Eddie de Armas Jr., Osvaldo Fleites, Luis Beltran, Carlos Averhoff Jr., Ramon Alvarez.

French-American jazz vocalist

Guitarist

Pianist, composer, bandleader

Bassist

Guitarist, composer, arranger, bandleader