NEA Jazz Masters

NEA Jazz Masters je od roku 1982 každoročně udělované ocenění, které uděluje agentura National Endowment for the Arts. Je udělováno různým hudebníkům, kteří se zasloužili o vývoj jazzu.

Držitelé ocenění

• 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 Fitzgeraldová, 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, 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: Tošiko Akijoši, 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, rodina Marsalisova (Ellis Marsalis, Jr., Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Jason Marsalis)
• 2012: Jack DeJohnette, Von Freeman, Charlie Haden, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Owens^[1]
• 2013: Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon, Eddie Palmieri^[2]
• 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: Dave Holland, Dick Hyman, Dr. 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, Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilsonová