JazzFest History ABOUT JAZZFEST ARTISTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY POSTERS & PROGRAMS CLEVELAND MUSIC LEGENDS DONATE JazzFest Artists
Buddy Rich 1980 McCoy Tyner 1981 Woody Herman 1981 Max Roach 1982 Sir Roland Hanna 1983 Sonny Rollins 1984 Clark Terry 1985 J.C. Heard 1985 Billy Taylor 1986 Carmen McRae 1987 Ellis Marsalis 1987 Paquito D'Rivera 1987 Ahmad Jamal 1988 Joe Williams 1988 Oscar Peterson 1988 Sun Ra 1988 Art Farmer 1989 Louie Bellson 1989 Sarah Vaughan 1989 Herb Ellis 1990 Jimmy Smith 1990 Slide Hampton 1990 James Moody 1991 Miles Davis 1991 Ella Fitzgerald 1992 Tito Puente 1992 Sir George Shearing 1993 Lester Bowie 1993 Poncho Sanchez 1993 Kenny Burell 1994 Milt Jackson 1994 Mel Torme 1994 Betty Carter 1995 Nancy Wilson 1995 Stanley Turrentine 1995 Benny Golson 1996 Shirley Horn 1996 Etta James 1997 Gladys Knight 1997 Lou Rawls 1998 Maria Schneider 1998 Jon Hendricks 1999 Zakir Hussain 2000 Buddy Guy 2000 Toots Thielemans 2000 Gregory Hines 2001 Oliver Lake 2001 Rosemary Clooney 2001 Chucho Valdes 2002 Jimmy Scott 2002 John Clayton 2002 Omara Portuondo 2002 Randy Weston 2002 Wayne Shorter 2002 Al Greene 2003 Lizz Wright 2003 Marion Meadows 2003 Pat Metheny 2003 Terence Blanchard 2003 Diana Krall 2004 Al Jarreau 2004 George Benson 2004 Joe Zawinul 2004 Michael & Randy Brecker 2004 Charles Lloyd 2005 Geri Allen 2005 Jimmy Heath 2005 Wynton Marsalis 2005 Jason Moran 2006 Mulgrew Miller 2006 Dianne Reeves 2007 John Scofield 2007 Kenny Barron 2007 Stanley Clarke 2007 Stefon Harris 2007 Tony Bennett 2007 Joshua Redman 2008 Marcus Roberts 2008 Vijay Iyer 2008 Roy Haynes 2009 Charlie Haden 2010 Omar Sosa 2010 Ramsey Lewis 2010 Benny Golson 2011 Regina Carter 2011 Robert Glasper 2011 David Sanborn 2012 Esperanza Spalding 2012 Jack DeJohnette 2012 Trombone Shorty 2012 Bill Frisell 2013 Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013 Kenny Garrett 2013 Natalie Cole 2013 Christian McBride 2014 Dave Holland 2014 Eddie Palmieri 2014 Gregory Porter 2014 Sean Jones 2014 Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 2015 Cyrille Aimee 2015 Dominick Farinacci 2015 Joey DeFrancesco 2015 Wycliffe Gordon 2015 Melissa Aldana 2016 Chick Corea 2016 Lalah Hathaway 2016 Chris Botti 2017 Kamasi Washington 2017 Grace Kelly 2018 Snarky Puppy 2018 Dr. Lonnie Smith 2018 Matthew Whitaker 2019 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 2019 Helen Sung 2019 Tower of Power 2019