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Jazz Masters

Recipients of the National Endowment of the Arts Award

J. Michael Howard
Soft Pastel on rough paper. "Getz"
Jazz Works by J. Michael Howard


Jazz Masters NEA Award Recipients

1982: Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra<

1983: Count Basie, Kenneth Clarke, 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 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 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, Benny Golson, 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, 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, Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz
--------Toots Thielemans, Rudy Van Gelder, Snooky Young




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