honorary doctorate
Jazz musicians who received the honorary doctorate: list of 10 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2025 | Joseph Tawadros Egyptian-born Coptic Australian multi-instrumentalist and oud virtuoso |
| 2023 | Jan Wróblewski Polish jazz musician |
| 2012 | David Murray American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) |
| 2005 | Joanna MacGregor British musician |
| 2004 | Al Jarreau American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017) |
| 1999 | Milcho Leviev Bulgarian composer (1937–2019) |
| 1977 | Yehudi Menuhin American violinist and conductor (1916–1999) |
| — | Nina Simone American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights activist… |
| — | Dorothy Donegan American jazz pianist (1922–1998) |
| — | Hale Smith American composer, music pedagogue, and jazz pianist (1925–2009) |