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Down Beat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers and critics poll.

Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame

Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame is maintained at Universal Studios's CityJazz club in Orlando, Florida. Current membership, by year, is listed in the following table. The critics poll was not initiated until 1961 so there are only readers poll winners before then. Although they have many members in common, Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame is separate and distinct from the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame. Universal Studios logo This article is about the Universal Studios movie studio and Universal Hollywood theme park. ... Skyline of Orlando at night, from across Lake Eola The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization founded in 1977 to promote greater awareness, knowledge, and appreciation of big band and jazz music.[1] The organization has inducted more than 200 individuals into its Hall of Fame, maintains an extensive biographical database, and aspires...

1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Louis Armstrongs stage personality matched his flashy trumpet as captured in this photo by William P. Gottlieb. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American jazz musician and band leader in the Swing era. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979), was an American jazz pianist, and bandleader known for his innovations in jazz music. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlie Parker Charles Parker, Jr (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington, DC – Died: May 24, 1974 in New York City) was an American jazz composer, pianist and bandleader. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, and Swings Senior Statesman. Goodman was born in Chicago, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived on Chicagos Maxwell Street neighborhood. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Count Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lester Willis Young, nicknamed Prez (August 27, 1909-March 15, 1959) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dizzy Gillespie photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) was born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), also called Lady Day is generally considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. ... Coleman Hawkins Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed Hawk and sometimes Bean, (November 21, 1904 - May 19, 1969) was a prominent jazz tenor saxophone musician. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Miles Dewey Davis III (born May 25, 1926 – died September 28, 1991), one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century, was an African-American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Brilliant Corners Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917–February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer known for his unique improvisational style and many contributions to the standard jazz repertoire. ... Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton (September 20, 1890 - July 10, 1941) was a virtuoso pianist, a bandleader, and a composer who some call the first true composer of Jazz music. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Eric Allan Dolphy (June 20, 1928 - June 29, 1964) was a jazz musician who played alto saxophone, flute and bass clarinet. ... Art Tatum (October 13, 1909 - November 4, 1956) was a famous American jazz pianist known for his virtuosic playing and creative improvisation. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Album cover of A Love Supreme John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Earl Kenneth Hines, better known as Earl Hines or Fatha Hines (28 December 1903 - 22 April 1983) was a prominent jazz pianist. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Earl Bud Powell (September 27, 1924 - July 31, 1966) is widely regarded as one of the most technically gifted and influential pianists in the history of jazz. ... Charlie Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942) was a jazz guitarist and an innovator in the field of electric guitar. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967) was an American composer and pianist, perhaps most famous for having written Take the A Train and for his collaboration with Duke Ellington. ... Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA was the most popular and successful blues singer of 1920s and 30s, and a huge influence on the singers who followed her. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... John Leslie Wes Montgomery was an African-American jazz guitarist. ... Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. ... Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an African-American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Ornette Coleman (born March 19, 1930) was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s, and one of the more notable figures in jazz history. ... Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, (27 March 1906 - 15 February 1969) was a jazz musician. ... Jack Teagarden (August 29, 1905 - January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, screen-writer and producer, widely considered to be the most important electric guitarist in the history of popular music. ... John Cornelius Johnny Hodges (b. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Charles Mingus Stamp issued by the USPS on September 16, 1995. ... Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911- February 6, 1989) was a jazz trumpet player in the Swing era. ... Django (left) & Grappelli (right). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Gene Krupa (January 15, 1909 - October 16, 1973) was a famous and influential Polish-American jazz and big band kit drummer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style. ... Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Theodore Walter (Sonny) Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Bernard (Buddy) Rich (September 30, 1917–April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... Benjamim Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 - September 20, 1973) was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Julian Edwin Cannonball Adderley (September 15, 1928 - August 8, 1975), originally from Tampa, Florida was a jazz saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15, 1929) is a pianist (and poet) now generally acknowledged to be one of the great innovative sources of free jazz (along with the better known Ornette Coleman). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was a United States jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 - April 8, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz musician. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Paul Desmond and Dave Brubeck, October 8, 1954. ... Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Giuseppe Venuti (Joe) (September 16, 1903 - August 14, 1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and violinist. ... Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7th, 1935 - December 5th, 1977) was a blind jazz saxophonist, perhaps best known for his ability to play more than one saxophone at once. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... History // Ella Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella, was one of the most important jazz singers, and the winner of thirteen Grammy Awards. ... Leonard Joseph Tristano (1919 - 1978) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was an American tenor saxophone musician. ... Max Roach (born January 10, 1924) is a famous jazz drummer. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur (Art) Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, ( October 11, 1919 - October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. ... Portrait in Jazz Bill Evans (August 16, 1929–September 15, 1980) was one of the most famous jazz pianists of the 20th century, and the force behind the biggest shift in the jazz paradigm since Art Tatum. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. ... Theodore (Fats) Navarro (24 September 1923 - 6 July 1950) was an American jazz trumpeter. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stephane Grappelli (January 26, 1908 - December 1, 1997) was a pioneer jazz violinist who founded the quintet of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt. ... Albert Ayler (July 13, 1936–November 1970) was a jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. ... Cover of the album The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume One Sun Ra (May 22, 1914–May 30, 1993) was an innovative and jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, who came to be known as much for preaching his bizarre cosmic philosophy as for his phenomenal musical compositions... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sarah Vaughan (March 27, 1924 - April 3, 1990) is considered by some to be one of the greatest female jazz singers in the history of the genre, along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. ... John Haley Zoot Sims was an American jazz musician. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stanley Getz, better known as Stan Getz (February 2, 1927 - June 6, 1991) was an American jazz musician. ... Gil Evans (13 May 1913 - 20 March 1988) was a jazz arranger and pianist; noted for working with Miles Davis. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lionel Hampton (April 20, 1908 - August 31, 2002), was a bandleader, jazz percussionist and vibraphone virtuoso. ... Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 - August 8, 1940) was a jazz clarinetist, and older brother of drummer Baby Dodds. ... Categories: Stub | Jazz bandleaders | Jazz trumpet players | Jazz composers | Jazz musicians | United States musicians | African Americans | 1923 births | 1986 deaths ... Theodore Shaw Teddy Wilson (November 24, 1912 - July 31, 1986) was an American jazz pianist. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jaco Pastorius (born as: John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, December 1, 1951–September 21, 1987) was a jazz bassist who was notable for his amazing technique and virtuoso playing style. ... Kenny Clarke (born January 9, 1914 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-died January 26, 1985 in Paris, France) was a jazz drummer and an early innovator of the bebop style of drumming. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Woody Herman Shaw II (1944–1989) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Chesney Henry Chet Baker Jr. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Roland Chudnick (1927–1994), who performed as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. ... Mary Lou Williams (May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 - February 19, 1972) was a hard bop trumpeter who by the age of 18 was already leading accomplished musicians on albums such as Presenting Lee Morgan and The Cooker. ... John Wallace Carter (24 September 1928 – 31 March 1991) was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone and flute player. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maynard Ferguson (born May 4, 1928 in Montreal, Quebec) is a jazz trumpet player. ... James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 - November 17, 1955) was a pianist and composer. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Gerry Muligan Gerald Joseph Gerry Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz musician and arranger best known for his baritone saxophone playing who also played the piano and the clarinet. ... Ed Blackwell (October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992) was a jazz drummer. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Dave Brubeck is an American jazz pianist who wrote a number of jazz standards, including In Your Own Sweet Way and The Duke. ... Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American rock/jazz fusion musician, composer, and satirist. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J.J. Johnson (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001) was a famous jazz trombonist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... Julius Arthur Hemphill (1938-1995) was a jazz composer and saxophone player. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (born September 2, 1928) is a famous jazz pianist and composer. ... Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an accomplished jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, and writer. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nat King Cole in The Blue Gardenia (1953) Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a hugely popular American singer and jazz musician. ... Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 - February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Frank Sinatra in 1947 Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. ... Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 - May 18, 2004) was a jazz drummer. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Milton (Milt) Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist and one of the most important figures in the hard bop style. ... Betty Carter (May 16, 1930 – September 26, 1998 was a prominent American jazz singer, who was reknowned for her improvisational techniques. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clark Terry performs with the Great Lakes Navy Band Jazz Ensemble Clark Terry (born December 14, 1920) is an American swing and bop trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Lester Bowie (11 October 1941 – 8 November 1999) was a jazz trumpet player and composer. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey Dr. Dre 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 - June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. ... Milt Hinton (born Milton John Hilton in Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 23, 1910; d. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Carlos Jobim (born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927 - December 8, 1994), also called Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and one of the greatest legends of bossa nova. ... John Lewis is the name of: an American labor leader: see John L. Lewis a philosopher: see John Lewis (philosopher) a jazz pianist: see John Lewis (pianist) an American civil rights activist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives: see John Lewis (politician) a British Singer who released... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Raymond Matthews (Ray) Brown (October 13, 1926 - July 2, 2002) was an American jazz bassist. ... Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ...

External links

• Down Beat website
• "About Down Beat: A History As Rich As Jazz"