Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame


The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame was part of a US-based non-profit organization that operated from 1978 to 2004. It was based in San Diego County, California.
The board Vice President in 1997 Daniel Del Fiorentino.

Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame Inductees

1978

- Duke Ellington - Benny Goodman - Glenn Miller - Ella Fitzgerald - Roland Kirk

1979

- Bix Beiderbecke - Fletcher Henderson - Miles Davis - Billie Holiday

1980

- James P. Johnson - Thelonious Monk - Earl Hines - Lester Young - Frank Sinatra

1981

- Tommy Dorsey - Charlie Christian - Woody Herman - Buddy Rich - Billy Strayhorn - W. C. Handy - Bessie Smith

1982

- Stan Kenton - Art Blakey - Charles Mingus - Coleman Hawkins - Dizzy Gillespie - Bill Evans - Sarah Vaughan

1983

- Ben Webster - Wes Montgomery - Harry James - Stan Getz - Gene Krupa - Eddie Condon - Jimmy Dorsey - Eubie Blake - Ma Rainey

1984

- Charlie Barnet - Claude Thornhill - Eric Dolphy - Chuck Berry - Gerry Mulligan - Django Reinhardt - Fats Navarro - Chick Webb - Carmen McRae

1985

- Roy Eldridge - Mary Lou Williams - Cannonball Adderley - Bunny Berigan - Jay McShann - Clifford Brown - Jack Teagarden - Illinois Jacquet - Billy Eckstine

1986

- Bunk Johnson - Lil Hardin Armstrong - Dave Brubeck - Kenny Clarke - Kid Ory - Gil Evans - Eddie Lang - Lionel Hampton - Johnny Hartman

1987

- Willie Smith - Bennie Moten - Cab Calloway - Ray Noble - Sun Ra - Chet Baker - Jimmie Lunceford - Scott Joplin - Jimmie Noone - Dinah Washington

1988

- J. J. Johnson - Dexter Gordon - Johnny Dodds - Buddy Tate - Billy May - Buddy Bolden - Benny Carter - Jimmy Rushing

1989

- Fats Waller - Frankie Carle - Milt Jackson - Shorty Rogers - Sonny Stitt - Isham Jones - Lawrence Welk - Mildred Bailey

1990

- Buck Clayton - Kenny Burrell - Johnny Hodges - Don Redman - Jo Jones - Les Paul - Mel Tormé

1991

- Clarence Williams - Paul Desmond - Andy Kirk - Baby Dodds - Bud Powell - Max Roach - Red Norvo - Lena Horne

1992

- Jimmy McPartland - Hal Kemp - Bud Freeman - Zoot Sims - Oscar Pettiford - Pops Foster - Sammy Kaye - Guy Lombardo - Peggy Lee

1993

- Budd Johnson - Louie Bellson - Meade Lux Lewis - Paul Whiteman - John Kirby - Cootie Williams - Erroll Garner - Louis Prima - Teddy Wilson - Nat King Cole

1994

- Freddie Hubbard - Sweets Edison - Paul Chambers - Stuff Smith - Raymond Scott - Jimmy Blanton - Wynton Kelly - Rex Stewart - Betty Carter

1995

- Oscar Peterson - Herbie Hancock - Red Allen - Thad Jones - Joe Pass - Tito Puente - Stéphane Grappelli - Joe Williams

1996

- Tal Farlow - Doc Cheatham - Sid Catlett - Tex Beneke - Lucky Millinder - Al Cohn - Jess Stacy - Milton Hinton - Alberta Hunter

1997

- Bobby Hackett - Pete Fountain - Ray Brown - Tony Williams - Freddie Keppard - Mel Powell - Muggsy Spanier - Charlie Shavers - Tony Bennett

1998

- Dorothy Donegan - Wayne Shorter - Yank Lawson - Claude Hopkins - Adrian Rollini - Art Hodes - Will Bradley - Louis Jordan - Maxine Sullivan

1999

- Barney Kessel - Billy Taylor - Jonah Jones - Tommy Flanagan - Barry Harris - Marian McPartland - Nancy Wilson - Les Brown - Stanley Dance

2000

- Harry Carney - Dave Tough - Sy Oliver - Hank Jones - Freddie Green - Chubby Jackson - McCoy Tyner - Ron Carter - Shirley Horn

2001

- Lawrence Brown - Lennie Tristano - Tadd Dameron - Jimmy Rowles - John Lewis - Terry Gibbs - Toshiko Akiyoshi - Gerald Wilson - Helen Forrest

2002

- Buddy DeFranco - Lennie Tristano - Ralph Sutton - Shelly Manne - Art Pepper - Bing Crosby - Nina Simone - T-Bone Walker - Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra - George Simon

2003

- Jim Hall - Toshiko Akiyoshi - 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

- Specs Powell - Paul Tanner - Gerald Wilson - Terry Gibbs - Tadd Dameron - Paul Gonsalves - Trummy Young - Perry Como - Martha Tilton - Sammy Nestico - Ray Charles - William McKinney - Helen Oakley Dance - Irving Berlin