The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the self-proclaimed highest honors that the United States bestows upon jazz musicians.[1] The award is usually given late in a performer's career after they have long established themselves.
NEA Jazz Masters
List adapted from the National Endowment for the Arts website.[2]
^National Endowment for the Arts. "The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship". Washington: National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^National Endowment for the Arts. "NEA Jazz Masters: By year". Washington: National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^National Endowment for the Arts. "2010 Fellowships Recipients". Washington: National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
^National Endowment for the Arts. "2011 Fellowships Recipients". Washington: National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014. For the first time in the program's 29-year history, in addition to four individual awards, the NEA will present a group award to the Marsalis family, New Orleans' venerable first family of jazz.
^National Endowment for the Arts. "2012 Fellowships Recipients". Washington: National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on March 23, 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
