NEA Jazz Masters: By year

1982	Roy Eldridge John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie Sun Ra
1983	William "Count" Basie Kenny Clarke Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins
1984	Ornette Coleman Miles Davis Max Roach
1985	Gil Evans Ella Fitzgerald Jonathan "Jo" Jones
1986	Benny Carter Dexter Gordon Teddy Wilson
1987	Cleo 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 Wilbur "Buck"Clayton Andy Kirk Clark Terry
1992	Betty Carter Dorothy Donegan Harry "Sweets" Edison
1993	Jon Hendricks Milt Hinton Joe Williams
1994	Louie Bellson Ahmad Jamal Carmen McRae
1995	Ray Brown Roy Haynes Horace Silver
1996	Tommy Flanagan Benny Golson James Louis "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 Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton Herbie Hancock Luther Henderson Nat Hentoff Nancy Wilson
2005	Kenny Burrell Paquito D'Rivera Slide Hampton Shirley Horn Jimmy Smith Artie Shaw 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 Joe Wilder Gunther Schuller
2009	George Benson James "Jimmy" Cobb Lee Konitz Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder Eugene Edward “Snooky" Young
2010	Muhal Richard Abrams George Avakian Kenny Barron Bill Holman Bobby Hutcherson Yusef Lateef Annie Ross Cedar Walton


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