Bessie Awards
Jazz musicians who received the Bessie Awards: list of 4 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 1984 | Anthony Davis American pianist and composer |
| — | Donald Byrd American recording artist; jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and… |
| — | Julius Hemphill American saxophonist (1938-1995) |
| — | Lenny Pickett American saxophonist and musical director |