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List of Obituaries

Note: The list is not complete and should merely serve
as a guide.
If a name appears twice, the year of the first appearance
is the correct one. The second appearance is the year of
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A more detailed list of departed American jazz musicians can be found here.

Flower from Dizzy Gillespie's memorial plot. Click to view.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Rest in Peace
Year Name
1962 Tim Clayton
1963 Dennis Ringrowe, Ronnie Heasman
1964

Joe Maini, Meade Lux Lewis
1965 Bill Mather, Don Redman, Jack Echols, Nat King Cole
1966 Albert Dellaporta, Alma Cogan, Bud Powell, Dave Lambert, Deems Taylor, Fred Caesar, Gerry Bowman, Glenn Hughes, Peter Yorke, Ray Terry
1967 Alfredo Frontalini, Edmond Hall, Ronnie Hancox, Bill Richards, Les Williams, Harry Shields, Henry 'Red' Allen, John Coltrane, Johnny Wells, Jack Thompson, Billy Kyle, Osie Johnson, George Hartman, Kid Howard, Eric Pizey, Paul Webster, Johnny St. Cyr, Boyd Raeburn, Darnell Howard, Dave Lambert, Les Blair, Wellman Braud, Lucky Millinder, Johnny Mendell, John Hurt, Harold Baker, Glenn Hughes, Toots Mondello
1968 Arthur Wilkinson, Bobby Pratt, Douggie Tobbutt, Ed Hall, Mugsey Spanier, Wilbert Tillman, Willie Smith, Herman Chittison, Ronnie Hancox, Bill Richards, Pete Johnson, Les Williams, Buster Bailey, Henry Red Allen, Benny Krueger, Charlie Margulis, Billy Strayhorn, Elmo Hope, George Treadwell, Langston Hughes, Mavis Taylor, Sid Plummer, John Coltrane, Rex Stewart, Edgar Jackson, Sidney de Paris, Roy J. Carew, Willard Brown, Stan Cox, Stuff Smith, Billy Banks, Henderson Chambers, Louis James, George Wettling, Jody Edwards, Henry 'Boots' Mussulli, Ida Cox, Frederic 'Keg' Johnson, Jimmy Archey, Jack Binks, Walter Gross, Phil Goody, John Vere, Peter McGurk, Wes Montgomery
1969

Bert Courtley, Billy Cotton, Fred Bonelli, Wes Montgomery, Peter McGurk, Ziggy Elman, Doug Tobutt, Hank Duncan, Harry Oliver Brooks, Willard Robison, Bill Holland, Dorothy Baker, Cliff Barton, Arthur Wilkinson, Ted Whitby, Cutty Cutshall, Bill Stegmeyer, Coleman Hawkins, Dave Goldberg, David Gornston, Dennis Brady, George Lewis, H. J. Honeybun, Jeff Todd, Earl Swope, Claude Greene, Benny Moll, Little Walter, Lucky Roberts, Lou McConville, Arthur Hazel, Christopher Goldston, Bumps Myers, Chuck Evans, Rosa Henderson, Dick Ruedebusch, Arthur Detrich, George Wettling, Len Daniels, Bill Bramwell, Michael Carr, Doctor Edmon Souchon, Eddie Wilcox, Teacho Wiltshire, Steve Bohannon, Bert Brown, Sidney Brown, Hilton Jefferson, Joy Marshall, Floyd O'Brien, Lew Stone, Peter Atherton, James Hutcheon, Ted Heath

1970 Cedric Haywood, Sammy Penn, Manuel Manetta, Booker Pitman, Pops Foster, Tony Pastor, Tony Sbarbara, Archie Sinclair, Tom Smith, Nate Kazebier, Edgar Currance, Max Bacon, Jack Payne, Big John Spence, E. S. (Nobby) Knight, Eric A. McGavin, Eric Maschwitz, Jack Bassett, Johnny Hodges, Johnny White, Adolphe Alexander, Paul Chambers, Vernon Duke, Mike Taylor, David Gornston, Lew Stone, Pee Wee Russell, Paul Barbarin, Joe Loyocano, Ken Myers, Jimmy McHugh, Max Bacon, Peter Carpenter, Leslie Godsall, Joe Glaser, Albert Stinson, Milt Heath, Wynonie Harris, Russ Morgan, Morris Goldenberg, Dave Goldberg, Josh White, Tony Fruscella, Norman Brown, Mitchel Ayres, Tommy Chase, Joe Watkins
1971 Bert Ambrose, Bert Bullimore, Derek Humble, Dickie Valentine, Ernie Caceres, Frank King, Harold McNair, Harry Hines, Harry Roy, Jeanne Matthews, Kenny Sargent, Jon Smith, Harry M. Woods, Lou Terasi, Billy Hey, Slim Harpo, Lawrence Dixon, Paul Chris, Bob Russell, Emile Barnes, Lucille Hegamin, Otis Spann, Earl Hooker, Perry Bradford, Husk O'Hare, Johnny Hodges, Graham Dalley, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Lewis, Art Gregory, Cliff Jackson, Lonnie Johnson, Earl Grant, Bob Range, Tony Russell, Leith Stevens, Otto Hardwicke, Booker Ervin, Scoops Cary, Dan Qualey, Joe Alexander, Gail Brockman, George Stevenson, Tryphena Partridge, Wynton Kelly
1972 Berg Larsen, Billy Dorn, Bob Hall, Ernie Caceres, Cap'n John Handy, Fred Farrar, Samuel Maghett, Harry Shields, Harry Roy, Bob Hilliard, Derek Humble, Tryphena Partridge, Dennis Armatage, Harold McNair, Francis Wolff, Bert Bullimore, George Olsen, Willie Anderson, Frank Horrox, Jack S. Wakeley, Charlie Shavers, Bobby Donaldson, Earl Humphreys, Leo McManus, King Curtis, Murray Mayall, Call Cobbs, Joe Sullivan, Ben Thigpen, Octave Crosby, Pete Mills, Gary McFarland, Herman Parker, John Thomas, Jake Trussell, Fred Guy, Phil Parker, Phil Seamen, Sam Browne, Syd Millward
1973 Curtis Jones, Big Maybelle Smith, Al Smith, Peter Rush, Mahalia Jackson, Gene Austin, Lee Morgan, Marty Flax, Jack Strachey, Jimmy Rushing, Mezz Mezzrow, Don Byas, Gene Krupa, Jack Plant, Jackie Dougan, Jimmy Macree, Ronnie Genarder, Jimmy Lally, Joe Harriott, Sid Phillips, Tony Thorpe, Tubby Hayes, Val Parnell, Chick Milne, Stan Osborne, Kenny Dorham, Bobby Breen
1974 Darius Milhaud, Duke Ellington, Gerald Bright (Geraldo), Harry Carney, Joe Benjamin, Joe Harriott, Wilbur de Paris, Ronnie Genarder, Kid Ory, Edgar Sampson, Ted Koehler, Jackie Dougan, Jimmy Lally, Jimmy Macree, Leo Towers, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Lamar Wright, Sid Phillips, J.C.Higginbothan, Paul Gonsalves, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Gene Krupa, Perry Botkin Snr., Freddie Simon, Dee Dee Pierce, Nelson Williams, Irving Riskin, Volly de Faut, Eddie Condon, Alf Abbott, Milton "Brew" Moore, Malcolm Ogden, Tina Brooks, Albert Nicholas, Bill Harris, Hugo Winterhalter, Ben Webster, Don Honeywill, Jerry Wald, Harry Stott
1975 Bill Tringham, Cannonball Adderley, Frenchy Sartell, Ed Safranski, Bobby Parr, Tex Ritter, Joe Benjamin, Ed Allen, Archie Semple, Joe Washburne, Roy Bargy, Phil Wynne, Bennie Bonacio, Cyril Stapleton, Mal Dean, Hugh McCamley, Julian Dash, Gil Rodin, George Frazier, Darius Milhaud, Ted Admond, Lightnin' Slim, Gene Ammons, Dave Oxley, Jimmy Ricks, Bill Chase, Sonny Rose, Ross Parker, John Hardie Ratcliffe, John Pearce, Savannah Churchill, George Henderson, Chester Hazlett, John Foster, Adge Cutler, Eric Winstone, Geraldo, Graham Bond, Paul Gonsalves, Tyree Glen, Bernard Darkin, Duke Ellington, Eric Ferguson, Ossie Noble, Robert Reisner, Frank Assunto, Bobby Timmons, Pop Silk, Floyd Bean, Herman Lubinsky, Baby Lawrence, Dorothy Fields, Lloyd Phillips, Sam Donahue, Arthur Crudup, Jesse Crump, Art Sim, Jesse Price, Al Morgan, Sir Arthur Bliss
1976 Arthur Drury, Bob Tilles, Bobby Hackett, Brian Gorman, Buddy Featherstonehaugh, Conny Boswell, Johnny Mercer, Louis Jordan, Ake Persson, Charles Aitken, Jimmy Grissom, Jay Cole, Gene Schroeder, Benny Harris, Ben Homer, Pete Wemyss, Morris Mack, T-Bone Walker, Terry Kelly, Frank Arsenault, Malcolm Lockyer, Mongezi Feza, Lee Wiley, Stanley Williams, Hound Dog Taylor, Noble Sissle, Paul Robeson, Percy Faith, Pete Clarke, Joe Mooney, Trevor Koehler, Dave Martin, John Kirkwood, Tom Summers, Dave Usden, Ralph Gleason, Dennis Cowan, George Tunnell, Neva Raphaello, Ozzie Bailey, Roy Chapman, Sydney Bright, Ted Anstey, Vincent Bach, Zutty Singleton, Tom Gerun, Frank Holzfield, Jimmy Leach, Bill Tringham, Thomas Parker Gibbs, Warren Smith, Jack Delaney, Sheldon Brooks, Wingy Carpenter, Len Rowe, Bill Newton, Oliver Nelson, Ralph Bruce, Jack Lennox
1977 Bill Steele, Bill Taylor, Billy Ternent, Bing Crosby, Bobby Steele, Derrick Abbott, Dick Sadleir, Don Barrigo, Erroll Garner, Erroll Garner, Albert Gordon, Charles Bohm, Bill Marshall, Hampton Hawes, Harry Meadows, Jack Palmer, Sydney Dymant, Maurice Rocco, Eric Siday, Brian O'Malley, Rube Bloom, Jimmy Garrison, Evie Ellington, Carlo Krahmer, Teddy Buckner, Jan Ralfini, Jim Robinson, Lars Gullin, Princess White, Joe Bishop, John Brunious, Jack Harris, Gordon Milner, Willie Maiden, Kathy Lynn, Albert Burbank, Jerry Gray, Bernard Pfeiffer, Roy Chapman, Johnny Spence, Ken Wray, Len Harrison, Paul Desmond, Percy Faith, Mance Lipscombe, Jesse Fuller, Ray Nance, Rudy Pompilli, Paul Robeson, Johnny Hocken, Vincent Bach, Don Wilson, Mitch Mitchell, Burton Morris, Will Starr, Vince Guaraldi, Derek Fairbrass, Cyril Preston, Roberto Inglez, Tony Budd, Quentin Jackson, Conny Boswell, Victoria Spivey, Herb Flemming, Cliff Burwell, Rudy Powell, Bernie Hanighen
1978 Alan Moorhouse, Art Mardigan, Sleepy John Estes, Percy Marion, Richie Kamuca, Milt Buckner, Big John Wrencher, Bill Taylor, Elvis Presley, Ethel Waters, Elsie Carlisle, Marc Bolan, George Barnes, Roberto Inglez, Denis Lopez, Eddie Calvert, Freddie King, Jill Marton, Ned Washington, Paul "Doc" Evans, Edgar Battle, Woodrow Wilson Johnson, Clifton Davis, Booker T. Washington White, Joe Candullo, Dick Sadleir, Armand Hug, Bennie Green, Hymie Shertzer, Johnny Newman, Julius Watkins, Ruby Smith, Edward Mullens, Blanche Thomas, Joe Garland, Walter Johnson, Derek Abbott, San Lanin, Bobby Steele, Don Barrigo, Hampton Hawes, Paul Desmond, Ken Wray, Ted Shuttleworth, Joe Venuti, Lennie Hastings, Leopold Stokowski, Andy Secrest, Fred Callow, Mary Ford, Peter Sensier, Milt Raskin, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Teddi King, Sonny Criss, Roland Kirk, Rudy Starita
1979 Ben Norris, Don Ellis, Don Macaffer, Jack Jackson, Popsie Randolph, Sam Weiss, Greg Herbert, Chuck Peterson, Alan Moorhouse, Alex Bradford, Frances Wayne, Denis Lopez, Rudy Starita, Tolchard Evans, Joe Marsala, Louis Cottrell, Alis Combelle, Norrie Paramor, Ray Noble, Frank Ippolito, Harold "Money" Johnson, Alton "Slim" Moore, Norman Lester, Laurie Henshaw, Marie Bryant, Matty Matlock, Ed Kirkeby, Quinn Wilson, Lennie Hastings, Wilf Ashley, Eddie Calvert, Teddy Bunn, Roy C. Knapp, Stan Kenton, Vic O'Brien, Victor Silvester, Les Perrin, Joe Venuti, Louis Prima, Irene Kral, Teddy Hill, Jimmy Durrant, Enoch Light, Ruth Etting, Beryl Booker, George Scott-Wood, Lennie Tristano, Jimmy Nottingham, Frank Rosolino, Lou Preager
1980 Arthur Fiedler, Stan Kenton, Ray Eberle, Norrie Paramor, Wilbur Ware, Charles Kynard, Ben Edwards, John Simmons, Lou Bush, Denis Preston, Leonard Hibbs, Corky Corcoran, David Izenzon, Jimmy Lonie, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bill Evans, Charlie Mingus, Albert Caldwell, Fred Elizalde, Grant Green, Sonny Payne, Peanuts Holland, Gerry Turnham, Vic O'Brien, Peggy Dell, Graham Beazley, Mary Henderson, Eddie Jefferson, Blue Mitchell, George Thompson, E. O. Pogson, Frank Thornton, Albert Hall, Leslie Gilbert, Paul Fenhoulet, Alan Breeze, David Whitfield, Andre Kostelanetz, Richard Rodgers, Jerry Hoey, Paul Fenhoulet, Peter Husband, Vernon Brown, Bill Rank, Raymond Fol, Freddy Crump, Ben Norris, Leon Musikant, John Hooper, Pee Wee Hunt, Alton Redd, Edgar Hayes, Matthew Gee, Roy C. Knapp, Charles Shadwell, Horace Clifton, Denny Briant
1981 Alan Breeze, David Whitfield, Albert Hall, Andre Kostelanetz, Dickie Wren, Professor Longhair, Ed Garland, Babs Gonzales, Jimmy Crawford, Harry Hopkin, Charlie Fowlkes, Jerry Fielding, Shorty Sherock, Bill Coleman, Chauncey Moorehouse, Les Jenkins, John Lennon, Dick Haymes, Mantovani, Andy McDevitt, Sonny Burke, Bert Kaempfert, Barney Bigard, Frank Cordell, Len 'Doc' Hunt, Ken Turner, Duke Pearson, Jimmy Forrest, Peter Husband, Bill Evans, Albert Walters, Dick Katz, Eileen Orchard, Len 'Doc' Hunt, Lennie Felix, Tiny Clarke
1982 Art Pepper, Athol Buxton, David Gilbert, Russell Procope, Cozy Cole, Bobby Sherwood, Ron Grainer, Joe Carroll, Yip Harburg, Edwin Ashcroft, Charles Isaacs, Louis McKay, Robert Pete Williams, Red Saunders, Dick Katz, Clarence Beeks, Bert Thomas, Cal Tjader, Carmen Mastren, Paul Barnes, Eileen Orchard, Eddie Sauter, Cat Anderson, Frankie Socolow, Gene Russell, Bob Marley, Frank Weir, Mary Lou Williams, Pee Wee Erwin, Remo Biondi, Don Dryce, Roy Willitts, Dennis Gifford, Hoagy Carmichael, Ira Pettiford, Snub Mosley, Bill Coleman, Ned Williams, Walter Thomas, Helen Humes, Harry Warren, Hazel Scott, Bertie King, Will Osborne, Linda Keene, Mac Duncan, Thelonius Monk
1983 Al Haig, Art Pepper, Cal Tjader, William Montgomery, Alex Welsh, Charles LaVere, Harry Mills, Sonny Stitt, Wingy Malone, Gene Roland, Jerry Dawson, Bill Edge, Al Haig, Eric Kershaw, Kai Winding, Ray Foulds, Robert Cornford, Taft Jordan, Gordon Forsythe, Sam Hopkins, Art Sanders, Dave Cavanaugh, Vido Musso, Thelonius Monk, Kurt Edelhagen, Gabor Szabo, Charlie Spivak, Oscar Grasso, Phyllis Robins, Sonny Greer, David Williams, Roy Fox
1984 Babe Russin, Bill Stapleton, Juan Tizol, Arthur Schwartz, Jimmy Mundy, Pat Smythe, Kai Winding, Gordon Fullwood, Harry James, Keith Bird, Chick Smith, Roosevelt Sykes, Bob Cornford, Paul Quinichette, Walter Landauer, Matty Peters, Ira Gershwin, Don Ewell, Ernie Boole, Don Costa, Ray Foulds, Eubie Blake, Winifred Atwell, Adrian Boult, Geoff Tomlinson, Eric Kershaw, Bud Baker, Harold Seagrave, William Walton, Don Lowes, Earl Hines, McKinley Morganfield, Bronislaw Kaper, Elizabeth Lutyens, Meredith Wilson, Santos, Casini, Brian Lawrence, Fraser Crombie, Violet Carson, Tommy Fevre
1985

Alexis Korner, Teddy Foster, Jackie Wilson, Ina Ray Hutton, Red Price, Reg Smith, Cyril Rayson, Carmen Dragon, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Kennedy, Count Basie, Marcus Dods, Machito, William Red Garland, George Fierstone, Gordon Beeson, Dick Kaart, Nat Whitworth, Ray Ellington, Harry Flaum, Juan Tizol, Gordon Jenkins, Dill Jones, Meredith Willson, Fred Waring, Bram Martin, Esther Phillips, Maurice Gawne, Willard Alexander, Irving Babe Russin, Ernest Tubb, Ralph Holmes, Arthur Schwartz, James Trummy Young, Shelly Manne, Alberta Hunter, James Petrillo, Vic Dickenson, Charlie Teagarden, Jack Stacy, Teddy Reig, Zoot Sims

1987 Alfred Lyon, Bruce Lundvall, Bill McGuffie, Doug Dobell, Harry Roche, Maurice Woolf, Pierre Fournier, Benny Morton, Ken Moule, Dick James, Guy Warrack, Edmund Rubbra, Sonny Terry, Harold Arlen, Fred Hunt, Cliff Leeman, Lawrie Monk, Alan Jay Lerner, Benny Goodman, Rudy Vallee, Teddy Wilson, Thad Jones, Hank Mobley, Pepper Adams, Emanuel Sayles, Arthuer Rosebery, Alan Branscombe, Sippie Wallace, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jaco Pastorius, Eddie Thompson, Jerry Colonna, Lew Davis, Horace Heidt, Desi Arnaz, Victor Feldman
1988 Al Cohn, Bob Sharples, Herb Miller, Woody Herman, Slam Stewart, Les Thompson, Warne Marsh, Stan Butcher, Slim Wilson, Eric Tann, James Staples, Marion Hutton, Harry Leader, Spike Hughes, Liberace, Freddie Green, John Malachi, Eddie Durham, Bill McGuffie, Buddy Rich, Maxine Sullivan, Irving Ashby, Victor Feldman, Segovia, Sammy Kaye, Jackie Gleason, Doug Dobell, John Hammond, Howard McGhee
1989 Duncan Whyte, Arnette Cobb, Irv Cottler
1990

Freddy Clayton, Ronnie Munro, Will Bradley, Irv Cottler, Irving Berlin, Joe Crossman, Sammy Fain, Georgie Auld, Roy Eldridge, Renauld Jones, Frank Dixon, Alan Civil, Wally Heider, Dalton Smith, Woody Shaw, Johnny Green, Geoffrey Gilbert, Stan Newsome

1991 Dexter Gordon, Billy Scott-Coomber, Joe Loss, June Christy, Louis Blackburn, Sidney Torch, Joe Turner, Geoff Love, Miles Davis, Pat Dodd, Pearl Bailey, David Rose, Alyn Ainsworth, Leonard Bernstein, Art Blakey, Xavier Cugat, Major Holley, Jill Day, Peter Schilperoort, Aaaron Copland, Dave Wilkins, Peter Clayton, Semprini, Mel Lewis, Jimmy van Heusen, Georgie Auld, Dennis Egan, Johnnie Ray, Max Goldberg, Eddie Lomax, Harry South, Al Sears, Sarah Vaughan, Stan Getz
1992 Brew Moore, Charlie Ventura, Harry Mortimer, Red Callender, Monty Budwig, Olivier Messiaen, Deane Kincaide, Nat Pierce, Dave Lindup, Georgia Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Jackie Gordon, Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Don Lang, John Cage, Lawrence Welk, Chico Alvarez, Red Mitchell, Edwin Holland, Edward Planas, Norman Stenfalt, Ronnie Ross, Miles Davis, Geoff Love, Stan Getz, Eddie Miller, Bud Freeman, Slim Gaillard, Leo Wright, Pat Dodd, Charlie Barnet
1993 Adelaide Hall, Denny Dennis, Alan Clare, Bruce Turner, Denny Dennis, Sammy Cahn, Pat Mason, George Evans, Billy Eckstine, Bob Crosby, Clifford Jordan, Rufus Jones, Ivy Benson, Sun Ra, Aubrey Frank, Joe Daniels, Bob Cooper, Philip Martell, Billy Riddick, Helen O'Connell, Jimmy Deuchar, Ronnie Aldrich
1994 Alan Clare, Cab Calloway, Jack Sharpe, Dinah Shore, Stan Roderick, Jack Bentley, Henry Mancini, Anne Shelton, Jule Styne, Max Kaminsky, Shorty Rogers, Carmen McRae, Leonard Feather
1995 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jerry Garcia, Phil Harris, Alan Dell, Wild Bill Davis, Marty Paich, John Gilmore, Larry Gales, Hugh Charles, Ida Carroll, Don Cherry, Bryan Johnson, Maxene Andrews, Alan Littlejohn, Max Abrams, Jess Stacy, Lionard Hirsch, Geoffrey Parsons, Art Taylor, Doug Le Vicki, Yank Lawson, Bob Fitzpatrick, Vic Stanshall, Sunnyland Slim, Carl Jefferson, Vivian Dunn, Hal Mooney, Juilius Hemphill, Chris Pyne, Cleo Brown, Ray McKinley, Marshall Royal, Don Pullen, Jimmy Raney, Mick Pyne, Johnny Van Derrick, Rory Gallagher, Ron Weatherburn, Frank Chacksfield, Dennis Gomm, Sydney Lipton, Charlie Rich, Percy Humphrey, Miklos Rozsa, Laurindo Almeida
1996 Benny Lee, Ike Isaacs, Gerry Mulligan, Gus Bivona, Morty Corb, Tiny Winters, Morton Gould, Mercer Ellington, Bob Thiele, Ray Leatherwood, Herb Hall, Gene Estes, Barney Willen, Jimmy Rowles, Billy Byers, Ken Williams, Carmell Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Vivian Ellis, Ronnie Price, Les Allen, Rafael Kubelik, Ray Coleman, Alan Kane, Paul Weston, Wally Horwood Edward Kassner, Gerry Mulligan
1997 Carl Dolmetsch, Stan Barker, Rolf Ericson, Thurmann Green, Sviatoslav Richter, Harry Giltrap, Duncan Swift, Tet Montolia, Jimmy Witherspoon, Dave Oades, John Denver, Robert Simpson, Shake Keane, Stephane Grappelli, Cavan O'Connor, Charlie Galbraith, Wally Whyton, Carole Carr, Gerald Marks, Harry Davis, Ernie Watts, Eric Fenby, Kenny Graham, Tony Williams, Lavern Baker, Vince Carbone, Jock Bain, Eddie Jones, Doc Cheatham, Thelma Carpenter, Arthur Prysock, Charles Cracknell, James Asman, Watson Forbes, Ronnie Scott, Terry Lewis
1998 George Chisholm, OBE, Jimmy Skidmore, Mel Powell, Syd Lawrence, Harry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Malcolm Mitchell, Charlie Short, Jack Carter, Bill Lewington, Flash Winston, Ray Premru; Johnny Johnston, Benny Green, George Kelly, Beryl Bryden, Dick Gibson, Nat Gonella, Eve Boswell, Benny Waters, Tal Farlow, Robin Richmond, Carl Barriteau; Betty Carter, Gene Autrey; Robin Hall; Bob Haggart, George Van Eps, Dorothy Donegan, Barrett Deems, Kenny Kirkland, Sir Michael Tippett, Johnny Coles, Carl Perkins, Attilla Zoller, Junior Wells; Carl Wilson, Bob Merrill, Gerald Lascelles, Ivor Mairants; Jack Donaldson; Helen Ward, Tammy Wynette, Dorothy Squires, John Wilbraham
1999 Art Farmer, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Helen Forrest, Bill Skeat, Paul Ringham, Andy Simpkins, Teddy McRae, Leroy Vinnegar, Frankie Vaughan, Ronnie Chamberlain, Milt Jackson, Victor Silvester, Tony Crombie, Lester Bowie, Charlie Byrd, Kenny Baker, Lionel Bart, Red Norvo, Lecil Martin, Dick Grove, Horace Tapscott, Jesse Stone, Ernest Gold, James Blades, Melba Liston, Bert Firman, Freddy Randall, Ernie Wilkins, Bobbie Midgley, Mel Torme, Joaquin Rodrigo, Guy Mitchell, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Michel Petrucciani, Marion Ryan, Colin Purbrook, Bobby Troup, Ian Hunter-Randall, Dusty Springfield, Richard Bone, Danny Halperin, Jaki Byard, Joe Willams, Stanley Dance, Derek Collins, Betty Roche
2000 Al Grey, Bob Burns, Derek Healey, Harold Nicholas, Mark White, Nat Adderley, Kay Cavendish, Friedrich Gulda, Moira Heath, Vic Schoen, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Dave Jones, Gus Johnson, Si Zentner, Ross Russell, Cab Kaye, Gene Harris, Billy Munn, Sally Douglas, Jonah Jones, Don Abney, Charles Earland, Tex Beneke, Tito Puente, Julie Dawn, Arnold Ross, Terri Thornton, David Bryant, Barry Ulanov, Stanley Turrentine, Tommy Burton, Tommy Reilly, Martin Milner, Don Banks, Baden Powell, Julie London, Britt Woodman, Willie Cook, Dick Morrissey, Vernel Fournier, Russ Conway
2001 Les Brown, Jack McDuff, Norris Turney, Louis Levy, J.J. Johnson, Ronnie Hilton, Buddy Tate, Sonny Morris, Jack Sudic, Percy Carter, Jimmy Miller, Frankie Carle, John Lewis, Billy Higgins, Larry Grettan, Susanah McCorkle, Mike Sammes, Chet Atkins, Joe Henderson, Chico O'Farrill, Flip Phillips, Isaac Stern, Paul Bridge, Jay Livingstone, Manny Albam, Spike Robinson, Bernie Fenton, Tommy Flanagan, Norman Granz, Bill Le Sage, Ralph Burns, Conte Candoli, Ralph Sutton
2002 Peggy Lee, Ronnie Verrell, Shirley Scott, Helmut Zacharias, Spike Milligan, Harry Hayes, Dudley Moore, Bernie Fenton, Marian Montgomery, Jimmy Maxwell, Idrees Sulieman, Russ Freeman, Peter Matz, Norbert Schultze, Ronnie Stephenson, Lionel Hampton, Curtis Amy, Ray Foxley, Dodo Marmarosa, Ray Conniff, Bill Berry, Roland Hanna, Stanley Black, John McLevy, Arthur Dakin, Bob Berg, Arvell Shaw, Bill Byrne, Al Tinney
2003 Ron Goodwin, Eric Jupp, William Russo, Cy Touff, Ruby Braff, Jutta Hipp, Nina Simone, Allen Eager, Jimmy Knepper, Harold Ashby, Peanuts Hucko, Burt Rhodes, Herbie Mann, Woolf Phillips, Benny Carter, Grover Mitchell, Bill Perkins, Charlie Harris, Wayne Andre, John Best, Jack Brymer, Chubby Jackson, Carl Fontana, Don Lanphere, Peter Gullin, Arthur Greenslade, Ron Aspery, Sid Margo, Harry Smith, Webster Young, Don Lamond, Hans Koller
2004 John Guerin, Billy May, Milt Bernhart, Frank Mantooth, Preston Love, Alvino Rey, Jack Sperling, Max Harris, Wallace Davenport, George Hunter, John Mayer, Peter Ustinov, Harry Babbitt, Claude Williams, Barney Kessell, John LaPorta, Lloyd Ulyate, Elvin Jones, Ray Charles, Red Kelly, Lennie Bush, James Williams, Illinois Jacquet, Sasha Distel, Tony Mottola, Gordon Brisker, Bob Eberle, Bill Eyden, Joe Bushkin, Pete Jolly, Cy Coleman, Michel Colombier, Bob Maize, Frank Isola, Jimmy Smith
2005 Wolfgang Kowatsch, Ronnie Horler, Larry Bunker, Stan Levey, Toots Camarata, Robert Farnon, Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, Jimmy Woode, Benny Bailey, Percy Heath, Basil Kirchin, Billy Bauer, Chris Griffin, Pierre Michelot, John Stubblefield, Jackie Armstrong, Albert Mangelsdorf, Irene Miller, Al McKibbon, Lucky Thompson, Keter Betts, Francy Boland, Alan Downey, Steve Marcus, William Vacchiano
  Flower motif taken from Dizzy Gillespie's memorial plot.