Yesterday, traditional jazz clarinetist and educator Dr. Michael White was awarded an NEA Heritage Fellowship. He is the eighth Louisianan to receive this recognition since 2000. In 2001, Boozoo Chavis was named a Heritage Fellow. In 2003, the honor went to Luderin Darbonne and Edwin Duhon of the Hackberry Ramblers, then in 2005, BeauSoleil’s Michael Doucet and Creole artisan Earl Barthe were honored. In 2006, the Treme Brass Band and blues pianist Henry Gray were named Heritage Fellows.