Down Beat
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Down Beat (etableret 1935 i Chicago) er et amerikansk tidsskrift om jazz. Det er bl.a. kendt for sine årlige kåringer af årets artist i forskellige kategorier af instrument, udført af læsere (Readers poll) såvel som kritikere (Critics poll), samt egne kategorier for «Rising Star» (talent).
[redigér] Hall of Fame
Magasinet har sin egen «Hall of Fame» i Orlando, der finder man bl.a. et udvalg vindere fra kåringerne.
| Year | Readers Poll | Critics Poll |
| 1952 | Louis Armstrong | |
| 1953 | Glenn Miller | |
| 1954 | Stan Kenton | |
| 1955 | Charlie Parker | |
| 1956 | Duke Ellington | |
| 1957 | Benny Goodman | |
| 1958 | Count Basie | |
| 1959 | Lester Young | |
| 1960 | Dizzy Gillespie | |
| 1961 | Billie Holiday | Coleman Hawkins |
| 1962 | Miles Davis | Bix Beiderbecke |
| 1963 | Thelonious Monk | Jelly Roll Morton |
| 1964 | Eric Dolphy | Art Tatum |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Earl Hines |
| 1966 | Bud Powell | Charlie Christian |
| 1967 | Billy Strayhorn | Bessie Smith |
| 1968 | Wes Montgomery | Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller |
| 1969 | Ornette Coleman | Pee Wee Russell & Jack Teagarden |
| 1970 | Jimi Hendrix | Johnny Hodges |
| 1971 | Charles Mingus | Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt |
| 1972 | Gene Krupa | Clifford Brown |
| 1973 | Sonny Rollins | Fletcher Henderson |
| 1974 | Buddy Rich | Ben Webster |
| 1975 | Cannonball Adderley | Cecil Taylor |
| 1976 | Woody Herman | King Oliver |
| 1977 | Paul Desmond | Benny Carter |
| 1978 | Joe Venuti | Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
| 1979 | Ella Fitzgerald | Lennie Tristano |
| 1980 | Dexter Gordon | Max Roach |
| 1981 | Art Blakey | Bill Evans |
| 1982 | Art Pepper | Fats Navarro |
| 1983 | Stéphane Grappelli | Albert Ayler |
| 1984 | Oscar Peterson | Sun Ra |
| 1985 | Sarah Vaughan | Zoot Sims |
| 1986 | Stan Getz | Gil Evans |
| 1987 | Lionel Hampton | Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson |
| 1988 | Jaco Pastorius | Kenny Clarke |
| 1989 | Woody Shaw | Chet Baker |
| 1990 | Red Rodney | Mary Lou Williams |
| 1991 | Lee Morgan | John Carter |
| 1992 | Maynard Ferguson | James P. Johnson |
| 1993 | Gerry Mulligan | Edward Blackwell |
| 1994 | Dave Brubeck | Frank Zappa |
| 1995 | J.J. Johnson | Julius Hemphill |
| 1996 | Horace Silver | Artie Shaw |
| 1997 | Nat King Cole | Tony Williams |
| 1998 | Frank Sinatra | Elvin Jones |
| 1999 | Milt Jackson | Betty Carter |
| 2000 | Clark Terry | Lester Bowie |
| 2001 | Joe Henderson | Milt Hinton |
| 2002 | Antonio Carlos Jobim | John Lewis |
| 2003 | Ray Brown | Wayne Shorter |

