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Below is a list of Art Blakey’s most notable awards:
- Percussion Art Society Jazz Hall of Fame (2014)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center- Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame (2013)
- Pittsburgh Jazz Festival Award (2007)
- Tribeca Arts Center Jazz Award/BMCC (2006)
- Grammy Life Time Achievement Award (2005)
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award: “Moanin” (1958) Recording (2005)
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award: “Moanin” (1957) Recording (2005)
- Grammy Hall of Fame Award: “A Night At Birdland” Recording (2005)
- Café Bianluca Jazz Hall of Fame Award (2003)
- The Grammy Hall of Fame Award for Moanin’ (album) – Blue Note Records (2001)
- Pittsburgh Mellon Jazz Festival Honoree (1999)
- The Grammy Hall of Fame Award for Moanin’ (single) – Blue Note Records (1998)
- Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award (1991)
- Grammy Nominee (1990)
- Northsea Festival Charlie Parker Award (1989)
- National Endowment For The Arts-Jazz Masters Award (1988)
- Honorary Doctorate of Music- Berklee College of Music (1987)
- Jazznote Award (1986)
- The Coveted Gold Disc Award -Japan’s Swing Journal for Live at Sweet Basil Album (1985)
- Grammy Award “Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Individual or Group-The New York Scene (1984)
- Jazz Master Award (1983)
- Jazz Hall of Fame (Institute of Jazz Studies) Rutgers, The State University of NJ, (1983)
- Nomination- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/Best Jazz Soloist for Keystone 3 album (1983)
- Nomination- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/Best Jazz Instrumental Performance for Keystone 3 album (1983)
- Jazz Hall of Fame Induction (1982)
- Smithsonian Performing Arts- Certificate of Appreciation (1982)
- Lee Morgan Memorial Award/Search for Truth (1982)
- Nomination- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/Best Instrumental Performance for Straight Ahead album (1982)
- Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame Readers’ Choice Award (1981)
- Newport Jazz Festival Hall of Fame (1976)
- Jazz Mobile – Development and Preservation of Jazz (1970)
- Down Beat New Star Award (1953)