NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships
The NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the highest honor that our nation bestows on jazz artists. Each year since 1982, the program has elevated to its ranks a select number of living legends who have made exceptional contributions to the advancement of jazz. For more information, read our brief history of the program.
On March 31, 2022, the National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with SFJAZZ, honored the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters—Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison, Jr., Billy Hart, and Cassandra Wilson—with a free concert held at SFJAZZ Center’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium in San Francisco. The evening kicked off a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the NEA Jazz Masters program.
Watch the concert in its entirely.
Watch the Meet the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters virtual conversation hosted by SFJazz executive artistic director Randall Kline.
2022 NEA Jazz Masters Fellows
Stanley Clarke
Donald Harrison, Jr.
Billy Hart
Cassandra Wilson
Nominate an NEA Jazz Master Fellow!
The Arts Endowment encourages nominations from the public of a broad range of individuals who have been significant to the field of jazz through vocal and instrumental performance, creative leadership, and education.Recent NEA Jazz Masters Podcasts
Stanley Clarke
Cassandra Wilson
