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NEA Jazz Masters
NEA Jazz Masters
NEA Jazz Masters by Name
A
Muhal Richard Abrams
Jamey Aebersold
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Mose Allison
George Avakian
B
David Baker
Todd Barkan
Danny Barker
Ray Barretto
Kenny Barron
William "Count" Basie
Louie Bellson
Tony Bennett
George Benson
Art Blakey
Carla Bley
Joanne Brackeen
Anthony Braxton
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Bob Brookmeyer
Cleo Brown
Ray Brown
Dave Brubeck
Kenny Burrell
Gary Burton
Donald Byrd
C
Candido Camero
Benny Carter
Betty Carter
Ron Carter
Kenny Clarke
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton
Jimmy Cobb
George Coleman
Ornette Coleman
Chick Corea
Stanley Crouch
D
Paquito D'Rivera
Miles Davis
Richard Davis
Buddy DeFranco
Jack DeJohnette
Lou Donaldson
Dorothy Donegan
Bob Dorough
E
Harry "Sweets" Edison
Roy Eldridge
Gil Evans
F
Art Farmer
Ella Fitzgerald
Tommy Flanagan
Frank Foster
Von Freeman
Curtis Fuller
G
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
Ira Gitler
Benny Golson
Dexter Gordon
Lorraine Gordon
H
Charlie Haden
Jim Hall
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton
Lionel Hampton
Slide Hampton
Herbie Hancock
Barry Harris
Roy Haynes
Jimmy Heath
Percy Heath
Joe Henderson
Luther Henderson
Jon Hendricks
Nat Hentoff
Billy Higgins
Andrew Hill
Milt Hinton
Dave Holland
Bill Holman
Shirley Horn
Freddie Hubbard
Bobby Hutcherson
Dick Hyman
I
Abdullah Ibrahim
J
Milt Jackson
Ahmad Jamal
Keith Jarrett
J.J. Johnson
Elvin Jones
Hank Jones
Jonathan "Jo" Jones
Quincy Jones
Sheila Jordan
K
Orrin Keepnews
Andy Kirk
Lee Konitz
L
Yusef Lateef
Hubert Laws
John Levy
John Lewis
Ramsey Lewis
David Liebman
Abbey Lincoln
Melba Liston
Charles Lloyd
M
Johnny Mandel
The Marsalis Family (Ellis, Wynton, Delfeayo, Jason, Branford)
Tom McIntosh
Jackie McLean
Marian McPartland
Carmen McRae
Jay McShann
Pat Metheny
James Moody
Dan Morgenstern
O
Anita O'Day
Jimmy Owens
Wendy Oxenhorn
P
Eddie Palmieri
R
Dianne Reeves
Max Roach
Sonny Rollins
Annie Ross
George Russell
S
Pharoah Sanders
Maria Schneider
Gunther Schuller
Jimmy Scott
Joe Segal
Artie Shaw
Archie Shepp
Wayne Shorter
Horace Silver
Jimmy Smith
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Sun Ra
T
Billy Taylor
Cecil Taylor
Clark Terry
Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans
McCoy Tyner
V
Rudy Van Gelder
Sarah Vaughan
W
Cedar Walton
George Wein
Frank Wess
Randy Weston
Joe Wilder
Joe Williams
Gerald Wilson
Nancy Wilson
Teddy Wilson
Phil Woods
Y
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young