honorary doctorate
Jazz musicians who received the honorary doctorate: list of 10 recipients by year.
An honorary degree or degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honour") is an academic degree, typically a doctorate, conferred without examination to recognise the honoree's achievements and contributions to society. These are normally titular degrees, with fewer rights than substantive degrees. It may, more broadly, be any degree awarded without examination in order to recognise a person's achievements or their status in a university.
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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) |