Paul Acket Award
Jazz musicians who received the Paul Acket Award: list of 48 recipients by year.
Recipients
| 2016 | Cécile McLorin Salvant American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots |
| 1998 | Max Roach American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer (1924–2007) |
| 1995 | Toots Thielemans Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016) |
| 1993 | Sonny Rollins American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026) |
| 1986 | Martial Solal French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024) |
| — | Quincy Jones American record producer and composer (1933–2024) |
| — | Miles Davis American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991) |
| — | Dizzy Gillespie American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993) |
| — | Ornette Coleman American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer… |
| — | Stan Getz American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991) |
| — | Stéphane Grappelli French jazz violinist (1908–1997) |
| — | Dexter Gordon American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990) |
| — | Benny Carter American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer… |
| — | Lionel Hampton American jazz musician (1908–2002) |
| — | Pat Metheny American jazz musician |
| — | Art Blakey American jazz drummer and bandleader (1919–1990) |
| — | Clark Terry American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015) |
| — | Cecil Taylor American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018) |
| — | Joe Zawinul Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2007) |
| — | Ray Brown American jazz musician (1926–2002) |
| — | Lee Konitz American jazz musician (1927–2020) |
| — | J. J. Johnson American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924–2001) |
| — | David Murray American jazz musician (tenor saxophone and bass clarinet) |
| — | Philip Catherine British-Belgian jazz rock guitarist |
| — | Albert Mangelsdorff German jazz trombonist (1928–2005) |
| — | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005) |
| — | John Surman British saxophonist and clarinetist |
| — | Rita Reys Dutch jazz singer (1924-2013) |
| — | Greetje Kauffeld Dutch singer |
| — | Misha Mengelberg Dutch jazz pianist and composer (1935–2017) |
| — | Arve Henriksen Norwegian jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1968) |
| — | Barry Harris American jazz pianist and educator (1929–2021) |
| — | Warne Marsh American tenor saxophonist (1927–1987) |
| — | Han Bennink Dutch musician (born 1942) |
| — | Jimmy Raney American musician (1927–1995) |
| — | Ernst Reijseger Dutch musician (born 1954) |
| — | Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah American jazz composer and trumpeter |
| — | Willem Breuker Dutch musician (1944–2010) |
| — | Anat Cohen Israeli-born jazz clarinetist and saxophonist |
| — | Craig Taborn American musician |
| — | Jasper van 't Hof Dutch musician |
| — | Gianluca Petrella Italian jazz trombonist |
| — | Piet Noordijk Dutch saxophonist (1932-2011) |
| — | Pim Jacobs Dutch musician (1934-1996) |
| — | Perico Sambeat Spanish jazz saxophonist |
| — | Eric Vloeimans Dutch jazz trumpeter |
| — | Conrad Herwig American musician |
| — | Adam Rogers American jazz guitarist (born 1965) |