With the announcement of the 2014 class, I looked at the list of NEA Jazz Masters. While I was pleased to see that Andrew Hill was recognized, I was extremely disappointed and shocked to see that Sam Rivers and Paul Motian weren't. I thought that it'd be interesting to discuss living musicians who deserve to be recognized as NEA Jazz Masters. Although I will likely think of many more musicians as soon as I post this, my list isn't meant to be exhaustive. Here are but a few deserving musician