NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Die NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships der NEA, National Endowment for the Arts, werden jährlich an bis zu sieben (etablierte) Jazzmusiker verliehen, als Anerkennung für ihr bisheriges Lebenswerk. Sie sind die höchste offizielle Ehre für Jazzmusiker in den USA. Sie wurden aber auch an den Gründer des Newport Jazz Festivals, George Wein, an den Agenten John Levy und an bisher zwei Kritiker (Nat Hentoff und Dan Morgenstern) vergeben.
NEA Jazz Masters
- 1982 NEA Jazz Masters: Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra
- 1983 NEA Jazz Masters: Count Basie, Kenneth Clarke, Sonny Rollins
- 1984 NEA Jazz Masters: Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Max Roach
- 1985 NEA Jazz Masters: Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Jones
- 1986 NEA Jazz Masters: Benny Carter, Dexter Gordon, Teddy Wilson
- 1987 NEA Jazz Masters: Cleo Patra Brown, Melba Liston, Jay McShann
- 1988 NEA Jazz Masters: Art Blakey, Lionel Hampton, Billy Taylor
- 1989 NEA Jazz Masters: Barry Harris, Hank Jones, Sarah Vaughan
- 1990 NEA Jazz Masters: George Russell, Cecil Taylor, Gerald Wilson
- 1991 NEA Jazz Masters: Danny Barker, Buck Clayton, Andy Kirk, Clark Terry
- 1992 NEA Jazz Masters: Betty Carter, Dorothy Donegan, Sweets Edison
- 1993 NEA Jazz Masters: Milt Hinton, Jon Hendricks, Joe Williams
- 1994 NEA Jazz Masters: Louie Bellson, Ahmad Jamal, Carmen McRae
- 1995 NEA Jazz Masters: Ray Brown, Roy Haynes, Horace Silver
- 1996 NEA Jazz Masters: Tommy Flanagan, J. J. Johnson, Benny Golson
- 1997 NEA Jazz Masters: Billy Higgins, Milt Jackson, Anita O'Day
- 1998 NEA Jazz Masters: Ron Carter, James Moody, Wayne Shorter
- 1999 NEA Jazz Masters: Dave Brubeck, Art Farmer, Joe Henderson
- 2000 NEA Jazz Masters: David Baker, Donald Byrd, Marian McPartland
- 2001 NEA Jazz Masters: John Lewis, Jackie McLean, Randy Weston
- 2002 NEA Jazz Masters: Frank Foster, Percy Heath, McCoy Tyner
- 2003 NEA Jazz Masters: Jimmy Heath, Elvin Jones, Abbey Lincoln
- 2004 NEA Jazz Masters: Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Luther Henderson, Nancy Wilson, Nat Hentoff
- 2005 NEA Jazz Masters: Kenny Burrell, Paquito D'Rivera, Slide Hampton, Shirley Horn, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Smith, George Wein
- 2006 NEA Jazz Masters: Ray Barretto, Tony Bennett, Bob Brookmeyer, Chick Corea, Buddy DeFranco, Freddie Hubbard, John Levy
- 2007 NEA Jazz Masters: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Curtis Fuller, Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Scott, Frank Wess, Phil Woods, Dan Morgenstern