# NEA Jazz Masters

De Jazz Master Awards worden jaarlijks uitgereikt door de National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Hierbij worden tot maximaal zeven jazzmuzikanten onderscheiden.
De National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters beurzen zijn de hoogste onderscheidingen die de Verenigde Staten schenkt aan jazzmuzikanten. De prijs wordt meestal laat in de carrière van een performer gegeven nadat zij zich al geruime tijd hebben bewezen.

## NEA Jazz Masters

Lijst overgenomen van de 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, Jonathan 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, JJ 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, 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 en de Marsalis Family (Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis en 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 en Joe Segal
* 2016: Gary Burton, Wendy Oxenhorn, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp
* 2017: Dave Holland, Dick Hyman, Lonnie Smith, Ira Gitler, Dee Dee Bridgewater
* 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
* ↑ "National Endowment for the Arts Announces Newest Recipients of Nation’s Highest Honor in Jazz", National Endowment for the Arts, News, July 11, 2018.
* ↑ (en) Congratulations to the 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters. www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Gearchiveerd op 30 november 2020. Geraadpleegd op 29 april 2021.