NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships of the NEA, National Endowment for the Arts , are awarded annually to up to seven (established) jazz musicians in recognition of their life's work to date. It is the highest official honor for jazz musicians in the USA .
The award comes with a cash prize of $ 25,000 for each artist. In addition, the NEA jazz program organizes numerous events, in particular the Jazz Masters Live series , during which excellent artists can take part in concerts, master classes and lectures.
NEA Jazz Masters
- 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 , 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 , Jimmy Scott , Frank Wess , Phil Woods , Dan Morgenstern
- 2008: Cándido Camero , Andrew Hill , Quincy Jones , Tom McIntosh , Joe Wilder , Gunther Schuller
- 2009: George Benson , Jimmy Cobb , Lee Konitz , Toots Thielemans , Snooky Young , Rudy Van Gelder
- 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 , Branford Marsalis , Wynton Marsalis , Delfeayo Marsalis and Jason Marsalis )
- 2012: Jack DeJohnette , Von Freeman , Charlie Haden , Sheila Jordan and Jimmy Owens
- 2013: Mose Allison , Lou Donaldson , Lorraine Gordon and Eddie Palmieri
- 2014: Jamey Aebersold , Anthony Braxton , Richard Davis and Keith Jarrett
- 2015: Carla Bley , George Coleman , Charles Lloyd and Joe Segal
- 2016: Gary Burton , Wendy Oxenhorn , Pharoah Sanders , Archie Shepp
- 2017: Dee Dee Bridgewater , Ira Gitler , Dave Holland , Dick Hyman , Dr. Lonnie Smith
- 2018: Pat Metheny , Dianne Reeves , Joanne Brackeen , Todd Barkan
- 2019: Abdullah Ibrahim , Maria Schneider , Stanley Crouch , Bob Dorough
- 2020: Roscoe Mitchell , Dorthaan Kirk , Reggie Workman , Bobby McFerrin
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Endowment for the Arts Announces $ 135,000 in NEA Jazz Masters Live Grants ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report on the NEA website of January 11, 2012, accessed on July 11, 2012 (English)
- ↑ NEA Jazz Masters Include Roscoe Mitchell and Dorthaan Kirk in The New York Times (2019)