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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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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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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.
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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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Best thread ever. Would read again.
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ShaneSpear wrote:
Fair enough. Let me know if you change your mind.

Thanks
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2012 DownBeat Readers Poll added.
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