Down Beat

Down Beat (etablert 1935 i Chicago) er et amerikansk tidsskrift om jazz. Det er bl.a kjent for sine årlige kåringer av årets artist i ulike kategorier etter instrument etter avstemning blant lesere (Readers poll) såvel som kritikere (Critics poll), samt egne kategorier for «Rising Star» (talent).

Hall of Fame

Magasinet har sin egen «Hall of Fame» i Orlando, der man bl.a. finner et utvalg vinnere fra rangeringene.

År	Leseravstemning	Kritikeravstemning
1952	Louis Armstrong
1953	Glenn Miller
1954	Stan Kenton
1955	Charlie Parker
1956	Duke Ellington
1957	Benny Goodman
1958	Count Basie
1959	Lester Young
1960	Dizzy Gillespie
1961	Billie Holiday	Coleman Hawkins
1962	Miles Davis	Bix Beiderbecke
1963	Thelonious Monk	Jelly Roll Morton
1964	Eric Dolphy	Art Tatum
1965	John Coltrane	Earl Hines
1966	Bud Powell	Charlie Christian
1967	Billy Strayhorn	Bessie Smith
1968	Wes Montgomery	Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller
1969	Ornette Coleman	Pee Wee Russell & Jack Teagarden
1970	Jimi Hendrix	Johnny Hodges
1971	Charles Mingus	Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt
1972	Gene Krupa	Clifford Brown
1973	Sonny Rollins	Fletcher Henderson
1974	Buddy Rich	Ben Webster
1975	Cannonball Adderley	Cecil Taylor
1976	Woody Herman	King Oliver
1977	Paul Desmond	Benny Carter
1978	Joe Venuti	Rahsaan Roland Kirk
1979	Ella Fitzgerald	Lennie Tristano
1980	Dexter Gordon	Max Roach
1981	Art Blakey	Bill Evans
1982	Art Pepper	Fats Navarro
1983	Stéphane Grappelli	Albert Ayler
1984	Oscar Peterson	Sun Ra
1985	Sarah Vaughan	Zoot Sims
1986	Stan Getz	Gil Evans
1987	Lionel Hampton	Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson
1988	Jaco Pastorius	Kenny Clarke
1989	Woody Shaw	Chet Baker
1990	Red Rodney	Mary Lou Williams
1991	Lee Morgan	John Carter
1992	Maynard Ferguson	James P. Johnson
1993	Gerry Mulligan	Edward Blackwell
1994	Dave Brubeck	Frank Zappa
1995	J.J. Johnson	Julius Hemphill
1996	Horace Silver	Artie Shaw
1997	Nat King Cole	Tony Williams
1998	Frank Sinatra	Elvin Jones
1999	Milt Jackson	Betty Carter
2000	Clark Terry	Lester Bowie
2001	Joe Henderson	Milt Hinton
2002	Antônio Carlos Jobim	John Lewis
2003	Ray Brown	Wayne Shorter

Eksterne lenker

• downbeat.com