educators from 17 countries, is charged to nominate and select "the most definitive artists in the history of jazz for induction into the Hall of Fame". Inductees have included: 2004 Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), trumpeter Sidney Bechet (1897–1959), saxophonist Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931), cornetist John Coltrane (1926–1967), saxophonist Miles Davis (1926–1991), trumpeter Duke Ellington (1899–1974), pianist Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993), trumpeter Coleman Hawkins (1904–1969), saxophonist Billie Holiday (1915–1959), vocalist Thelonious Monk (1917–1982), pianist Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941), pianist Charlie Parker (1920–1955), saxophonist Art Tatum (1909–1956), pianist Lester Young (1909–1959), saxophonist 2005 Count Basie (1904–1984), pianist, organist Roy Eldridge (1911–1989), trumpeter Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996), vocalist Benny Goodman (1909–1986), clarinetist Earl Hines (1903–1983), pianist Johnny Hodges (1907–1970), saxophonist "Papa" Jo Jones (1911–1985), drummer Charles Mingus (1922–1979), bassist Joe "King" Oliver (1885–1938), cornetist Max Roach (1924–2007), drummer Sonny Rollins (1930– ), saxophonist Fats Waller (1904–1943), pianist, organist 2007 Clifford Brown (1930–1956), trumpeter Benny Carter (1907–2003), saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter Charlie Christian (1916–1942), guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910–1953), guitarist 2008 Ornette Coleman (1930–2015), free jazz pioneer Gil Evans (1912–1988), jazz arranger Bessie Smith (1894–1937), blues singer Mary Lou Williams (1910–1981), pianist, arranger 2010 Bill Evans (1929–1980), pianist, composer Bud Powell (1924–1966), pianist Billy Strayhorn (1915–1967), composer, pianist, lyricist, arranger Sarah Vaughan (1924–1990), vocalist 2013 Art Blakey (1919–1990), drummer, bandleader Lionel Hampton (1908–2002), vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader Clark Terry (1920–2015), flugelhornist, trumpeter 2014 Betty Carter (1929–1998), vocalist Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952), pianist, bandleader, arranger, composer Elvin Jones (1927–2004), drummer Wes Montgomery (1923–1968), guitarist References External links Jazz organizations Lincoln Center Music venues in Manhattan Rafael Viñoly buildings Columbus Circle Jazz in New York City 1987 establishments in New York City