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.
COMPOSER
Wayne Shorter 1,084
Pat Metheny 1,040
Dave Brubeck 833
Maria Schneider 779
Wynton Marsalis 649
Bob Brookmeyer 529
Benny Golson 437
Terence Blanchard 363
Vijay Iyer 363
Ornette Coleman 348
Darcy James Argue 328
Henry Threadgill 312
John Zorn 308
Tom Harrell 305
John Hollenbeck 304
Bill Frisell 301
Gerald Wilson 300
Carla Bley 297
Dave Holland 271
Jason Moran 251
ARRANGER
Maria Schneider 1,177
Wynton Marsalis 1,109
Bob Brookmeyer 440
Allen Toussaint 688
Dave Holland 536
Bill Holman 469
Vince Mendoza 411
Bob Mintzer 388
Carla Bley 366
John Clayton 366
Darcy James Argue 332
Gordon Goodwin 312
Gerald Wilson 309
John Zorn 280
Claus Ogerman 272
Gil Goldstein 264
Slide Hampton 256
Jim McNeely 248
Guillermo Klein 241
Laurence Hobgood 228
RECORD LABEL
Blue Note 1,920
ECM 1,431
Concord 593
Nonesuch 473
Verve 437
Mosaic 421
Criss Cross Jazz 369
Sunnyside 289
Mack Avenue 272
ACT 232
Marsalis Music 232
Telarc 216
Clean Feed 212
Columbia Legacy 197
Jazz Legacy Productions 197
SmallsLIVE 192
Delmark 188
ArtistShare 184
HighNote 184
BLUES ARTIST OR GROUP
B.B. King 2,391
Dr. John 1,029
Tedeschi Trucks Band 908
Buddy Guy 829
Eric Clapton 813
Taj Mahal 549
Keb Mo 464
James Blood Ulmer 457
The Black Keys 436
Robert Cray 344
Otis Taylor 297
Bettye LaVette 280
Carolina Chocolate Drops 257
Hubert Sumlin 209
Dave Specter 172
North Mississippi Allstars 140
Shemekia Copeland 136
David “Honeyboy” Edwards 132
Ronnie Earl & The
Broadcasters 120
James Cotton 117
BLUES ALBUM
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton,
Play The Blues: Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center (Reprise) 2,032
Dr. John, Locked Down (Nonesuch) 1,628
Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream (Redwing) 1,153
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Live: Everybody’s Talkin’ (Sony Masterworks ) 1,049
Otis Taylor, Otis Taylor’s Contraband (Telarc) 688
Joe Bonamassa, Driving Towards The Daylight (J&R Adventures) 492
Cornell Dupree, I’m Alright (Dialtone) 360
Joe Louis Walker, Hellfire (Alligator) 212
Samba Touré, Crocodile Blues (Riverboat) 201
Gary Clark Jr., The Bright Lights EP (Warner Bros.) 156
Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Jump Start (Alligator) 152
Heritage Blues Orchestra, And Still I Rise (Raisin’ Music) 148
Mary Flower, Misery Loves Company (Yellow Dog) 133
Anders Osborne, Black Eye Galaxy (Alligator) 129
Sonny Landreth, Elemental Journey (Landfall) 121
Lurrie Bell, The Devil Ain’t Got No Music (Arla BG Records) 116
Walter Trout, Blues For The Modern Daze (Provogue Records) 108
Janiva Magness, Stronger For It (Alligator) 101
Royal Southern Brotherhood, Royal Southern Brotherhood (Ruf) 93
BEYOND ARTIST OR GROUP
Robert Glasper 768
Norah Jones 709
Adele 656
Jeff Beck 596
Dr. John 509
Medeski Martin & Wood 496
Bob Dylan 453
Trombone Shorty 452
Björk 388
Paul McCartney 385
Dave Matthews Band 340
Tedeschi Trucks Band 324
The Roots 312
Peter Gabriel 308
Erykah Badu 261
Meshell Ndegeocello 261
Wilco 256
Mostly Other People Do The Killing 225
Pink Martini 221
The Black Keys 193
BEYOND ALBUM
Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio (Blue Note) 1,229
Norah Jones, Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note) 1,052
Tom Waits, Bad As Me (Anti-) 1,044
Björk, Biophilia (Nonesuch) 652
Paul McCartney, Kisses On The Bottom (Hear Music/ Concord) 589
Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas (BMG) 584
The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions (Capitol/EMI) 477
The Roots, Undun (Def Jam) 468
Peter Gabriel, New Blood (Real World) 412
Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Columbia) 377
Meshell Ndegeocello, Weather (Naďve) 341
The Black Keys, El Camino (Nonesuch) 340
Wilco, The Whole Love (dBpm/Anti-) 309
Galactic, Carnivale Electricos (Anti-) 281
Mary J. Blige, My Life II … The Journey Continues (Act 1) (Geffen) 276
Jack White, Blunderbuss (Third Man) 241
Jay-Z and Kanye West, Watch The Throne (Def Jam/ Roc-a-fella) 206
Erik Friedlander, Bonebridge (Skipstone) 192
Rufus Wainwright, Out Of The Game (Verve ) 181
Merle Haggard, Working In Tennessee (Vanguard) 89
