NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
De NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships vun de NEA, National Endowment for the Arts, wurrn jeds Johr an bit to söben (etableert) Jazzmusiker vergeven, as Anerkennung för hör bitherig Levenswark. Dat is de hööchste offiziell Ehrung för Jazzmusiker in de USA. Se sünd aber ok an den Grünner vun dat Newport Jazz Festival, George Wein, an den Agenten John Levy un an bither twee Kritiker (Nat Hentoff un Dan Morgenstern) vergeven.

NEA Jazz Masters 
 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
 1989: Barry Harris, Hank Jones, Sarah Vaughan
 1990: George Russell, Cecil Taylor, Gerald Wilson
 1991: Danny Barker, Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk, Clark Terry
 1992: Betty Carter, Dorothy Donegan, Sweets Edison
 1993: Milton Hinton, Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams
 1994: Louie Bellson, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae
 1995: Ray Brown, Roy Haynes, Horace Silver
 1996: Tommy Flanagan, J. J. Johnson, Benny Golson
 1997: Billy Higgins, Milt Jackson, Anita O’Day
 1998: Ron Carter, James Moody, Wayne Shorter
 1999: Dave Brubeck, Art Farmer, Joe Henderson
 2000: David Baker, Donald Byrd, Marian McPartland
 2001: John Lewis, Jackie McLean, Randy Weston
 2002: Frank Foster, Percy Heath, McCoy Tyner
 2003: Jimmy Heath, Elvin Jones, Abbey Lincoln
 2004: Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Luther Henderson, Nancy Wilson, Nat Hentoff
 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, Jimmy Scott, Frank Wess, Phil Woods, Dan Morgenstern
 2008: Candido Camero, Andrew Hill, Quincy Jones, Tom McIntosh, Joe Wilder, Gunther Schuller
 2009: George Benson, Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans, Snooky Young, Rudy Van Gelder
 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, un de Marsalis Familie (Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis un Jason Marsalis)
 2012: Jack DeJohnette, Von Freeman, Charlie Haden, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Owens
 2013: Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon un 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, Dr. Lonnie Smith
 2018: Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Joanne Brackeen, Todd Barkan
 2019: Abdullah Ibrahim, Maria Schneider, Stanley Crouch, Bob Dorough
 2020: Roscoe Mitchell, Dorthaan Kirk, Reggie Workman, Bobby McFerrin
 2021: Henry Threadgill, Tootie Heath, Terri Lyne Carrington, Phil Schaap
 2022: Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Stanley Clarke un Cassandra Wilson
 2023: Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, Regina Carter un Sue Graham Mingus

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