Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Wayne Shorter and Terri Lyne Carrington are among the first artists to benefit from Creative Inflections, a new funding initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced its 2021 artist awardees, including saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianists Kris Davis and Danilo Pérez.

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has long been a vital supporter of jazz, most visibly through its annual Artist Awards. Today the foundation — which…