Chick Corea (2000), Pat Metheny (2001), Paal Nilssen-Love (2002), Michael Brecker (2003), Håvard Wiik (2004), Arild Andersen (2005), Joshua Redman (2006), Terje Rypdal (2007), Marilyn Mazur (2008), Arve Henriksen (2009), Nils Petter Molvær (2010), Dave Holland (2011/18), Jon Balke (2012), Jason Moran (2013), Sidsel Endresen (2014), Mats Gustafsson (2015), Ola Kvernberg (2016), Vijay Iyer (2017), Maria Schneider (musiker) (2018), Gard Nilssen (2019), Karin Krog (2020), Ellen Andrea Wang (2021), John Zorn (2022), Hedvig Mollestad (2023). Bill Frisell (2024), Trondheim Jazzorkester (2025).