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Honorary Degree Recipients

 

There is a select group of performing and recording artists, educators, and contributors to today's professional music who are recipients of the honorary doctorate degree from Berklee College of Music. Their contributions have the enduring qualities that define the musical era in which they played a leading role. Past recipients include forerunners from all different areas and styles of music and reflect the broad range of interests, talents, and aspirations of our students, faculty, and staff.

ArtistYear
Oleta Adams 1994
Herb Alpert 2000
Toshiko Akiyoshi '59 1998
Patti Austin 2000
Burt Bacharach 2009
Philip Bailey 2008
Anita Baker 2005
William "Count" Basie 1974
Walter Becker 2001
Tony Bennett 1974
George Benson 1990
Cheryl Bentyne 1993
Alan Bergman 1995
Marilyn Bergman 1995
Lawrence Berk 1979
Lee Eliot Berk 2004
Matt Betton 1987
Ruben Blades 2005
Art Blakey 1987
Amar G. Bose 1994
David Bowie 1999
Michael Brecker 2004
Ray Brown 1995
Dave Brubeck 2009
Karl Bruhn 1993
Gary Burton '62 1989
Michel Camilo 2000
Pino Candini 1995
Ron Carter 2005
Terri Lyne Carrington '83 2003
Dennis Chambers 2004
Alf Clausen '66 1996
Bruce Cockburn '65 1997
Natalie Cole 1995
Ornette Coleman 2006
Phil Collins 1991
Willis Conover 1990
Chick Corea 1997
Bill Cosby 2004
Andraé Crouch 1997
John Dankworth 1982
William Davis 2001
Jack DeJohnette 1990
Paquito D'Rivera 2003
The Edge 2007
Harry Ellis Dickson 1973
Clint Eastwood 2007
Duke Ellington 1971
Peter Erskine 1992
Ahmet Ertegun 1991
Emilio Estefan 2007
Gloria Estefan 2007
Melissa Etheridge '80 2006
Kevin Eubanks '79 2005
Donald Fagen '66 2001
Leonard Feather 1984
Arthur Fiedler 1972
David Foster 2002
Aretha Franklin 2006
Curtis Fuller 1999
Steve Gadd 2005
Dizzy Gillespie 1989
Jerry Goldsmith 1990
Benny Golson 1999
Michael Greene 1993
Johnny Griffin 1995
Dave Grusin 1988
Juan Luis Guerra 2009
Christopher Guest 2007
Jim Hall 1995
John Hammond 1981
Herbie Hancock 1986
Emmylou Harris 2009
Tim Hauser 1993
Roy Haynes 1991
Percy Heath 1989
Woody Herman 1977
Andrew Hill 2007
Milt Hinton 1996
Dave Holland 2000
Jennifer Holliday 2000
Shirley Horn 2002
Milt Jackson 1989
Al Jarreau 1991
Billy Joel 1993
Elvin Jones 2001
 
ArtistYear
Hank Jones 2005
Quincy Jones '51 1983
Ikutaro Kakehashi 1991
Connie Kay 1989
Chaka Khan 2004
B.B. King 1985
Al Kooper 2001
Raymond Kurzweil 1987
Patti LaBelle 1996
Abe Laboriel Sr. '72 2005
Cleo Laine 1982
Patty Larkin 2002
Jerry Leiber 1998
John Lewis 1989
Larry Linkin 2001
Israel "Cachao" Lopez 2006
Joe Lovano '72 1998
Loretta Lynn 2007
Henry Mancini 1997
Johnny Mandel 1993
Arif Mardin '61 1985
Branford Marsalis '80 2006
George Martin 1989
George Massenburg 2009
Bobby McFerrin 2003
Andy McGhee 2006
Marian McPartland 2005
Mabel Mercer 1975
Pat Metheny 1996
Robert Moog 2002
Robert Morgan 1999
Makoto Ozone '83 2003
Carlo Pagnotta 1990
Eddie Palmieri 1998
Vito Pascucci 1998
Rosa Passos 2008
Allen Paul 1993
Oscar Peterson 1984
Herb Pomeroy '52 1995
Frances Preston 1992
Tito Puente 1995
Bonnie Raitt 1992
Phil Ramone 1987
Enrico Rava 2005
Bernice Johnson Reagon 2009
Dianne Reeves 2003
Buddy Rich 1980
Smokey Robinson 2009
Sonny Rollins 2003
Linda Ronstadt 2009
Patrice Rushen 2005
Elliot Scheiner 2006
John Scofield '73 1997
Earl Scruggs 2005
Howard Shore 2008
Wayne Shorter 1999
Janis Siegel 1993
Horace Silver 1996
Alan Silvestri '70 1995
Carly Simon 1998
Paul Simon 1986
Ricky Skaggs 2008
Joseph Smith 1992
William Stanley 1990
Sting 1994
Mike Stoller 1998
John Sykes 2000
Billy Taylor 1981
James Taylor 1995
Clark Terry 1988
Giovanni Tommaso 2003
Steven Tyler 2003
McCoy Tyner 2005
Steve Vai '79 2000
Sarah Vaughan 1978
Sadao Watanabe '65 1996
George Wein 1976
Maurice White 2008
Joe Williams 1988
John Williams 1980
Nancy Wilson 1994
Teddy Wilson 1979
Steve Winwood 2008
Joe Zawinul '59 1991
Armand Zildjian 1988




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