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2013Mose Allison
Lou Donaldson
Lorraine Gordon
Eddie Palmieri
2012Jack DeJohnette
Von Freeman
Charlie Haden
Sheila Jordan
Jimmy Owens
2011Orrin Keepnews
Hubert Laws
David Liebman
Johnny Mandel
The Marsalis Family (Ellis, Jr., Wynton, Delfeayo, Jason, Branford)
2010Muhal Richard Abrams
George Avakian
Kenny Barron
Bill Holman
Bobby Hutcherson
Yusef Lateef
Annie Ross
Cedar Walton
2009George Benson
James "Jimmy" Cobb
Lee Konitz
Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans
Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young
2008Candido Camero
Andrew Hill
Quincy Jones
Tom McIntosh
Joe Wilder
Gunther Schuller
2007Toshiko Akiyoshi
Curtis Fuller
Ramsey Lewis
Dan Morgenstern
Jimmy Scott
Frank Wess
Phil Woods
2006Ray Barretto
Tony Bennett
Bob Brookmeyer
Chick Corea
Buddy DeFranco
Freddie Hubbard
John Levy
2005Kenny Burrell
Paquito D'Rivera
Slide Hampton
Shirley Horn
Jimmy Smith
Artie Shaw
George Wein
2004Jim Hall
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton
Herbie Hancock
Luther Henderson
Nat Hentoff
Nancy Wilson
2003Jimmy Heath
Elvin Jones
Abbey Lincoln
2002Frank Foster
Percy Heath
McCoy Tyner
2001John Lewis
Jackie McLean
Randy Weston
2000David Baker
Donald Byrd
Marian McPartland
1999Dave Brubeck
Art Farmer
Joe Henderson
1998Ron Carter
James Moody
Wayne Shorter
1997Billy Higgins
Milt Jackson
Anita O'Day
1996Tommy Flanagan
Benny Golson
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
1995Ray Brown
Roy Haynes
Horace Silver
1994Louie Bellson
Ahmad Jamal
Carmen McRae
1993Jon Hendricks
Milt Hinton
Joe Williams
1992Betty Carter
Dorothy Donegan
Harry "Sweets" Edison
1991Danny Barker
Wilbur "Buck"Clayton
Andy Kirk
Clark Terry
1990George Russell
Cecil Taylor
Gerald Wilson
1989Barry Harris
Hank Jones
Sarah Vaughan
1988Art Blakey
Lionel Hampton
Billy Taylor
1987Cleo Brown
Melba Liston
Jay McShann
1986Benny Carter
Dexter Gordon
Teddy Wilson
1985Gil Evans
Ella Fitzgerald
Jonathan "Jo" Jones
1984Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Max Roach
1983William "Count" Basie
Kenny Clarke
Sonny Rollins
1982Roy Eldridge
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
Sun Ra
 
 
 

 

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