The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the self-proclaimed highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians. The award is usually given late in a performer's career after they have long established themselves.
NEA Jazz Masters
List adapted from the National Endowment for the Arts website.
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, Harry "Sweets" Edison 1993: Milt Hinton, Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams 1994: Louie Bellson, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae 1995: Ray Brown, Roy Haynes, Horace Silver 1996: Tommy Flanagan, Benny Golson, J. J. Johnson 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, Nat Hentoff, Nancy Wilson 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, and the Marsalis Family (Ellis Marsalis Jr., Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, and 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"National Endowment for the Arts Announces Newest Recipients of Nation’s Highest Honor in Jazz" , National Endowment for the Arts, News, July 11, 2018. 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, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson 2023: Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, Sue Mingus 2024: Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers 2025: Marshall Allen, Marilyn Crispell, Chucho Valdés, Gary Giddins 2026: Rhonda Hamilton, Carmen Lundy, Airto Moreira, Patrice Rushenhttp://arts.gov/news/press-releases/2025/2026-nea-jazz-masters-announced
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