Guggenheim Fellowship
Jazz musicians who received the Guggenheim Fellowship: list of 80 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2026 | Linda May Han Oh Malaysian-Australian jazz bassist and composer |
| 2026 | James Brandon Lewis American jazz musician |
| 2024 | Rodney Jones American jazz guitarist and bassist, born 30 August 1956 in New… |
| 2023 | Nicole Mitchell American jazz flutist |
| 2021 | Rez Abbasi American fusion and jazz guitarist, music producer, and composer |
| 2021 | Miya Masaoka American composer (born 1958) |
| 2021 | Helen Sung American jazz pianist |
| 2020 | Reggie Workman American double-bassist |
| 2019 | Zeena Parkins American musician |
| 2017 | Jeff "Tain" Watts American musician |
| 2016 | Wayne Shorter American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023) |
| 2014 | Elliott Sharp American musician |
| 2011 | Fred Ho American jazz musician, author, and activist |
| 2010 | Edward Simon Venezuelan pianist |
| 2008 | Miguel Zenón Puerto Rican alto saxophonist |
| 2007 | Don Byron American musician |
| 2007 | Jane Ira Bloom American jazz saxophonist and composer |
| 2006 | Anthony Davis American pianist and composer |
| 2005 | Marilyn Crispell American pianist |
| 2003 | Patricia Barber American composer, jazz singer and pianist as well as bandleader and… |
| 2002 | Dewey Redman American saxophonist (1931–2006) |
| 2001 | Ray Anderson American jazz trombonist |
| 2000 | Roswell Rudd American jazz trombonist and composer (1935–2017) |
| 2000 | Milford Graves American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941-2021) |
| 1994 | Benny Golson American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and… |
| 1994 | Jessica Williams American jazz pianist (1948–2022) |
| 1985 | William Thomas McKinley American composer and executive (1938–2015) |
| 1982 | Ran Blake American musician |
| 1980 | Marian McPartland British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013) |
| 1978 | Chuck Israels American jazz musician |
| 1973 | Cecil Taylor American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018) |
| 1972 | Keith Jarrett American jazz/classical pianist and composer (born 1945) |
| 1972 | Carla Bley American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader (1936–2023) |
| 1972 | Mary Lou Williams American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981) |
| 1971 | Charles Mingus American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader (1922–1979) |
| 1969 | George Russell American pianist and composer (1923–2009) |
| 1968 | Gil Evans American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist (1912–1988) |
| 1967 | Ornette Coleman American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer… |
| 1957 | Teo Macero American jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer (1925–2008) |
| 1925 | Aaron Copland American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor… |
| — | Thelonious Monk American jazz pianist and composer (1917–1982) |
| — | Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) |
| — | Charlie Haden American musician and educator (1937–2014) |
| — | Paquito D'Rivera Cuban musician |
| — | Alex North American composer (1910–1991) |
| — | Anthony Braxton American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945) |
| — | Randy Weston American jazz pianist (1926–2018) |
| — | David Murray American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) |
| — | Gunther Schuller American composer and conductor (1925–2015) |
| — | Steve Lacy American jazz musician (1934–2004) |
| — | Geri Allen American composer and jazz pianist (1957-2017) |
| — | Dave Douglas American jazz trumpeter |
| — | Jimmy Giuffre American jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008) |
| — | Andrew Cyrille American avant-garde jazz drummer |
| — | Oliver Lake American musician (born 1942) |
| — | Michael Snow Canadian artist (1928–2023) |
| — | Fred Hersch American jazz pianist |
| — | Steve Coleman American saxophonist |
| — | George Lewis American composer, performer, and music scholar |
| — | Henry Threadgill American jazz musician (born 1944) |
| — | Leroy Jenkins American composer and violinist (1932–2007) |
| — | Mel Powell American composer (1923-1998) |
| — | Claudia Acuña Chilean jazz singer |
| — | Wadada Leo Smith American jazz trumpeter and composer |
| — | Kenny Werner American jazz pianist, composer, and author |
| — | David Moss American singer (born 1949) |
| — | David Fiuczynski American musician |
| — | Marty Ehrlich American musician |
| — | Bobby Previte American drummer |
| — | Arthur Phillips American novelist |
| — | Myra Melford American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer |
| — | Billy Childs American jazz pianist |
| — | Craig S. Harris American musician |
| — | Steven Feld ethnomusicologist |
| — | Gerry Hemingway American drummer |
| — | Rufus Reid American bassist, educator, and composer |
| — | Bill Smith jazz musician and composer from the United States |
| — | James Newton American flautist, composer, and conductor |
| — | Hall Overton musician, composer, music teacher (1920–1972) |
| — | Donal Fox American musician |