Past and present NEA Jazz Masters, from left to right, top to bottom:

From left to right, top to bottom:
George Russell, Dave Brubeck
David Baker, Nat Hentoff, Percy Heath, Billy Taylor
Chico Hamilton, Jim Hall, James Moody
Jackie McLean, Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Heath
Randy Weston, Ron Carter, Anita O'Day
Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Horace Silver
Cecil Taylor, Roy Haynes, Louie Bellson, NEA President Dana Gioia
Frank Foster, Clark Terry (seated)