DownBeat

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox magazine DownBeat (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm that it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music, also called "beat one", or the first beat of a musical measure.

DownBeat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers' and critics' poll. The results of the readers' poll are published in the December issue, those of the critics' poll in the August issue. Since 2008, the Hall of Fame also includes winners from the Veterans Committee.

Popular features of DownBeat magazine include its "Reviews" section where jazz critics, using a '1-Star to 5-Star' maximum rating system, rate the latest musical recordings, vintage recordings, and books; articles on individual musicians and music forms; and its famous "Blindfold Test" column, in which a musician listens to records by other artists, tries to guess who they are, and rates them using the 5-star maximum rating system.

History

DownBeat was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In September 1939, the magazine announced that its circulation had increased from "a few hundred five years ago to more than 80,000 copies a month", and that it would change from monthly to fortnightly from the following month.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In Summer 1960 DownBeat launched the Japanese edition.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1972 the publisher of the magazine was Maher Publishers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Starting in July 1979, DownBeat went to a monthly schedule for the first time since 1939.

DownBeat was named Jazz Publication of the Year in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 by the Jazz Journalists Association.<ref name="Wadada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame

The DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame's current membership, by year, is listed in the following table. The Readers' Poll began in 1952, the Critics' Poll in 1961, and the Veterans Committee Poll in 2008.<ref name="hall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Year	Readers Poll	Critics Poll	Veterans Committee Poll
1952	Louis Armstrong<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1953	Glenn Miller<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1954	Stan Kenton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1955	Charlie Parker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1956	Duke Ellington<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1957	Benny Goodman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1958	Count Basie<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1959	Lester Young<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1960	Dizzy Gillespie<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1961	Billie Holiday<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Coleman Hawkins<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1962	Miles Davis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Bix Beiderbecke<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1963	Thelonious Monk<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Jelly Roll Morton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1964	Eric Dolphy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Art Tatum<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1965	John Coltrane<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Earl Hines<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1966	Bud Powell<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Charlie Christian<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1967	Billy Strayhorn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Bessie Smith<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1968	Wes Montgomery<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1969	Ornette Coleman<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Pee Wee Russell & Jack Teagarden<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1970	Jimi Hendrix<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Johnny Hodges<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1971	Charles Mingus<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Gene Krupa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Clifford Brown<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1973	Sonny Rollins<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Fletcher Henderson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1974	Buddy Rich<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Ben Webster<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975	Cannonball Adderley<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Cecil Taylor<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1976	Woody Herman	King Oliver<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1977	Paul Desmond	Benny Carter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1978	Joe Venuti	Rahsaan Roland Kirk<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1979	Ella Fitzgerald	Lennie Tristano<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1980	Dexter Gordon	Max Roach<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Art Blakey	Bill Evans<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1982	Art Pepper	Fats Navarro<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1983	Stéphane Grappelli	Albert Ayler<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	Oscar Peterson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Sun Ra<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1985	Sarah Vaughan	Zoot Sims<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1986	Stan Getz	Gil Evans<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1987	Lionel Hampton	Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1988	Jaco Pastorius	Kenny Clarke<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1989	Woody Shaw	Chet Baker<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1990	Red Rodney	Mary Lou Williams<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Lee Morgan	John Carter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Maynard Ferguson	James P. Johnson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993	Gerry Mulligan	Ed Blackwell<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1994	Dave Brubeck	Frank Zappa<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1995	J. J. Johnson	Julius Hemphill<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1996	Horace Silver	Artie Shaw<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1997	Nat King Cole	Tony Williams<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	Frank Sinatra	Elvin Jones<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1999	Milt Jackson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Betty Carter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2000	Clark Terry	Lester Bowie<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2001	Joe Henderson	Milt Hinton<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Antonio Carlos Jobim	John Lewis<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2003	Ray Brown	Wayne Shorter<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	McCoy Tyner	Roy Haynes
2005	Herbie Hancock	Steve Lacy
2006	Jimmy Smith	Jackie McLean<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2007	Michael Brecker	Andrew Hill<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2008	Keith Jarrett<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Joe Zawinul||Jo Jones, Jimmie Lunceford, Erroll Garner, Harry Carney, Jimmy Blanton
2009	Freddie Hubbard	Hank Jones	Oscar Pettiford, Tadd Dameron
2010	Muhal Richard Abrams	Chick Corea	Baby Dodds, Chick Webb, Philly Joe Jones, Billy Eckstine
2011	Ahmad Jamal	Abbey Lincoln	Paul Chambers
2012	Ron Carter	Paul Motian	Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt
2013	Pat Metheny	Charlie Haden	Robert Johnson
2014	B.B. King	Jim Hall	Bing Crosby, Dinah Washington
2015	Tony Bennett	Lee Konitz	Muddy Waters
2016	Phil Woods	Randy Weston	Hoagy Carmichael
2017	Wynton Marsalis<ref name="Hall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Don Cherry||Eubie Blake, George Gershwin, Herbie Nichols
2018	Ray Charles	Benny Golson<ref name="BGolson">Template:Cite magazine</ref>	Marian McPartland
2019	Hank Mobley	Nina Simone	Scott LaFaro, Joe Williams
2020	George Benson	Jimmy Heath	Mildred Bailey, Carmen McRae
2021	Roy Hargrove<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Carla Bley<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Booker Little, Yusef Lateef
2022	Kenny Barron<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Geri Allen<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	Pharoah Sanders<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Alice Coltrane<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Red Norvo, Mario Bauza
2024	John McLaughlin<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Charles Lloyd<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025	Jack DeJohnette<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Anthony Braxton<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Tito Puente<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Awards

Album of the Year

Critics' Poll

Year	Title	Musician	Label
1965	A Love Supreme	John Coltrane	Impulse!
1966	At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1	Ornette Coleman Trio	Blue Note
1967	The Popular Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington	RCA
1968	The Far East Suite	Duke Ellington	Bluebird/RCA
1969	...And His Mother Called Him Bill	Duke Ellington	Bluebird/RCA
1970	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis	Columbia
1971	New Orleans Suite	Duke Ellington	Atlantic
1972	The You and Me That Used to Be	Jimmy Rushing	RCA
1973 (tie)	Constellation	Sonny Stitt	Cobblestone
	Sahara	McCoy Tyner	Milestone
1974	Solo Concerts	Keith Jarrett	ECM
1975	Silent Tongues	Cecil Taylor	Freedom
1976	Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie	Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie	Pablo
1977	Creative Orchestra Music 1976	Anthony Braxton	Arista
1978 (tie)	Insights	Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band	RCA
	Dancing in Your Head	Ornette Coleman	Horizon
	Sophisticated Giant	Dexter Gordon	Columbia
	Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard	Dexter Gordon	Columbia
	Nonaah	Roscoe Mitchell	Nessa
1979	Cumbia & Jazz Fusion	Charles Mingus	Atlantic
1980	Air Lore	Air	Arista/Novus
1981	Full Force	Art Ensemble of Chicago	ECM
1982	Playing	Old and New Dreams	ECM
1983	Blues Forever	Muhal Richard Abrams	Black Saint
1984	The Ballad of the Fallen	Charlie Haden	ECM
1985	That's the Way I Feel Now	Various	A&M
1986	The African Flower	James Newton	Blue Note
1987	Song X	Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman	Geffen
1988	In All Languages	Ornette Coleman	Caravan of Dreams
1989	Audio-Visualscapes	Jack DeJohnette	Impulse!
1990	In East Berlin	Cecil Taylor	FMP
1991	Dream Keeper	Charlie Haden	Blue Note
1992	Lush Life	Joe Henderson	Verve
1993	So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)	Joe Henderson	Verve
1994	Always Say Goodbye	Charlie Haden	Verve
1995	Rush Hour	Joe Lovano & Gunther Schuller	Verve
1996	Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note	Keith Jarrett Standards Trio	ECM
1997	Sound Museum: Hidden Man	Ornette Coleman Quartet	Harmolodic/Verve
1998	Nashville	Bill Frisell	Nonesuch
1999	Gershwin's World	Herbie Hancock	Verve
2000	Soul on Soul	Dave Douglas	RCA
2001	Dusk	Andrew Hill	Palmetto
2002	Not for Nothin'	Dave Holland	ECM
2003	Footprints Live!	Wayne Shorter Quartet	Verve
2004	Extended Play: Live at Birdland	Dave Holland Quintet	ECM
2005	Concert in the Garden	Maria Schneider	ArtistShare
2006	Time Lines	Andrew Hill	Blue Note
2007	Sound Grammar	Ornette Coleman	Sound Grammar
2008	Sky Blue	Maria Schneider	ArtistShare
2009	Road Shows, Vol. 1	Sonny Rollins	Doxy/EmArcy
2010	Historicity	Vijay Iyer	ACT
2011	Ten	Jason Moran	Blue Note
2012	Accelerando	Vijay Iyer	ACT
2013	Without a Net	Wayne Shorter Quartet	Blue Note
2014	WomanChild	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Mack Avenue
2015	Bird Calls	Rudresh Mahanthappa	ACT
2016	The Epic	Kamasi Washington	Brainfeeder
2017	America's National Parks	Wadada Leo Smith	Cuneiform
2018	Dreams and Daggers	Cécile McLorin Salvant	Mack Avenue
2019	Emanon	Wayne Shorter	Blue Note
2020	Waiting Game	Terri Lyne Carrington	Motema Music
2021	Data Lords	Maria Schneider Orchestra	ArtistShare
2022	Jesup Wagon	James Brandon Lewis and the Red Lily Quintet	Tao Forms
2023	Amaryllis & Belladonna	Mary Halvorson	Nonesuch
2024	The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow	Charles Lloyd	Blue Note
2025	Breaking Stretch	Patricia Brennan	Pyroclastic Records

Lifetime Achievement Award

• 1981 John H. Hammond<ref name="avakian">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1982 George Wein
• 1983 Leonard Feather<ref name="feather">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 1984 Billy Taylor
• 1985 Lawrence Berk
• 1986 Orrin Keepnews
• 1987 David Baker<ref name="baker">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1988 John Conyers Jr.
• 1989 Norman Granz
• 1990 Rudy Van Gelder
• 1991 Bill Cosby
• 1992 Rich Matteson
• 1993 Gunther Schuller<ref name="Pincus2002">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1994 Marian McPartland
• 1995 Willis Conover
• 1996 Chuck Suber
• 1997 William P. Gottlieb
• 1998 Bruce Lundvall
• 1999 Sheldon Meyer
• 2000 George Avakian
• 2001 Milt Gabler
• 2002
• 2003
• 2004
• 2005 Creed Taylor<ref name="creed">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2006 Claude Nobs
• 2007 Dan Morgenstern
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010 Manfred Eicher<ref name="manfred">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017 George Avakian<ref name="avakian" />
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022 Gretchen Valade
• 2023 Randall KlineTemplate:Div col end

See also

• The Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award
• International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)
• BBC Jazz Awards
• NEA Jazz Masters

External links

• Down Beat website
• "About Down Beat: A History As Rich As Jazz"
• The Jazz Journalists Association Lifetime Achievement Award
• Nesuhi Ertegun, Jazz Hall of Fame Template:Webarchive
• Arts For Art Template:Webarchive Lifetime Achievement Award
• NAMM Oral History Interview with Kevin Maher January 25, 2014