Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Jazz musicians who received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: list of 7 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2008 | Emil Mangelsdorff German jazz musician (1925–2022) |
| 2005 | Wolfgang Dauner German musician (1935-2020) |
| 2001 | Peter Herbolzheimer German musician (1935-2010) |
| 1987 | Max Greger German conductor and bandleader (1926–2015) |
| 1973 | Kurt Edelhagen German musician (1920-1982) |
| — | Klaus Doldinger German musician, composer, bandleader and saxophonist (1936–2025) |
| — | George Gruntz Swiss pianist (1932-2013) |