Prestížny americký časopis Down Beat každoročne usporadúva dve ankety – prvá je názorom odborných kritikov a druhá čitateľov na najlepšie albumy, posty jednotlivých hudobných nástrojov, vydavateľstvá, aranžérov, … My si teraz predstavíme názory čitateľov na jednotlivé posty jednotlivých hudobných nástrojov a iných kategórií za rok 2012! Tieto výsledky nájdete v aktuálnom novembrovom vydaní časopisu Down Beat 2012.
HALL OF FAME
Ron Carter 1,103
B.B. King 1,088
Pat Metheny 878
Phil Woods 680
Hank Mobley 635
Les Paul 627
Bob Brookmeyer 582
John McLaughlin 573
Benny Golson 561
Charlie Haden 507
Carmen McRae 483
Muddy Waters 483
Tito Puente 474
The Four Freshmen 468
Billy Higgins 465
Scott LaFaro 435
Don Cherry 399
Anthony Braxton 396
Shirley Horn 381
Von Freeman 369
Charles Lloyd 345
Oliver Nelson 345
Grant Green 342
John Hendricks 312
Airto Moreira 296
JAZZ ARTIST
Esperanza Spalding 1,181
Sonny Rollins 783
Diana Krall 780
Vijay Iyer 690
Brad Mehldau 690
Herbie Hancock 600
Ahmad Jamal 600
Wynton Marsalis 597
Pat Metheny 570
Tony Bennett 547
Dave Brubeck 531
Chick Corea 528
Robert Glasper 498
Wayne Shorter 459
Christian McBride 372
Bill Frisell 351
John McLaughlin 336
Trombone Shorty 336
Kurt Rosenwinkel 333
Ambrose Akinmusire 330
JAZZ GROUP
Dave Brubeck Quartet 962
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette 846
Brad Mehldau Trio 682
Wayne Shorter Quartet 633
Branford Marsalis Quartet 522
Ahmad Jamal Trio 512
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 459
Corea, Clarke & White 448
Kneebody 441
Vijay Iyer Trio 435
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue 410
Yellowjackets 356
Charles Lloyd Quartet 346
Joe Lovano Us Five 342
Roy Hargrove Quintet 327
Jeff Hamilton Trio 322
SFJAZZ Collective 306
Tom Harrell Quintet 301
Robert Glasper Trio 300
Christian McBride & Inside Straight 298
BIG BAND
Maria Schneider Orchestra 1,162
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 1,094
Count Basie Orchestra 995
Mingus Big Band 753
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society 620
Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band 613
Dave Holland Big Band 604
SFJAZZ Collective 576
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 524
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra 498
Carla Bley Big Band 416
Roy Hargrove Big Band 413
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble 405
Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra 403
WDR Big Band 294
Gerald Wilson Big Band 275
Jimmy Heath Big Band 270
Bob Mintzer Big Band 253
Orrin Evans’ Captain Black Big Band 233
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic 231
TRUMPET
Wynton Marsalis 1,343
Roy Hargrove 951
Ambrose Akinmusire 857
Tom Harrell 668
Arturo Sandoval 626
Terence Blanchard 574
Chris Botti 571
Randy Brecker 486
Dave Douglas 481
Ingrid Jensen 425
Avishai Cohen 404
Christian Scott 387
Herb Alpert 368
Kenny Wheeler 341
Terell Stafford 322
Enrico Rava 281
Alex Sipiagin 282
Nicolas Payton 265
Jon Faddis 251
Orbert Davis 247
TROMBONE
Trombone Shorty 1,632
Bob Brookmeyer 1,300
Wycliffe Gordon 1,131
Steve Turre 877
Robin Eubanks 817
Curtis Fuller 667
Slide Hampton 630
Conrad Herwig 460
Delfeayo Marsalis 405
Andy Martin 380
Roswell Rudd 323
Ray Anderson 345
Luis Bonilla 340
Alan Ferber 332
Steve Davis 320
George Lewis 215
Julian Priester 215
Wayne Wallace 206
Frank Lacy 198
Jeb Bishop 183
Josh Roseman 183
Steve Swell 180
Vincent Gardner 173
Marshall Gilkes 167
Curtis Fowlkes 158
Richie “LaBamba” Rosenberg 142
