Talk:Papo Vázquez

NEA Award
What NEA award did he get? It's mentioned in a few places; his website, has "National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist Award 2011", but I can find no mention of him on the NEA website, and it doesn't list him as one of the "Jazz Masters Fellows" in 2011. EddieHugh (talk) 17:33, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Now found it. Search for "Pregones" at the NEA's database of grants and you'll find that, in 2010–11, Pregones Touring Puerto Rican Theatre Collection, Inc. was given $70,000 "To support the Latino Masters component of its multidisciplinary presenting program. Puerto Rican artists Papo Vazquez, (trombonist/composer); Eva de la O (singer) and Magdalena Gomez, (performance poet) will perform and participate in residency activities." So, it was a grant that went to a touring company, which probably gave some of it to Vázquez in some way. The article's "is a National Endowment for the Arts NEA American Master Artist honoree" is highly misleading. I'll think about how to rewrite that, but welcome input from others. EddieHugh (talk) 17:39, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
 * I've removed this completely, as misleading. Maybe it's worth mentioning that he indirectly got some grant money... but it probably isn't. EddieHugh (talk) 21:52, 5 March 2022 (UTC)