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RFNAPLES
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Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA 
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- Posted: 12/19/2012 20:55
- Post subject: The DownBeat Readers Polls
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1937 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record: Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)
1938 DownBeat Readers Poll
Recording: Benny Goodman, Sing, Sing, Sing (Victor)
1953 DownBeat Readers Poll
Best Record-Popular: Ray Anthony, Dragnet (Capitol)
Best Record-Jazz: Woody Herman, Moten Stomp (Mars)
Best Record-Rhythm & Blues: Ruth Brown, Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Atlantic)
Best Record-Classical: Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony, Respighi:Fountains of Rome/Pines of Rome (Victor)
1966 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Ornette Coleman, At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1
1967 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Miles Smiles
1968 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Don Ellis, Electric Bath
1969 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Filles De Killimanjaro
1970 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
Pop Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears Vol. 3
1971 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Weather Report, Weather Report
Pop Album of the Year: Chase, Chase
1972 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Inner Mountain Flame
Pop Album of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Inner Mountain Flame
1973 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire
Pop Album of the Year: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Birds of Fire
1974 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Weather Report, Mysterious Traveler
Pop Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale
1975 DownBeat Readers Poll
Record of the Year: Weather Report, Tale Spinnin'
Rock/Blues Album: Jeff Beck, Blow By Blow
1976 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Weather Report, Black Market
Beyond Album of the Year: Jeff Beck, Wired
1977 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Weather Report, Heavy Weather
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life
Beyond Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Songs In The Key Of Life
1978 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Woody Shaw, Rosewood
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Aja
1979 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joni Mitchell, Mingus
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Aja
1980 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Jack DeJohnette, Special Edition
Beyond Album of the Year: Clash, London Calling
1981 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Man With The Horn (Columbia)
Beyond Album of the Year: Steely Dan, Gaucho (MCA)
1982 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Wynton Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis (Columbia)
Beyond Album of the Year: The Police, In The Machine (A&M)
1983 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Star People (Columbia)
Beyond Album of the Year: The Police, Synchronicity (A&M)
1984 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Decoy (Columbia)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA (Columbia)
1985 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Jack DeJohnette, Album Album (ECM)
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (A&M)
1986 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman, Song X (Geffen)
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, In Square Circle (Motown)
Beyond Album of the Year: Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston (Arista)
1987 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Michael Brecker, Michael Brecker (Impulse!)
Beyond Album of the Year: Paul Simon, Graceland (Warner Bros.)
1988 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Wynton Marsalis, Standard Time (Columbia)
Blues Album of the Year: Stevie Wonder, Characters (Mowtown)
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, Nothing Like The Sun (A&M)
1989 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny, Letter From Home (Geffen)
Beyond Album of the Year: Prince, Batman (Warner Bros.)
1990 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Aura (Columbia)
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, The Healer (Chameleon)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bonnie Raitt, Nick Of Time (Capitol)
1991 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Charlie Haden’s Liberation Orchestra, Dream Keeper (Blue Note)
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, The Healer (Chameleon)
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, The Soul Cages (A&M)
1992 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Henderson, Lush Life (Verve)
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Damn Right I Got the Blues (Silvertone)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bonnie Raitt, Luck Of The Draw (Capitol)
1993 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Henderson, So Near, So Far (Verve)
Blues Album of the Year: John Lee Hooker, Boom Boom (Pointblank)
Beyond Album of the Year: Sting, 10 Summoner’s Tales (A&M)
1994 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joshua Redman, Wish (Warner Bros.)
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Blues Summit (MCA)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bruce Hornsby, Harbor Lights (RCA)
1995 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano & Gunther Schuller, Rush Hour (Blue Note)
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Slippin’ In (Silvertone)
Beyond Album of the Year: Eddie Palmieri, Palmas (Elektra/Nonesuch)
1996 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano, Quartets: Live At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note)
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy with G.E. Smith & The Saturday Night Live Band (Silvertone)
Beyond Album of the Year: Los Lobos, Colossal Head (Warner Bros.)
1997 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Kenny Garrett, Pursuance (Warner Bros.)
Blues Album of the Year: James Cotton, Deep In The Blues (Verve)
Beyond Album of the Year: Sergio Mendes, Oceano (Verve Forecast)
1998 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: T.S. Monk, Monk On Monk
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Deuces Wild (MCA)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind (Columbia)
1999 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Herbie Hancock, Gershwin’s World (Verve)
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Deuces Wild (MCA)
Beyond Album of the Year: Bob Dylan, The Royal Albert Hall Concert, Live 1966 (Columbia)
2000 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Terence Blanchard, Wandering Moon (Sony Classical)
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, Let The Good Times Roll (MCA)
Jazz Box Set of the Year: Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Complete Columbia Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Complete Columbia Recordings (Columbia/Legacy)
2001 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note)
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King/Eric Clapton, Riding With The King (Reprise)
Jazz Reissue/Box Set of the Year: Louis Armstrong, The Complete Hot FIve And Hot Seven Recordings (Columbia)
2002 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Dave Holland Quintet, Not For Nothin’ (ECM)
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (Columbia/Legacy)
2003 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Wayne Shorter Quartet, Footprints Live! (Verve)
Blues Album of the Year: Etta James, Burning Down The House (Private Music)
Jazz Reissue of the Year: John Coltrane, A Love Supreme (Deluxe Edition) (Impulse!)
2004 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Dave Holland Quintet, Extended Play—Live At Birdland (ECM)
Blues Album of the Year: Eric Clapton, Me & Mr. Johnson (Reprise)
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (Columbia Legacy)
2005 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Maria Schneider Orchestra, Concert In The Garden (ArtistShare)
Blues Album of the Year: James “Blood” Ulmer, Birthright (Hyena)
Jazz Reissue of the Year: Miles Davis, Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis 1963-’64 (Columbia/Legacy)
2006 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Without A Song (The 9/11 Concert) (Milestone)
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Bring ’Em In (Jive)
Historical Album of the Year: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)
2007 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau, Metheny Mehldau (Nonesuch)
Blues Album of the Year: Buddy Guy, Can’t Quit The Blues (Sony)
Historical Album of the Year: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane, The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings (Riverside)
2008 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Michael Brecker, Pilgrimage (Heads Up)
Blues Album of the Year: James “Blood” Ulmer, Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions (Hyena)
Historical Album of the Year: Miles Davis, The Complete On The Corner Sessions
2009 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album of the Year: Sonny Rollins, Road Shows, Vol. 1 (Doxy/Emarcy)
Blues Album of the Year: B.B. King, One Kind Favor (Geffen)
Historical Album of the Year: Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue 50th Anniversary Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
2010 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album Of The Year: Pat Metheny, Orchestrion (Nonesuch)
Blues Album Of The Year: B. B. King, Live In Africa ’74 (Shout Factory)
Beyond Album Of The Year: Chick Corea/John McLaughlin, Five Peace Band Live (Concord)
2011 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album Of The Year: Brad Mehldau, Live In Marciac (Nonesuch)
Historical Album Of The Year: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Sony/Legacy)
Blues Album Of The Year: Buddy Guy, Living Proof (Silvertone/Jive)
Beyond Album Of The Year: Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion (ATCO)
2012 DownBeat Readers Poll
Jazz Album: Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up/Concord)
Historical Album: Miles Davis Quintet, Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
Blues Album: Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Play The Blues: Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center (Reprise)
Beyond Album: Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio (Blue Note)
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ShaneSpear
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- Posted: 12/19/2012 21:09
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Hey Naples, could you clue me in to what you're up to?
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.
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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ShaneSpear
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- Posted: 12/19/2012 21:24
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | | 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. |
Fair enough. Let me know if you change your mind.
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- Posted: 12/19/2012 21:29
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Best thread ever. Would read again.
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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