National Medal of Arts
Jazz musicians who received the National Medal of Arts: list of 21 recipients by year.
The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government. Nominations are submitted to the National Council on the Arts, the advisory committee of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), who then submits its recommendations to the White House for the president of the United States to award. The medal was designed for the NEA by sculptor Robert Graham.
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Recipients
| 2023 | José Feliciano Puerto Rican musician (born 1945) |
| 2012 | Allen Toussaint American musician, songwriter and record producer (1938–2015) |
| 2010 | Quincy Jones American record producer and composer (1933–2024) |
| 2010 | Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) |
| 1997 | Betty Carter American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter (1929–1998) |
| 1993 | Ray Charles American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004) |
| 1993 | Cab Calloway American jazz singer (1907–1994) |
| 1992 | Billy Taylor American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010) |
| 1989 | Dizzy Gillespie American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993) |
| — | Barbra Streisand American singer and actress (born 1942) |
| — | Ella Fitzgerald American jazz singer (1917–1996) |
| — | Gene Kelly American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996) |
| — | Aaron Copland American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor… |
| — | Dave Brubeck American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012) |
| — | Fats Domino American pianist and singer (1928-2017) |
| — | Les Paul American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor… |
| — | Benny Carter American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer… |
| — | Lionel Hampton American jazz musician (1908–2002) |
| — | Herb Alpert American trumpeter and recording industry executive (born 1935) |
| — | Paquito D'Rivera Cuban musician |
| — | Hank Jones American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010) |