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The Big Band and Jazz Hall Of Fame Inductees List

The Big Band and Jazz Hall Of Fame was founded in 1977. Here is a list of all the inductees since the foundation's inception. Information does not appear to be available after 2004- it would seem, judging from the list, that they ran out of people to induct after that year.

1978

Louis Armstrong

Duke Ellington

Benny Goodman

Glenn Miller

Ella Fitzgerald

1979

Charlie Parker

Bix Beiderbecke

Fletcher Henderson

Miles Davis

Billie Holiday

1980

John Coltrane

James P. Johnson

Thelonious Monk

Earl Hines

Lester Young

Frank Sinatra

1981

Count Basie

Tommy Dorsey

Charlie Christian

Woody Herman

Buddy Rich

Billy Strayhorn

W. C. Handy

Bessie Smith

1982

Jelly Roll Morton

Stan Kenton

Art Blakey

Charles Mingus

Coleman Hawkins

Dizzy Gillespie

Bill Evans

Sarah Vaughan

1983

Sidney Bechet

Ben Webster

Wes Montgomery

Harry James

Stan Getz

Gene Krupa

Eddie Condon

Jimmy Dorsey

Eubie Blake

Ma Rainey

1984

King Oliver

Charlie Barnet

Claude Thornhill

Eric Dolphy

Chuck Berry

Gerry Mulligan

Django Reinhardt

Fats Navarro

Chick Webb

Carmen McRae

1985

Art Tatum

Roy Eldridge

Mary Lou Williams

Cannonball Adderley

Bunny Berigan

Jay McShann

Clifford Brown

Jack Teagarden

Illinois Jacquet

Billy Eckstine

1986

Red Nichols

Bunk Johnson

Lil Armstrong

Dave Brubeck

Kenny Clarke

Kid Ory

Gil Evans

Eddie Lang

Lionel Hampton

Johnny Hartman

1987

Pee Wee Russell

Willie Smith

Bennie Moten

Cab Calloway

Ray Noble

Sun Ra

Chet Baker

Jimmie Lunceford

Scott Joplin

Jimmie Noone

Dinah Washington

1988

Quincy Jones

J. J. Johnson

Dexter Gordon

Johnny Dodds

Buddy Tate

Billy May

Buddy Bolden

Benny Carter

Jimmy Rushing

1989

Ornette Coleman

Fats Waller

Frankie Carle

Milt Jackson

Shorty Rogers

Sonny Stitt

Isham Jones

Lawrence Welk

Mildred Bailey

1990

Artie Shaw

Buck Clayton

Kenny Burrell

Johnny Hodges

Don Redman

Jo Jones

Les Paul

Mel Torme

1991

Horace Silver

Clarence Williams

Paul Desmond

Andy Kirk

Baby Dodds

Bud Powell

Max Roach

Red Norvo

Lena Horne

1992

Ben Pollack

Jimmy McPartland

Hal Kemp

Bud Freeman

Zoot Sims

Oscar Pettiford

Pops Foster

Sammy Kaye

Guy Lombardo

Peggy Lee

1993

James Moody

Budd Johnson

Louie Bellson

Meade Lux Lewis

Paul Whiteman

John Kirby

Cootie Williams

Errol Garner

Louis Prima

Teddy Wilson

Nat King Cole

1994

Clark Terry

Freddie Hubbard

Sweets Edison

Paul Chambers

Stuff Smith

Raymond Scott

Jimmy Blanton

Wynton Kelly

Rex Stewart

Betty Carter

1995

Don Cherry

Oscar Peterson

Herbie Hancock

Red Allen

Thad Jones

Joe Pass

Tito Puente

Stéphane Grappelli

Joe Williams

1996

Wynton Marsalis

Tal Farlow

Doc Cheatham

Sid Catlett

Tex Beneke

Lucky Millinder

Al Cohn

Jess Stacy

Milt Hinton

Alberta Hunter

1997

Wild Bill Davison

Bobby Hackett

Pete Fountain

Ray Brown

Tony Williams

Freddie Keppard

Mel Powell

Muggsy Spanier

Charlie Shavers

Tony Bennett

1998

Eddie Miller

Dorothy Donegan

Wayne Shorter

Yank Lawson

Claude Hopkins

Adrian Rollini

Art Hodes

Will Bradley

Louis Jordon

Maxine Sullivan

1999

Sonny Rollins

Barney Kessel

Billy Taylor

Jonah Jones

Tommy Flanagan

Barry Harris

Marian McPartland

Nancy Wilson

Les Brown

Stanley Dance

2000

Joe Venuti

Harry Carney

Dave Tough

Sy Oliver

Hank Jones

Freddie Green

Chubby Jackson

McCoy Tyner

Ron Carter

Shirley Horn

2001

Art Farmer

Lawrence Brown

Lennie Tristano

Tadd Dameron

Jimmy Rowles

John Lewis

Terry Gibbs

Toshiko Akiyoshi

Gerald Wilson

Helen Forrest

2002

John Lewis

Buddy DeFranco

Lennie Tristano

Ralph Sutton

Shelly Manne

Art Pepper

Bing Crosby

Nina Simone

T-Bone Walker

Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra

George T. Simon

2003

Bob Brookmeyer

Jim Hall

Jimmy Rowles

Ray Nance

Scott LaFaro

Howard McGhee

J. C. Higginbotham

Bob Eberly

Jo Stafford

Eddie Sauter

B. B. King

Ted Weems

Norman Granz

2004

Mundell Lowe

Specs Powell

Paul Tanner

Gerald Wilson

Tadd Dameron

Paul Gonsalves

Trummy Young

Perry Como

Martha Tilton

Sammy Nestico

Ray Charles

William McKinney

Helen Oakley Dance

Irving Berlin


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