Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Jazz musicians who received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres: list of 27 recipients by year.
The Order of Arts and Letters (French: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the Ordre national du Mérite was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields. Its origin is attributed to the Order of Saint Michael (established 1 August 1469), as acknowledged by French government sources.
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Recipients
| 2022 | Cyrille Aimée French jazz singer |
| 2016 | Vincent Peirani French musician |
| 2012 | Nguyên Lê French jazz guitarist |
| 2009 | Youn Sun Nah South Korean jazz singer |
| 2008 | Sanseverino French singer |
| 2005 | Sylvain Luc French musician (1965–2024) |
| 2001 | Paolo Conte Italian recording artist; musician |
| 1997 | Randy Weston American jazz pianist (1926–2018) |
| 1992 | Hal Singer American musician (1919–2020) |
| 1984 | Dorival Caymmi Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914–2008) |
| — | Ella Fitzgerald American jazz singer (1917–1996) |
| — | Toots Thielemans Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016) |
| — | Clark Terry American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015) |
| — | Ibrahim Maalouf French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer (born 1980) |
| — | Toshiko Akiyoshi Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band master |
| — | Albert Mangelsdorff German jazz trombonist (1928–2005) |
| — | Stacey Kent American recording artist; singer |
| — | Manu Katché French drummer, studio musician, composer, singer, lyricist… |
| — | Michael Snow Canadian artist (1928–2023) |
| — | David Linx Belgian singer |
| — | Vincent Courtois French cellist |
| — | Médéric Collignon French musician |
| — | Bojan Zulfikarpašić Serbian jazz musician |
| — | Mike Zwerin American jazz musician (1930-2010) |
| — | Didier Levallet French musician |
| — | Ivan Jullien French music arranger and jazz musician (1934–2015) |
| — | François Guin French conductor and trumpeter |