De Jazz Master Awards worden jaarlijks uitgereikt door de National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Hierbij worden tot maximaal zeven jazzmuzikanten onderscheiden.

De National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters beurzen zijn de hoogste onderscheidingen die de Verenigde Staten schenkt aan jazzmuzikanten. De prijs wordt meestal laat in de carrière van een performer gegeven nadat zij zich al geruime tijd hebben bewezen.

NEA Jazz Masters 
Lijst overgenomen van de National Endowment for the Arts website.

 1982: Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Sun Ra
 1983: Count Basie, Kenny Clarke, Sonny Rollins
 1984: Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis, Max Roach
 1985: Gil Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Jonathan 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 'Sweets' 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, JJ Johnson, Benny Golson
 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, Nancy Wilson, Nat Hentoff
 2005: Kenny Burrell, Paquito D'Rivera, Slide Hampton, Shirley Horn, Artie Shaw, Jimmy Smith, 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, Gunther Schuller, Joe Wilder
 2009: George Benson, Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Toots Thielemans, Rudy Van Gelder, Snooky Young
 2010: Muhal Richard Abrams, George Avakian, Kenny Barron, Bill Holman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross, Cedar Walton
 2011: Hubert Laws, David Liebman, Johnny Mandel, Orrin Keepnews en de Marsalis Family (Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis en Jason Marsalis)
 2012: Jack DeJohnette, Von Freeman, Charlie Haden, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Owens
 2013: Mose Allison, Lou Donaldson, Lorraine Gordon, Eddie Palmieri
 2014: Jamey Aebersold, Anthony Braxton, Richard Davis, Keith Jarrett
 2015: Carla Bley, George Coleman, Charles Lloyd en Joe Segal
 2016: Gary Burton, Wendy Oxenhorn, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp
 2017: Dave Holland, Dick Hyman, Lonnie Smith, Ira Gitler, Dee Dee Bridgewater
 2018: Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, Joanne Brackeen, Todd Barkan
 2019: Bob Dorough, Abdullah Ibrahim, Maria Schneider, Stanley Crouch
 2020: Dorthaan Kirk, Bobby McFerrin, Roscoe Mitchell, Reggie Workman
 2021: Terri Lyne Carrington, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Phil Schaap, Henry Threadgill
 2022: Billy Hart, Donald Harrison, Jr., Stanley Clarke, Cassandra Wilson

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