CriticsDavid Adler: PhiladelphiaInquirer, Philadelphia Weekly,JazzTimes, Time Out New York,DBDon Albert: DB, Jazz JournalInternational, Financial MailFrank Alkyer: DBGlenn Astarita: All About Jazz,JazzReview.com, DBPeter Bastian: Jazzthetik,Jazzpodium, Jazz’N’MoreRaul Bernardo: ExpressoLarry Birnbaum: StereophileDick Bogle: DickBogle.comBrett Bonner: Living BluesMagazinePhilip Booth: DB, Jazziz, BassPlayer, Billboard, St. PetersburgTimes, Las Vegas City LifeFred Bouchard: DB, All AboutJazzMichael Bourne: DB, WBGO-FMJack Bowers: allaboutjazz.comHerb Boyd: DB, NetworkJournal, Amsterdam News, BlackScholarShaun Brady: DB, JazzTimes,Philadelphia Daily News,Philadelphia Citypaper,Philadelphia MetroPawel Brodowski: Jazz ForumStuart Broomer: Toronto Life,Musicworks, Point of Departure,Signal to NoiseForrest Bryant: DB, JazzObserverNate Chinen: New York Times,JazzTimes, BBCAaron Cohen: DBThomas Conrad: Stereophile,JazzTimesJohn Corbett: DB, ChicagoReader, WNUR-FMOwen Cordle: The News &Observer, JazzTimesJoe Cunniff: DBBarry Davis: DBPaul de Barros: Seattle Times,DBR.J. DeLuke: Albany Times-Union, All About Jazz, DBJoe Dilberto: CriticLen Dobbin: Coda, MirrorBob Doerschuck: DB, CMAClose UpBill Douthart: DB, BigshotAlain Drouot: DB, WNUR-FM,CadenceJosé Duarte: Jazzportugal.ua.ptLeila Dunbar: DB, ReutersAlex Dutilh: JazzmanGudrun Endress: Jazz PodiumEd Enright: DBJohn Ephland: DB, Relix, TrapsEric Fine: DB, JazzTimesMaurizio Franco: Music Jazz,Musica & Dischi, Musica Oggi,Radio Svizzera HalianaJack Fuller: Chicago TribuneAndrew Gilbert: Seattle Times,Boston Globe, San Jose MercuryNewsIra Gitler: DB, Swing JournalFrank-John Hadley: DBJames Hale: DB, Signal to NoiseDave Helland: BMI.com,Grammy.comGeoffrey Himes: WashingtonPost, JazzTimes, DB, Offbeat,New York Times, Baltimore CityPaperC. Andrew Hovan: All AboutJazz, Jazz Review, DBJohn Howard: DB, L.A. JazzSceneMichael Jackson: DB, JazzwiseRobin James: MinnesotaSpokesman-Recorder, DBTodd Jenkins: DB, All AboutJazz, Jazz.com, AmericanSongwriterWillard Jenkins: DB, JazzTimes,Jazzwise, Independent Ear Blog,Openskyjazz.comFred Jung: All About JazzGeorge Kanzler: JazzTimes, HotHouse, All About JazzBob Karlovits: DBYoshi Kato: DB, San JoseMercury NewsLarry Kelp: East Bay Express,Oakland Magazine, San FranciscoPerformances, KPFA-FMJason Koransky: DBKiyoshi Koyoma: Swing Journal,NHK-FM, Jazz TonightJohn Kreicbergs: The PitchDavid Kunian: Offbeat, GambitWeekly, DBRob Leurentop: VRT RadioJohn Litweiler: EncyclopediaBritannica, Chicago Sun-Times,SIMA.org.au, CodaJaap Ludeke: JazzFlitsMatthew Lurie: DBJim Macnie: DBHoward Mandel: DB, NPRPeter Margasak: DB, ChicagoReader, Signal To NoiseJeff McCord: DB, TexasMonthly, Kut.orgJohn McDonough: DB, WallStreet JournalPeter McElhinney: Style WeeklyBill Meyer: DB, Chicago Reader,Signal to Noise, The Wire,Magnet, DustedKen Micallef: DB, Remix,Modern DrummerVirgil Mihaiu: DB, Steaua/JazzContex, Jazz.Pt Magazine,Jazz.Ru Magazine, MusicaProgresivaMassimo Milano: Il Manifesto,RumoreBill Milkowski: JazzTimes, TheAbsolute SoundDan Morgenstern: Jersey Jazz,Annual Review of Jazz StudiesJohn Murph: DB, JazzTimes,JazzWise, Washington PostExpress, NPR, The RootFollowing are the 120 critics who voted inDownBeat’s 57th Annual International Critics Poll.The critics distributed up to 10 points among upto three choices (no more than five points perchoice) in each of two categories: EstablishedTalent and Rising Stars.Mitch Myers: DB, Magnet, NPRMichael Nastos: All MusicGuide, CadenceRon Netsky: City Newspaper,DBJon Newey: Jazzwise,Performing MusicianStuart Nicholson: Jazzwise,Jazznytt, Jazzit, OJ, Jazzzeit, JazzSpecial, Jazz.com, JazzTimesJohn Norris: CodaJennifer Odell: DB, People, UtneReader, MSN MusicDan Ouellette: DB, Stereophile,Napster.comTed Panken: DB, JazzizThierry Peremarti: JazzmanTerry Perkins: DB, JazzTimes,St. Louis Post-Dispatch, All AboutJazzMichael Point: DB, Blues Revue,Round Rock LeaderNorman Provizer: DB, KUVO-FMDoug Ramsey: JazzTimes, WallStreet JournalGuy Reynard: CriticDerk Richardson: The AbsoluteSound, Playback MusicMagazine, SFGate.com, OaklandMagazineRussell Arthur Roberts: L.A.Jazz SceneChris Robinson: DB, EarshotJazzJon Ross: DBAntonio Rubio: Correio DeManha, Jazz.Pt, DBMark Ruffin: XM Satellite RadioLloyd Sachs: DB, NoDepression.comGene Santoro: New York DailyNews, Weider History Group,Chamber MusicRobert Rusch: CadencePhil Schaap: DB, Stop SmilingChris Sheridan: Jazz ReviewBill Shoemaker: DB, Point ofDepartureKirk Silsbee: DB, Jazziz, MojoWill Smith: JazzTimes, DBThomas Staudter: DBZan Stewart: Star-LedgerW. Royal Stokes: Jazzhouse.orgAndrew Sussman: CriticLaurence Svirchev: DBOtakar Svoboda: Czech TV,Czech RadioRon Sweetman: CodaEliot Tiegel: Television WeekChris Walker: Mix, DB,JazzTimes, Double Bassist, LAJazz Scene, California Tour &TravelHerb Wong: Jazz EducatorsJournalJosef Woodard: DB, LosAngeles Times, JazzTimes, SantaBarbara Independent, Opera NowScott Yanow: JazzTimes, Jazziz,L.A. Jazz Scene31 Eyvind Kang25 Diane Delin25 Jeff Gauthier23 Miri Ben-Ari22 Zach Brock21 Jason Kao Hwang18 Aaron Weinstein17 Mark O’Connor17 Jessica PavoneMiscellaneousInstrument119 Toots Thielemans(harmonica)113 Béla Fleck (banjo)83 Erik Friedlander(cello)58 Richard Galliano(accordion)47 Scott Robinson(bass saxophone)34 Steve Turre(conch shells)33 Grégoire Maret(harmonica)33 Dino Saluzzi(bandoneon)32 David Murray(bass clarinet)24 Howard Johnson(tuba)23 Peggy Lee (cello)21 Fred Lonberg-Holm(cello)MiscellaneousInstrument,Rising Star39 Edmar Castaneda(harp)33 Grégoire Maret(harmonica)29 Hendrik Meurkens(harmonica)21 DJ Logic(turntables)18 Scott Robinson(bass saxophone)17 Ted Reichman(accordion)16 Erik Friedlander(cello)16 Peggy Lee (cello)16 Gary Versace(accordion)15 Marcus Rojas(tuba)15 Dino Saluzzi(bandoneon)13 Fred Lonberg-Holm(cello)Female Vocals242 Cassandra Wilson101 Dianne Reeves75 Dee DeeBridgewater66 Sheila Jordan64 Diana Krall51 Karrin Allyson49 Tierney Sutton42 Roberta Gambarini39 Luciana Souza38 Norma Winstone31 Patricia Barber20 Carol SloaneFemale Vocals,Rising Star50 Dee Alexander44 Roberta Gambarini40 Luciana Souza36 Melody Gardot32 Kate McGarry26 Esperanza Spalding25 Tierney Sutton24 René Marie23 Gretchen Parlato20 Claudia Acuña20 Karrin Allyson18 Melissa MorganMale Vocals245 Kurt Elling107 Andy Bey100 Mark Murphy64 Tony Bennett42 Kevin Mahogany39 Bobby McFerrin33 Freddy Cole31 Theo Bleckmann29 John Pizzarelli25 Jon Hendricks24 Bob Dorough22 Bill Henderson22 Jimmy ScottMale Vocals,Rising Star57 Giacomo Gates50 Jamie Cullum38 Sachal Vasandani33 Ed Reed32 Theo Bleckmann30 Curtis Stigers28 José James28 John Pizzarelli27 Allan Harris26 Kenny Washington20 Tony DeSare17 Ian ShawComposer156 Maria Schneider93 Wayne Shorter85 Carla Bley61 Dave Douglas29 Benny Golson26 Vijay Iyer22 Dave Holland44 DOWNBEAT August 2009
22 Jim McNeely21 Bob Brookmeyer21 Wynton Marsalis20 Anthony Braxton17 John ZornComposer,Rising Star44 John Hollenbeck44 Guillermo Klein39 Vijay Iyer25 Ben Allison22 RudreshMahanthappa22 Jason Moran20 Dave Douglas16 Anat Cohen14 Maria Schneider14 Matt Wilson13 Darcy James Argue13 Harris Eisenstadt13 Moppa ElliottArranger195 Maria Schneider73 Carla Bley58 Bill Holman54 Steven Bernstein46 John Clayton44 Uri Caine41 Gerald Wilson38 Vince Mendoza36 Jim McNeely35 Bob Brookmeyer30 Claus Ogerman28 Slide HamptonArranger,Rising Star44 John Hollenbeck36 Mark Masters28 Anthony Wilson26 David Weiss23 Steven Bernstein22 Bob Belden18 Ben Allison18 Uri Caine16 Guillermo Klein15 John Clayton13 Vijay Iyer13 Marcus ShelbyProducer201 Manfred Eicherl98 Michael Cuscuna45 Bob Belden39 Bob Koester38 Orrin Keepnews24 Mat Domber23 John Zorn22 Matt Balitsaris22 Todd Barkan16 Branford Marsalis14 Jeff Gauthier13 Larry KleinProducer,Rising Star40 Branford Marsalis28 Matt Balitsaris24 Greg Osby23 Bob Belden23 Mat Domber18 Craig Street17 Lee Townsend16 Luke Kaven14 Delfeayo Marsalis13 Jeff Gauthier12 John Corbett12 Larry KleinRecord Label173 ECM166 Blue Note83 Sunnyside63 Mosaic44 HighNote38 Concord38 Nonesuch33 Arbors36 Cryptogramophone29 Palmetto27 Clean Feed27 DelmarkBlues Artist/Group122 B.B. King94 Buddy Guy78 Taj Mahal33 Derek Trucks30 Bettye LaVette30 Otis Taylor24 James Blood Ulmer20 Keb’ Mo’17 Lil’ Ed and theBlues Imperials16 Shemekia Copeland16 North MississippiAllstars12 Dr. John12 John MayallBlues Album83 B.B. King, One KindFavor (Geffen)68 Taj Mahal, Maestro(Heads Up)24 Buddy Guy, Skin Deep(Zomba)23 Shemekia Copeland,Never Going Back(Telarc)18 Joe Louis Walker,Witness To The Blues(Stony Plain)17 Rory Block, BluesWalkin’ Like A Man(Stony Plain)17 Susan Tedeschi,Back To The River(Verve Forecase)16 Derek Trucks, AlreadyFree (RCA Victor)13 Lil’ Ed and the BluesImperials, Full Tilt(Alligator)12 Amos Garrett, GetWay Back: A TributeTo Percy Mayfield(Stony Plain)12 Wynton Marsalis/WillieNelson, Two Men WithThe Blues (Blue Note)10 Dr. John and theLower 911, City ThatCare Forgot (429)August 2009 DOWNBEAT 45
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