Grammy Trustees Award
Jazz musicians who received the Grammy Trustees Award: list of 16 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2012 | Dave Bartholomew American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record… |
| 2009 | Allen Toussaint American musician, songwriter and record producer (1938–2015) |
| 2005 | Hoagy Carmichael American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981) |
| 2005 | Billy Taylor American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010) |
| 2004 | Marian McPartland British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) |
| 1997 | Herb Alpert American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935) |
| 1993 | W. C. Handy American blues composer and musician (1873–1958) |
| 1992 | Thomas A. Dorsey American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in… |
| 1989 | Quincy Jones American record producer and composer (1933–2024) |
| 1986 | George Gershwin American composer and pianist (1898–1937) |
| 1983 | Les Paul American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor… |
| 1981 | Aaron Copland American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor… |
| 1980 | Count Basie American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984) |
| 1979 | Frank Sinatra American singer and actor (1915–1998) |
| 1968 | Duke Ellington American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974) |
| 1968 | Billy Strayhorn American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger (1915–1967) |