Odborný americký jazzový časopis Down Beat, založený v roku 1934, v jubilejnej 60.ankete jazzových kritikov prináša výsledky vo svojom tohtoročnom augustovom čísle! My si teraz pozrime výsledky o najlepší historický jazzový album. Za menami je počet hlasov, obdržaných od jazzových kritikov v hlasovaní za rok 2012. Prinášame poradie prvých 19.miest!
01. MILES DAVIS QUINTET – LIVE IN EUROPE 1967: The Bootleg Series, Vol.1 (Columbia/ Legacy) 465
02. WES MONTGOMERY – ECHOES OF IDIANA AVENUE (Resonance) 172
03. MODERN JAZZ QUARTET – THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC STUDIO RECORDINGS OF THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET 1956 – 1964 (Mosaic) 121
04. ROSCOE MITCHELL ART ENSEMBLE – OLD/QUARTET SESSIONS (Nessa) 78
05. DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET – THEIR LAST TIME OUT (Columbia/Legacy) 76
06. ARETHA FRANKLIN – TAKE THE LOCK: Aretha Franklin Complete On Columbia (Columbia/Legacy) 76
07. HOWLIN´ WOLF – SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING: The Complete Chess Masters 1951 – 1960 (Hip-o Select/Geffen) 75
08. RAY CHARLES – SINGULAR GENIUS: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord) 56
09. RAY CHARLES – LIVE IN FRANCE 1961 (Eagle Rock) 41
10. ROSCOE MITCHELL – BEFORE THERE WAS SOUND (Nessa) 37
11 Sir Roland Hanna, Colors From A Giant’s Kit (IPO) 36
12 Magic Sam Blues Band, West Side Soul (Delmark) 29
13 Soft Machine, NDR Jazz Workshop (Cuneiform) 27
14 Juma Sultan’s Aboriginal Music Society, Father Of Origin (Eremite) 24
15 Von Freeman, Have No Fear (Nesa) 24
16 Tom Zé, Studies Of Tom Zé: Explaining Things So I Can Confuse You (Luaka Bop) 22
17 Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D.(International Phonograph/Mbari-Fredom) 21
18 Various Artists, FMP Im Rückblick—In Retrospect 1969–2010 (FMP) 19
19 Various Artists, This May Be My Last Time Singing—Raw African-American Gospel on 45 RPM, 1957–1982 (Tompkins Square) 19
