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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