- Down Beat Awards for Jazz
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Down Beat Magazine, the most prestigious Jazz publication, has been giving awards for Jazz performance since its inception.
Contents
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1981 John H. Hammond
- 1982 George Wein
- 1983 Leonard Feather
- 1984 Dr. Billy Taylor
- 1985 Dr. Lawrence Berk
- 1986 Orrin Keepnews
- 1987 David Baker
- 1988 John Conyers Jr.
- 1989 Norman Granz
- 1990 Rudy Van Gelder
- 1991 Bill Cosby
- 1992 Rich Matteson
- 1993 Gunther Schuller
- 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 Jim Warrick
- 2006 Claude Nobs
- 2007 Dan Morgenstern
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010 Manfred Eicher
Hall of Fame
The Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame is maintained at Universal Studios' City Jazz club in Orlando, Florida. Current membership, by year, is listed in the following table. The critics' poll was not initiated until 1961, so winners before then were all chosen by readers' polls.
Veterans Committee Hall of Fame
- 2008: Jo Jones, Jimmie Lunceford, Erroll Garner, Harry Carney, Jimmy Blanton
- 2009: Oscar Pettiford, Tadd Dameron
- 2010: Baby Dodds, Chick Webb, Philly Joe Jones, Billy Eckstine
Album of the Year
An essential contribution of the critics' and readers' polls published in the August resp. December issues are the selections for "Jazz Album of the Year", listing the dozen or so most popular albums. Listed here are the top 3 albums of the selections:
2006 critics' poll:
(1) Andrew Hill: Time Lines (Blue Note)
(2) Wayne Shorter Quartet: Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve)
(3) Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert (Milestone)2007 critics' poll:
(1) Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar (Sound Grammar)
(2) Trio Beyond: Saudades (ECM)
(3) Sonny Rollins: Sonny, Please (Doxy)2008 critics' poll:
(1) Maria Schneider: Sky Blue (ArtistShare)
(2) Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
(3) Joe Lovano and Hank Jones: Kids: Duets Live At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Blue Note)2010 critics' poll:
(1) Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity (ACT)
(2) Joe Lovano Us Five: Folk Art (Blue Note)
(3) Miguel Zenón: Esta Plena (Marsalis)See also
- The Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award
- International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (not jazz, exclusively, but many recipients are jazz musicians)
- BBC Jazz Awards
- NEA Jazz Masters
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External links
- The Jazz Journalists Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
- Down Beat website
- "About Down Beat: A History As Rich As Jazz"
- Arts For Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Categories:- Music halls of fame
- Awards established in 1981
- Jazz awards
- American music awards
- Lifetime achievement awards
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