ASCAP to Add Six Music Greats to Jazz Wall of Fame on June 17

ASCAP TO ADD SIX MUSIC GREATS TO JAZZ WALL OF FAME AT JAZZ AT

LINCOLN CENTER EVENT

NEW INDUCTEES ARE: LIVING LEGENDS RON CARTER, BILL HOLMAN AND
SONNY ROLLINS AND JAZZ GIANTS OF THE PAST BUNNY BERIGAN, ART
BLAKEY AND TADD DAMERON

GONZALO RUBALCABA TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH THE ASCAP FOUNDATION
VANGUARD AWARD

Event Will Also Celebrate Recipients of the Sixth Annual ASCAP Foundation
Young Jazz Composer Awards, Sponsored by the Gibson Foundation

New York, June 11, 2008. ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman
announced that ASCAP will add six music greats to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of
Fame on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The invitation-only event will be hosted by
Ms. Bergman in The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at
Lincoln Center in Manhattan beginning at 6:30 PM.

The event will be highlighted by the induction of three Jazz Living Legends:
bassist Ron Carter, composer-arranger and saxophonist Bill Holman, and tenor
saxophonist Sonny Rollins. The latest group of inductees also includes three
posthumous honorees: trumpeter Bunny Berigan, drummer Art Blakey, and
arranger/composer/pianist Tadd Dameron. Participating in the event as
presenters and/or performers will be Kenny Washington, Vanessa Rubin, Javon
Jackson, Randy Sandke, Jay Leonhart, Jim Rotondi, Russell Malone and
Stephen Scott.

In addition, critically acclaimed pianist /composer Gonzalo Rubalcaba will be
presented with The ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award for his innovative
musical activity as a pianist and composer in the field of Jazz.

The reception will also celebrate the recipients of the sixth annual ASCAP
Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards. The program was established in
2002 to encourage the jazz creators of the future. The ASCAP Foundation
Young Jazz Composer Awards recognize composers less than 30 years of age
whose works are selected through a national competition. The recipients
receive cash awards. The Young Jazz Composer Awards are in their third
year of sponsorship by Gibson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of musical
giant Gibson Guitar Corp. The Gibson Foundation supports The ASCAP
Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards in fulfillment of its commitment to
educational excellence through music and the arts.

The award recipients are:

Roy Assaf, 25 (New York, NY); Sharel Cassity, 29 (New York, NY); Michael
Dease, 25 (New York, NY); Jesse Elder, 24 (New York, NY); Quamon Fowler,
27 (Ft. Worth, TX); Ross Garren, 22 (Los Angeles, CA); Tyler Gilmore, 25
(Denver, CO); Nicholas Grondin, 25 (Lee, NH); Alex Heitlinger, 27 (New York,
NY); Bryson Kern, 25 (Astoria, NY); Pascal Le Boeuf, 21 (Santa Cruz, CA);
Remy Le Boeuf, 21 (Santa Cruz, CA); Ben Markley, 25 (Longmont, CO); Linda
Oh, 23 (New York, NY); Rick Parker, 29 (Brooklyn, NY); Joshua Richman, 21
(Hatfield, PA); Sherisse Rogers, (New Castle, DE); Kendrick Scott, 27 (New
York, NY); Jaleel Shaw, 29 (Paterson, NJ); Stephen Smith, 27 (Wichita Falls,
TX); and Omar Thomas, 23 (Bear, DE).

The youngest ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composers, ages 14 to 16, are:
Lucas Apostoleris, 14 (MA); Joel Carini, 15 (NY); Grace Kelly, 15 (MA); Noah
Kellman, 16 (NY); David Lantz, 16 (PA); and Elijah Shiffer, 16 (NY).

Composers receiving Honorable Mention are: Patrick Cornelius, 29 (Astoria,
NY); Shaul Einav, 25, (Rochester, NY); Eric Hirsh, 23 (Durham, NC); James
Hirschfeld, 26, (New York, NY); Jimmy Macbride, 16 (CT); Adam Ratner, 20
(Encino, CA); Matt Savage, 15, (NH); and Ted Taforo, 18, (CA).

Commenting on the awards, Marilyn Bergman said, "The young jazz creators
recognized through this program represent the future of this uniquely
American art form. We congratulate the recipients and extend thanks to the
dedicated panel of ASCAP composers who selected the honorees."

The ASCAP composer/judges for the 2007/2008 competition were: Jay
Leonhart, John Fedchock and Rufus Reid.