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The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization founded in 1977 to "promote greater awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of big band and jazz music". The organization has inducted more than 200 individuals into its Hall of Fame, maintains an extensive biographical database, and aspires to create a permanent museum and concert hall (similar to other ).
   This organization is distinct from the International Jazz Hall of Fame, a name trademarked by the Charlie Parker Foundation of Kansas City, MO, United States. Although the International Jazz Hall of Fame hasn't been realized, Kansas City is now home to the American Jazz Museum.

Inductees by year:
1978 - 1979
1980 - 1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989
1990 - 1991 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004
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Inductees by 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 - Chu 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 Tormé

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 - Erroll 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 - 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

2008

Mundell Lowe - 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 BerlinFurther Information

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