NEA Jazz Masters

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)

American record producer and composer (1933–2024)

American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)

American singer (1926–2023)

American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

American jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer (1941-2021)

American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer (1930–2015)

American jazz vocalist and composer (born 1950)

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990)

American jazz musician and educator

American guitarist and singer (born 1943)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)

American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945)

American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)

American jazz saxophonist and composer (born 1930)

American jazz musician

American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990)

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007)

American jazz musician (1908–2002)

American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)

American jazz pianist (1930-2023)

Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016)

American singer (1930–2010)

American jazz trumpeter (1938–2008)

American trumpeter (1911–1989)

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)

American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever

American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936–2023)

American jazz pianist (1912–1986)

American jazz drummer (1914–1985)

American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist (1932–2013)

American musician and educator (1937–2014)

American singer

American jazz pianist (1938–2020)

American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994)

American jazz drummer (1927–2004)

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (1929–2024)

American singer (1937–2018)

American jazz organist

American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)

American jazz musician (1926–2002)

American jazz bassist, cellist, and composer (born 1937)

American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022)

American jazz musician

American jazz trumpeter (1928–1999)

American jazz guitarist, composer (1930–2013)

American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist (1912–1988)

American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015)

American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer (1942–2025)

American jazz musician (1927–2020)

American jazz singer

American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)

American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924–2001)

American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)

American jazz singer (1919–2006)