National Medal of Arts
Jazz musicians who received the National Medal of Arts: list of 21 recipients by year.
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) |