NEA Jazz Masters
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) hedrar varje år upp till sju jazzmusiker med Jazz Master Awards . National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships är de självutnämnda högsta utmärkelser som USA tilldelar jazzmusiker. Priset delas vanligtvis ut sent i en artists karriär efter att de länge etablerat sig.
NEA Jazz Masters
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- 1982: Roy Eldridge , Dizzy Gillespie , Sun Ra
- 1983: Count Basie , Kenny Clarke , Sonny Rollins
- 1984: Ornette Coleman , Miles Davis , Max Roach
- 1985: Gil Evans , Ella Fitzgerald , Jo Jones
- 1986: Benny Carter , Dexter Gordon , Teddy Wilson
- 1987: Cleo Patra Brown , Melba Liston , Jay McShann
- 1988: Art Blakey , Lionel Hampton , Billy Taylor
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- 1990: George Russell , Cecil Taylor , Gerald Wilson
- 1991: Danny Barker , Buck Clayton , Andy Kirk , Clark Terry
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- 1994: Louie Bellson , Ahmad Jamal , Carmen McRae
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- 2003: Jimmy Heath , Elvin Jones , Abbey Lincoln
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- 2005: Kenny Burrell , Paquito D'Rivera , Slide Hampton , Shirley Horn , Artie Shaw , Jimmy Smith , George Wein
- 2006: Ray Barretto , Tony Bennett , Bob Brookmeyer , Chick Corea , Buddy DeFranco , Freddie Hubbard , John Levy
- 2007: Toshiko Akiyoshi , Curtis Fuller , Ramsey Lewis , Dan Morgenstern , Jimmy Scott , Frank Wess , Phil Woods
- 2008: Candido Camero , Andrew Hill , Quincy Jones , Tom McIntosh , Gunther Schuller , Joe Wilder
- 2009: George Benson , Jimmy Cobb , Lee Konitz , Toots Thielemans , Rudy Van Gelder , Snooky Young
- 2010: Muhal Richard Abrams , George Avakian , Kenny Barron , Bill Holman , Bobby Hutcherson , Yusef Lateef , Annie Ross , Cedar Walton
- 2011: Hubert Laws , David Liebman , Johnny Mandel , Orrin Keepnews och familjen Marsalis ( Ellis Marsalis, Jr. , Branford Marsalis , Wynton Marsalis , Delfeayo Marsalis och Jason Marsalis )
- 2012: Jack DeJohnette , Von Freeman , Charlie Haden , Sheila Jordan , Jimmy Owens
- 2013: Mose Allison , Lou Donaldson , Lorraine Gordon , Eddie Palmieri
- 2014: Jamey Aebersold , Anthony Braxton , Richard Davis , Keith Jarrett
- 2015: Carla Bley , George Coleman , Charles Lloyd , Joe Segal
- 2016: Gary Burton , Wendy Oxenhorn , Pharoah Sanders , Archie Shepp
- 2017: Dee Dee Bridgewater , Ira Gitler , Dave Holland , Dick Hyman , Lonnie Smith
- 2018: Pat Metheny , Dianne Reeves , Joanne Brackeen , Todd Barkan
- 2019: Bob Dorough , Abdullah Ibrahim , Maria Schneider , Stanley Crouch
- 2020: Dorthaan Kirk, Bobby McFerrin , Roscoe Mitchell , Reggie Workman
- 2021: Terri Lyne Carrington , Albert "Tootie" Heath , Phil Schaap , Henry Threadgill
- 2022: Billy Hart , Donald Harrison, Jr. , Stanley Clarke , Cassandra Wilson