NEA Jazz Masters Award

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United States national award jazz award lifetime achievement award

The NEA Jazz Masters Award is the United States’ highest honor in jazz, recognizing lifetime achievement and exceptional contributions to the art form.

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Label Occurrences
NEA Jazz Masters Award canonical 11
NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship 7
National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States national award ⓘ
jazz award ⓘ
lifetime achievement award ⓘ
administeredBy The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Music Division
awardType individual artist award ⓘ
ceremonyLocation various venues in the United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs United States’ highest honor in jazz ⓘ
eligibility jazz advocates ⓘ
jazz composers ⓘ
jazz educators ⓘ
jazz musicians ⓘ
fieldOfWork jazz advocacy ⓘ
jazz composition ⓘ
jazz education ⓘ
jazz performance ⓘ
music ⓘ
firstAwardsGiven 1982 ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.arts.gov/honors/jazz ⓘ
honorificTitleConferred NEA Jazz Masters Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NEA Jazz Master
inception 1982 ⓘ
includesComponent financial fellowship ⓘ
mediaCoverage publicly broadcast or streamed ceremony ⓘ
notableRecipient Chick Corea ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Ron Carter ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
organizer The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts
presentedBy The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts
purpose to honor exceptional contributions to the art of jazz ⓘ
to recognize lifetime achievement in jazz ⓘ
recognizedAs preeminent national jazz honor in the United States ⓘ
selectionProcess peer nomination and panel review ⓘ
shortName NEA Jazz Masters Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NEA Jazz Masters
sponsor The National Endowment for the Arts ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts
typicalFrequency annual ⓘ

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Max Roach → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Wayne Shorter → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Tony Bennett → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Ahmad Jamal → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award
Sonny Rollins → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Sarah Vaughan → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Ron Carter → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
George Wein → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award
Jimmy Smith → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Clark Terry → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award → shortName → NEA Jazz Masters Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters
NEA Jazz Masters Award → honorificTitleConferred → NEA Jazz Masters Award self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Master
Charles Lloyd → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Keith Jarrett → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
McCoy Tyner → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Illinois Jacquet → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jazz Master (NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship)
National Heritage Fellowships → relatedAward → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters
Delfeayo Marsalis → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master
Ellis Marsalis Jr. → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award
Anthony Dominick Benedetto → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Hubert Laws → notableAward → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Shirley Horn → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship
John Benedetto → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
J.J. Johnson → awarded → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Louie Bellson → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Sheila Jordan → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
this entity surface form: NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship
Benny Carter → awardReceived → NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ