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|firstdate = |company = Maher Publications|country = United States|based = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.|language = Englishdownbeat.com}}|issn = 0012-5768}}{{smallcaps|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 which 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 a 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.BOOK, Edward Komara, Encyclopedia of the Blues,weblink July 7, 2016, 2006, Psychology Press, 978-0-415-92699-7, 756, 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.MAGAZINE, September 1939, A New Down Beat, DownBeat, 6, 9, 12, In Summer 1960 DownBeat launched the Japanese edition.NEWS, Shinu, Shinu, Shinu,weblink July 1, 2020, Time (magazine), Time, September 12, 1960, In 1972 the publisher of the magazine was Maher Publishers.WEB, Lucile Perryman, Guide to Children's Magazines, Newspapers, Reference Books,weblink Association for Childhood Education International, Washington DC, 2, 1972, September 23, 2021,weblink July 11, 2020, 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.WEB, Wadada Leo Smith Among Winners of 2017 JJA Awards,weblink DownBeat, September 26, 2018, May 16, 2017,

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.WEB, DownBeat Archives,weblink DownBeat, April 8, 2017, en, {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year! Readers Poll! Critics Poll! Veterans Committee PollLouis ArmstrongHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=758PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, Glenn MillerHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=759PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20141205164412/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=759URL-STATUS=DEAD, Stan KentonHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=760PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20141205164639/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=760URL-STATUS=DEAD, Charlie ParkerHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=761PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, Duke EllingtonHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=762PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, Benny GoodmanHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=763PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002029/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=763URL-STATUS=DEAD, tCount BasieHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=764PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20141205164112/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=764URL-STATUS=DEAD, Lester YoungHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=765PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20070927203445/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=765URL-STATUS=DEAD, Dizzy GillespieHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=766PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20070927203351/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=766URL-STATUS=DEAD, Billie HolidayHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=769PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20070927203154/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=769URL-STATUS=DEAD, Coleman HawkinsHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=687>TITLE=1961 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 30, 2007, dead, Miles DavisHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=770PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20070927203141/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=770URL-STATUS=DEAD, Bix BeiderbeckeHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=688>TITLE=1962 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008, Thelonious MonkHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=771PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20070927203114/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=771URL-STATUS=DEAD, Jelly Roll MortonHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=689>TITLE=1963 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, dead, Eric DolphyHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=772PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002057/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=772URL-STATUS=DEAD, Art TatumHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=690>TITLE=1964 DOWN BEAT CRITICS 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StrayhornHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=775PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002209/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=775URL-STATUS=DEAD, Bessie SmithHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=693>TITLE=1967 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Wes MontgomeryHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=776PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20131029210041/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=776URL-STATUS=DEAD, Sidney Bechet & Fats WallerHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=694>TITLE=1968 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Ornette ColemanHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=777PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002240/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=777URL-STATUS=DEAD, Pee Wee Russell & Jack TeagardenHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=695>TITLE=1969 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Jimi HendrixHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=778PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002308/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=778URL-STATUS=DEAD, Johnny HodgesHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=696>TITLE=1970 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Charles MingusHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=779PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120306002320/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=779URL-STATUS=DEAD, Roy Eldridge & Django ReinhardtHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=697>TITLE=1971 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Gene KrupaHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=780PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110517143629/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=780URL-STATUS=DEAD, Clifford BrownHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=698>TITLE=1972 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=DECEMBER 30, 2013, dead, Sonny RollinsHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=781PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110616024405/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=781URL-STATUS=DEAD, Fletcher HendersonHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=699>TITLE=1973 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MARCH 6, 2012, dead, Buddy RichHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=782PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110616024445/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=782URL-STATUS=DEAD, Ben WebsterHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=700>TITLE=1974 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MAY 17, 2011, dead, Cannonball AdderleyHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=783PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110616024804/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=783URL-STATUS=DEAD, Cecil TaylorHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=701>TITLE=1975 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MAY 17, 2011, dead, Woody Herman>King Oliver">Joe "King" Oliver>King OliverHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=702>TITLE=1976 DOWN BEAT CRITICS POLLACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 14, 2008ARCHIVE-DATE=MAY 17, 2011, dead, Paul Desmond>Benny CarterHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=703PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COMARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20110517143624/HTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=703URL-STATUS=DEAD, Joe Venuti>Rahsaan Roland KirkHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=704PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Ella Fitzgerald>Lennie TristanoHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=705PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Dexter Gordon>Max RoachHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=706PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Art Blakey>Bill EvansHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=707PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Art Pepper>Fats NavarroHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=708PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Stéphane Grappelli>Albert AylerHTTP://WWW.DOWNBEAT.COM/DEFAULT.ASP?SECT=STORIES&SUBSECT=STORY_DETAIL&SID=709PUBLISHER=DOWNBEAT.COM, November 14, 2008, Oscar 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! Year !! Title !! Musician!! LabelA Love Supreme >John Coltrane >Impulse! Records>Impulse!At the Golden Circle Stockholm>At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 Ornette Coleman Trio Blue NoteThe Popular Duke Ellington >Duke Ellington >RCA Records>RCAThe Far East Suite>| Bluebird/RCA...And His Mother Called Him Bill >| Bluebird/RCABitches Brew >Miles Davis >Columbia Records>ColumbiaNew Orleans Suite >Atlantic Records>AtlanticThe You and Me That Used to Be >Jimmy Rushing >| RCA 1973 (tie) ''Constellation (Sonny Stitt album)'' >Sonny Stitt >Cobblestone Records>Cobblestone Sahara (McCoy Tyner album)>Sahara McCoy Tyner Milestone (Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne>Solo Concerts) Keith Jarrett ECMSilent Tongues >Cecil Taylor>Freedom Records>FreedomOscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie >Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie >Pablo Records>PabloCreative Orchestra Music 1976 >Anthony Braxton >Arista Records>Arista 1978 (tie) ''Insights (album)'' >Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band >| RCA Dancing in Your Head >Ornette Coleman >Horizon Records>Horizon Sophisticated Giant >Dexter Gordon >| Columbia (Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard) >Dexter Gordon >| Columbia Nonaah >Roscoe Mitchell >Nessa Records>Nessa Cumbia & Jazz Fusion >Charles Mingus >| AtlanticAir Lore >Air (free jazz trio)>Air Arista/NovusFull Force (Art Ensemble of Chicago album)>Full Force Art Ensemble of Chicago ECM ''Playing (album)'' >Old and New Dreams>| ECMBlues Forever >Muhal Richard Abrams >Black Saint Records>Black SaintThe Ballad of the Fallen >Charlie Haden >| ECMThat's the Way I Feel Now >A&M Records>A&MThe African Flower >James Newton >|Blue NoteSong X >Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman >Geffen Records>GeffenIn All Languages >| Caravan of DreamsAudio-Visualscapes >Jack DeJohnette >| Impulse!In East Berlin >Cecil Taylor >FMP/Free Music Production>FMPDream Keeper >Charlie Haden >|Blue Note(Lush Life: The Music of Billy Strayhorn>Lush Life) Joe Henderson VerveSo Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) >| VerveAlways Say Goodbye >| VerveRush Hour (Joe Lovano album)>Rush Hour Joe Lovano & Gunther Schuller VerveKeith Jarrett at the Blue Note >Keith Jarrett Standards Trio >| ECM(Sound Museum: Hidden Man) >| Harmolodic/VerveNashville (Bill Frisell album)>Nashville Bill Frisell NonesuchGershwin's World >Herbie Hancock >|VerveSoul on Soul >Dave Douglas (trumpeter)>Dave Douglas RCADusk (Andrew Hill album)>Dusk Andrew Hill (jazz musician) >Palmetto Records>PalmettoNot for Nothin' >Dave Holland >| ECMFootprints Live! >Wayne Shorter Quartet >| Verve(Extended Play: Live at Birdland) >| ECMConcert in the Garden >Maria Schneider (musician)>Maria Schneider ArtistShareTime Lines >Andrew Hill (jazz musician)>Andrew Hill Blue NoteSound Grammar >Ornette Coleman >| Sound GrammarSky Blue (Maria Schneider album)>Sky Blue Maria Schneider ArtistShareRoad Shows, Vol. 1 >Sonny Rollins >EmArcy Records>EmArcyHistoricity (album)>Historicity Vijay Iyer ACTTen (Jason Moran album)>Ten Jason Moran (musician) >| Blue NoteAccelerando (album)>Accelerando Vijay Iyer ACTWithout a Net (Wayne Shorter album)>Without a Net Wayne Shorter Quartet Blue NoteWomanChild >Cécile McLorin Salvant >Mack Avenue Records>Mack AvenueBird Calls >Rudresh Mahanthappa >| ACTThe Epic (album)>The Epic Kamasi Washington BrainfeederAmerica's National Parks >Wadada Leo Smith >Cuneiform Records>Cuneiform Dreams and Daggers >Cécile McLorin Salvant >| Mack AvenueEmanon (Wayne Shorter album)>Emanon Wayne Shorter Blue NoteWaiting Game >Terri Lyne Carrington >| Motema MusicData Lords >Maria Schneider (musician)>Maria Schneider Orchestra ArtistShareJames Brandon Lewis and the Red Lily Quintet >| Tao FormsMary Halvorson>|Nonesuch

Lifetime Achievement Award

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• 1981 John H. HammondWEB, In Memoriam: Producer George Avakian,weblink DownBeat, September 26, 2018, en, December 4, 2017,
• 1982 George Wein
• 1983 Leonard FeatherWEB, Heckman, Don, Leonard Feather; Jazz Critic, Composer,weblink Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2018, September 23, 1994,
• 1984 Billy Taylor
• 1985 Lawrence Berk
• 1986 Orrin Keepnews
• 1987 David BakerNEWS, Baker Wins Downbeat's 1987 Lifetime Award, The Indianapolis Star, July 25, 1987, Indianapolis, Indiana, 12,
• 1988 John Conyers Jr.
• 1989 Norman Granz
• 1990 Rudy Van Gelder
• 1991 Bill Cosby
• 1992 Rich Matteson
• 1993 Gunther SchullerBOOK, Pincus, Andrew L., Musicians with a Mission: Keeping the Classical Tradition Alive,weblink September 26, 2018, 2002, UPNE, 978-1-55553-516-2, 109–,
• 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 TaylorWEB, Panken, Ted, The Right Groove - "DownBeat" Lifetime Achievement Award,weblink Open Music Library, September 26, 2018,
• 2006 Claude Nobs
• 2007 Dan Morgenstern
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010 Manfred EicherWEB, Ricci, Michael, Manfred Eicher Wins Downbeat Lifetime Achievement Award,weblink All About Jazz, September 26, 2018, April 4, 2010,
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017 George Avakian
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022 Gretchen Valade
• 2023 Randall Kline{{div col end}}

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
• Benny Heller

References

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External links

• Down Beat website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040705094852weblink">"About Down Beat: A History As Rich As Jazz"
• The Jazz Journalists Association Lifetime Achievement Award
• Nesuhi Ertegun, Jazz Hall of Fame {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223102006weblink |date=December 23, 2010 }}
• Arts For Art {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501123848weblink |date=May 1, 2012 }} Lifetime Achievement Award
• NAMM Oral History Interview with Kevin Maher January 25, 2014