Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Lee Konitz, Ella Fitzgerald, and Benny Golson are just a few of the 114 musicians to whom the National Endowment for the Arts has conferred the title of Jazz Master. The award, which is only given to living musicians, is the nation’s highest honor in the great American art form. Not surprisingly, most of the names on this prestigious list are horn players or vocalists, with rhythm section players getting…