Najuznávanejší jazzový časopis na svete – americký Down Beat priniesol vo svojom augustovom čísle výsledky hlasovania odbornej kritiky, vo svojom 57 ročníku. Tu sú jednotlivé kategórie a poradia v nich:

* HALL OF FAME:
108 Hank Jones
071 Freddie Hubbard
057 Lee Konitz
042 Muhal Richard Abrams
039 Randy Weston
032 Benny Golson
028 Don Cherry
027 Louie Bellson
026 Oliver Nelson
023 Tadd Dameron
023 Scott LaFaro
023 John McLaughlin
020 Ahmad Jamal
019 B.B. King
019 Hank Mobley

* HISTORICAL RELEASE:
131 Anthony Braxton, The Complete Arista Recordings (Mosaic)
122 Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
066 Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Showtime At The Spotlite: 52nd Street, New York City, June 1946 (Uptown)
032 Lester Young, The Lester Young/Count Basie Session 1936–1940 (Mosaic)
026 Ornette Coleman, Town Hall, 1962 (ESP-Disc)
021 Dave Brubeck, Live At The Monterey Jazz Festival 1958–2007 (Monterey Jazz Festival)
021 Art Tatum, Piano Starts Here (Sony Classics)
019 Nina Simone, To Be Free (Columbia/Legacy)
017 Miles Davis, Broadcast Sessions 1958–’59 (Acrobat)
013 Benny Goodman, The Columbia and OKeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (Mosaic)
013 Charlie Parker, Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948 (Uptown)
013 Return To Forever, The Anthology (Concord)

* JAZZ ALBUM:
076 Sonny Rollins, Road Shows,Vol. 1 (Doxy/Emarcy)
044 Joe Lovano, Symphonica (Blue Note)
042 Charles Lloyd Quartet, Rabo De Nube (ECM)
040 Jim Hall/Bill Frisell, Hemispheres (ArtistShare)
029 Rudresh Mahanthappa, Kinsmen (Pi)
021 Donny McCaslin, Recommended Tools (Greenleaf Music)
021 Jeff “Tain” Watts, Watts (Dark Key)
017 Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Remedy (ArtistShare)
016 Atomic, Retrograde (Jazzland)
016 E.S.T., Leucocyte (Emarcy)
016 Dave Holland Sextet, Pass It On (Dare2)
015 Roy Hargrove Quintet, Earfood (Emarcy)
015 Joshua Redman, Compass (Nonesuch)
015 Bobo Stenson Trio, Cantando (ECM)