Trustees Award

Lou Adler
Awarded: 2019

Chris Albertson
Awarded: 1971

Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Awarded: 1997

Harold Arlen
Awarded: 1987

Ashford & Simpson
Awarded: 2019

George Avakian
Awarded: 2009

Clarence Avant
Awarded: 2008

Estelle Axton
Awarded: 2007

Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Awarded: 1997

Dave Bartholomew
Awarded: 2012

Béla Bartok
Awarded: 1984

Count Basie
Awarded: 1981

The Beatles
Awarded: 1972

Al Bell
Awarded: 2011

Thom Bell
Awarded: 2017

Marilyn & Alan Bergman
Awarded: 2013

Emile Berliner
Awarded: 1987

Chris Blackwell
Awarded: 2006

Harold Bradley
Awarded: 2010

Owen Bradley
Awarded: 2006

John Cage
Awarded: 2016

Hoagy Carmichael
Awarded: 2005

Elliott Carter
Awarded: 2009

Leonard & Phil Chess
Awarded: 2013

Dick Clark
Awarded: 1990

Aaron Copland
Awarded: 1981

Don Cornelius
Awarded: 2005

Pierre Cossette
Awarded: 1995

John Culshaw
(see Solti)
Awarded: 1967

Hal David
(see Bacharach)
Awarded: 1997

Clive Davis
Awarded: 2000

Walt Disney
Awarded: 1989

Thomas A. Dorsey
Awarded: 1992

Tom Dowd
Awarded: 2002

Lamont Dozier
(see Holland/Dozier/Holland)
Awarded: 1998

Thomas A. Edison
Awarded: 1977

Ken Ehrlich
Awarded: 2020

Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Awarded: 1968

Ahmet Ertegun
Awarded: 1993

Nesuhi Ertegun
Awarded: 1995

Christine M. Farnon
Awarded: 1992

Wilma Cozart Fine
Awarded: 2011

Fred Foster
Awarded: 2016

Alan Freed
Awarded: 2002

Milt Gabler
Awarded: 1991

Kenneth Gamble And Leon Huff
Awarded: 1999

George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
Awarded: 1986

Ira Gershwin
(see George Gershwin)
Awarded: 1986

Philip Glass
Awarded: 2020

Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Awarded: 2004

Berry Gordy
Awarded: 1991

Bill Graham
Awarded: 2018

Norman Granz
Awarded: 1994

Florence Greenberg
Awarded: 2010

Rick Hall
Awarded: 2014

Oscar Hammerstein II
Awarded: 1992

John Hammond
NOTE: This is different person from John Hammond the blues artist.
Awarded: 1971

W.C. Handy
Awarded: 1993

Lorenz Hart
Awarded: 1992

Larry Hiller
Awarded: 1971

Holland/Dozier/Holland
(Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland)
Awarded: 1998

Jac Holzman
Awarded: 2008

Leon Huff
(see Gamble And Huff)
Awarded: 1999

Steve Jobs
Awarded: 2012

Eldridge R. Johnson
Awarded: 1985

Quincy Jones
Awarded: 1989

Orrin Keepnews
Awarded: 2004

Jerome Kern
Awarded: 1987

Carole King
(see Goffin)
Awarded: 2004

Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Awarded: 1999

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Awarded: 1999

Goddard Lieberson
Awarded: 1979

Alfred Lion
Awarded: 2005

Alan Livingston
Awarded: 2013

Frederick Loewe
(see Lerner & Loewe)
Awarded: 1999

Alan Lomax
Awarded: 2003

Bruce Lundvall
Awarded: 2011

Johnny Mandel
Awarded: 2019

Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Awarded: 2015

Arif Mardin
Awarded: 2001

Jim Marshall
Awarded: 2014

George Martin
Awarded: 1996

Cosimo Matassa
Awarded: 2007

Marian McPartland
Awarded: 2004

Johnny Mercer
Awarded: 1987

Walter C. Miller
Awarded: 2010

Willie Mitchell
Awarded: 2008

Dr. Robert Moog
Awarded: 1970

Ennio Morricone
Awarded: 2014

Jerry Moss
(see Alpert)
Awarded: 1997

New York Philharmonic
Awarded: 2003

Mo Ostin
Awarded: 2017

Les Paul
Awarded: 1983

Ralph S. Peer
Awarded: 2017

Krzysztof Penderecki
Awarded: 1968

Richard Perry
Awarded: 2015

Sam Phillips
Awarded: 1991

Cole Porter
Awarded: 1989

Frances Preston
Awarded: 1998

Phil Ramone
Awarded: 2001

Richard Rodgers
Awarded: 1998

Al Schmitt
Awarded: 2006

George T. Simon
Awarded: 1993

Frank Sinatra
Awarded: 1979

Georg Solti & John Culshaw
Awarded: 1967

Stephen Sondheim
Awarded: 2007

Phil Spector
Awarded: 2000

Seymour Stein
Awarded: 2018

Leopold Stokowski
Awarded: 1977

Mike Stoller
(see Leiber & Stoller)
Awarded: 1999

Chris Strachwitz
Awarded: 2016

Billy Strayhorn
(see Ellington)
Awarded: 1968

Dr. Billy Taylor
Awarded: 2005

Allen Toussaint
Awarded: 2009

Rudy Van Gelder
Awarded: 2012

Frank Walker
Awarded: 2020

Cynthia Weil
(see Mann)
Awarded: 2015

George Wein
Awarded: 2015

Paul Weston
Awarded: 1971

Jerry Wexler
Awarded: 1996

John Williams
Awarded: 2018