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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=15168'&gt;RFNAPLES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/20/2012 10:00&lt;br /&gt;
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                          2012 DownBeat Readers Poll added.</description>
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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=15168'&gt;RFNAPLES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/20/2012 01:12&lt;br /&gt;
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                          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table class=&quot;bbquote-container&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td class=&quot;text-left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ShaneSpear wrote:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;bbquote&quot;&gt;Fair enough.  Let me know if you change your mind.&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=-1'&gt;Anonymous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/19/2012 21:29&lt;br /&gt;
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                          Best thread ever. Would read again.</description>
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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18172'&gt;ShaneSpear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/19/2012 21:24&lt;br /&gt;
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                          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;table class=&quot;bbquote-container&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt; 	  &lt;td class=&quot;text-left&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RFNAPLES wrote:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;	&lt;tr&gt;	  &lt;td class=&quot;bbquote&quot;&gt;They are separate and long polls.  Combining them would make them unreadable.  They are not duplicate topics so why should you edit them.  Please don't.&lt;/td&gt;	&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;postbody&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Fair enough.  Let me know if you change your mind.</description>
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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                          Posted: 12/19/2012 21:19&lt;br /&gt;
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                          They are separate and long polls.  Combining them would make them unreadable.  They are not duplicate topics so why should you edit them.  Please don't.</description>
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                            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:19:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                            <title>Re: The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18172'&gt;ShaneSpear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/19/2012 21:09&lt;br /&gt;
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                          Hey Naples, could you clue me in to what you're up to?&lt;br /&gt;
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I was thinking about combining your two threads because you'd probably get a better response than just having two threads that die quickly, then I could just delete this message.  Let me know.</description>
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                            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:09:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                            <title>The DownBeat Readers Polls</title>
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                            <description>Author: &lt;a href='https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=15168'&gt;RFNAPLES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                          Posted: 12/19/2012 20:55&lt;br /&gt;
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                          1937 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record: Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1938 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Recording: Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1953 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Best Record-Popular: Ray Anthony, Dragnet (Capitol)&lt;br /&gt;
Best Record-Jazz: Woody Herman, Moten Stomp (Mars)&lt;br /&gt;
Best Record-Rhythm &amp; Blues: Ruth Brown, Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Atlantic)&lt;br /&gt;
Best Record-Classical: Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony, Respighi:Fountains of Rome/Pines of Rome (Victor)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1966 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Ornette Coleman, At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1967 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Miles Smiles&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1968 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Don Ellis, Electric Bath&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1969 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Filles De Killimanjaro&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1970 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew&lt;br /&gt;
Pop Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears, Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears Vol. 3&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1971 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Weather Report, Weather Report&lt;br /&gt;
Pop Album of the Year: Chase, Chase&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1972 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Inner Mountain Flame&lt;br /&gt;
Pop Album of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Inner Mountain Flame&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1973 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire&lt;br /&gt;
Pop Album of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1974 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Weather Report, Mysterious Traveler&lt;br /&gt;
Pop Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1975 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Record of the Year: Weather Report, Tale Spinnin'&lt;br /&gt;
Rock/Blues Album: Jeff Beck, Blow By Blow&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1976 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Weather Report, Black Market&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Jeff Beck, Wired&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1977 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Weather Report, Heavy Weather&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1978 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Woody Shaw, Rosewood&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Aja&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1979 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joni Mitchell, Mingus&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Aja&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1980 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Clash, London Calling&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1981 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Man With The Horn (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Gaucho (MCA)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1982 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Wynton Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: The Police, In The Machine (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1983 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Star People (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: The Police, Synchronicity (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1984 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Decoy (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA (Columbia)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1985 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Jack DeJohnette, Album Album (ECM)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1986 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman, Song X (Geffen)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, In Square Circle (Motown)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1987 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker (Impulse!)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Paul Simon, Graceland (Warner Bros.)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1988 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Characters (Mowtown)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, Nothing Like The Sun (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1989 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny, Letter From Home (Geffen)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Prince, Batman (Warner Bros.)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1990 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Aura (Columbia)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, The Healer (Chameleon)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bonnie Raitt, Nick Of Time (Capitol)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1991 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, Dream Keeper (Blue Note)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, The Healer (Chameleon)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, The Soul Cages (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1992 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Henderson, Lush Life (Verve)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Damn Right I Got the Blues (Silvertone)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bonnie Raitt, Luck Of The Draw (Capitol)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1993 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Henderson, So Near, So Far (Verve)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, Boom Boom (Pointblank)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, 10 Summoner’s Tales (A&amp;M)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1994 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joshua Redman, Wish (Warner Bros.)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Blues Summit (MCA)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bruce Hornsby, Harbor Lights (RCA)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1995 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano &amp; Gunther Schuller, Rush Hour (Blue Note)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Slippin’ In (Silvertone)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Eddie Palmieri, Palmas (Elektra/Nonesuch)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1996 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano, Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy with G.E. Smith &amp; The Saturday Night Live Band (Silvertone)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Los Lobos, Colossal Head (Warner Bros.)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1997 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Kenny Garrett, Pursuance (Warner Bros.)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: James Cotton, Deep In The Blues (Verve)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Sergio Mendes, Oceano (Verve Forecast)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1998 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: T.S. Monk, Monk On Monk&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Deuces Wild (MCA)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
1999 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Herbie Hancock, Gershwin’s World (Verve)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Deuces Wild (MCA)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album of the Year: Bob Dylan, The Royal Albert Hall Concert, Live 1966 (Columbia)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2000 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Terence Blanchard, Wandering Moon (Sony Classical) &lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Let The Good Times Roll (MCA) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Box Set of the Year: Miles Davis &amp; John Coltrane, The Complete Columbia Recordings (Columbia/Legacy) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis &amp; John Coltrane, The Complete Columbia Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2001 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note) &lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King/Eric Clapton, Riding With The King (Reprise) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue/Box Set of the Year: Louis Armstrong, The Complete Hot FIve And Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2002 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Dave Holland Quintet, Not For Nothin’ (ECM) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2003 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Wayne Shorter Quartet, Footprints Live! (Verve) &lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Etta James, Burning Down The House (Private Music) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue of the Year: John Coltrane, A Love Supreme (Deluxe Edition) (Impulse!)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2004 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Dave Holland Quintet, Extended Play—Live At Birdland (ECM) &lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Eric Clapton, Me &amp; Mr. Johnson (Reprise) &lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2005 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Maria Schneider Orchestra, Concert In The Garden (ArtistShare)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: James “Blood” Ulmer, Birthright (Hyena)&lt;br /&gt;
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis 1963-’64 (Columbia/Legacy)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2006 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Without A Song (The 9/11 Concert) (Milestone)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Bring ’Em In (Jive)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album of the Year: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2007 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau, Metheny Mehldau (Nonesuch)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Can’t Quit The Blues (Sony)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album of the Year: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2008 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage (Heads Up)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: James “Blood” Ulmer, Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions (Hyena)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete On The Corner Sessions&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2009 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy/Emarcy)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, One Kind Favor (Geffen)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue 50th Anniversary Edition (Columbia/Legacy)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2010 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album Of The Year: Pat Metheny, Orchestrion (Nonesuch)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album Of The Year: B. B. King, Live In Africa ’74 (Shout Factory)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album Of The Year: Chick Corea/John McLaughlin, Five Peace Band Live (Concord)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2011 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album Of The Year: Brad Mehldau, Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album Of The Year: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Sony/Legacy)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album Of The Year: Buddy Guy, Living Proof (Silvertone/Jive)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album Of The Year: Jeff Beck, Emotion &amp; Commotion (ATCO)&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
2012 DownBeat Readers Poll&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;Jazz Album: Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up/Concord)&lt;br /&gt;
Historical Album: Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy)&lt;br /&gt;
Blues Album: Wynton Marsalis &amp; Eric Clapton, Play The Blues: Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center (Reprise)&lt;br /&gt;
Beyond Album: Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio (Blue Note)&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
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