Duke Ellington

Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

For New Orleans Suite

honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music

Songwriters Hall of Fame

Presidential Medal of Freedom

Grammy Trustees Award

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score

For Paris Blues

Spingarn Medal

German Film Award for best original music

For Jonas

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences