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1982
Roy Eldridge
Dizzy Gillespie
Sun Ra
1983
Count Basie
Kenny Clarke
Sonny Rollins
1984
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Max Roach
1985
Gil Evans
Ella Fitzgerald
Jonathan "Jo" Jones
1986
Benny Carter
Dexter Gordon
Teddy Wilson
1987
Cleo Brown
Melba Liston
Jay McShann
1988
Art Blakey
Lionel Hampton
Billy Taylor
1989
Barry Harris
Hank Jones
Sarah Vaughan
1990
George Russell
Cecil Taylor
Gerald Wilson
1991
Danny Barker
Buck Clayton
Andy Kirk
Clark Terry
1992
Betty Carter
Dorothy Donegan
Harry "Sweets" Edison
| 1993
Jon Hendricks
Milt Hinton
Joe Williams
1994
Louie Bellson
Ahmad Jamal
Carmen McRae
1995
Ray Brown
Roy Haynes
Horace Silver
1996
Tommy Flanagan
Benny Golson
J.J. Johnson
1997
Billy Higgins
Milt Jackson
Anita O'Day
1998
Ron Carter
James Moody
Wayne Shorter
1999
Dave Brubeck
Art Farmer
Joe Henderson
2000
David Baker
Donald Byrd
Marian McPartland
2001
John Lewis
Jackie McLean
Randy Weston
2002
Frank Foster
Percy Heath
McCoy Tyner
2003
Jimmy Heath
Elvin Jones
Abbey Lincoln
| 2004
Jim Hall
Chico Hamilton
Herbie Hancock
Luther Henderson
Nat Hentoff
Nancy Wilson
2005
Kenny Burrell
Paquito D'Rivera
Slide Hampton
Shirley Horn
Jimmy Smith
Artie Shaw
George Wein
2006
Ray Barretto
Tony Bennett
Bob Brookmeyer
Chick Corea
Buddy DeFranco
Freddie Hubbard
John Levy
2007
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Curtis Fuller
Ramsey Lewis
Dan Morgenstern
Jimmy Scott
Frank Wess
Phil Woods
2008
Candido Camero
Andrew Hill
Quincy Jones
Tom McIntosh
Joe Wilder
Gunther Schuller
2009
George Benson
Jimmy Cobb
Lee Konitz
Toots Thielemans
Rudy Van Gelder
Snooky Young
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