Officer of Arts and Letters
Jazz musicians who received the Officer of Arts and Letters: list of 15 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2023 | Ibrahim Maalouf French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer (born 1980) |
| 2023 | André Manoukian French composer, arranger and jazz musician |
| 2022 | Cécile McLorin Salvant American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots |
| 2019 | Youn Sun Nah South Korean jazz singer |
| 2015 | Michel Benita French musician |
| 2014 | Jean-Jacques Milteau French blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter |
| 2000 | Clark Terry American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015) |
| 1981 | Stéphane Grappelli French jazz violinist (1908–1997) |
| — | Angelique Kidjo Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960) |
| — | Oscar Peterson Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007) |
| — | Michel Legrand French film score composer (1932–2019) |
| — | Dee Dee Bridgewater American singer (born 1950) |
| — | Richard Galliano French musician |
| — | Tania Maria Brazilian musician |
| — | Per Aage Brandt Danish writer and linguist |