52 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2018

COMPLETE RESULTS

Ray Charles ....................1,764

Allan Holdsworth ...................1,482

George Benson ........................900

John McLaughlin .....................804

Buddy Guy ...............................798

Hank Mobley ............................798

Mel Tormé ................................735

Jack DeJohnette ......................666

Les Paul....................................666

Bob Brookmeyer ......................627

Carmen McRae ........................627

Kenny Barron ...........................564

Shirley Horn .............................549

Toots Thielemans .....................549

Steve Gadd ..............................480

Tito Puente ...............................474

Jimmy Heath ............................465

Grant Green..............................453

Larry Coryell .............................441

Charles Lloyd ...........................441

Oliver Nelson ............................417

Kenny Burrell ............................405

Jon Hendricks ..........................399

Pharoah Sanders .....................393

Dave Holland ............................363

Chick Corea .......................969Diana Krall ................................684

Wayne Shorter .........................648

Wynton Marsalis ......................645

Tony Bennett ............................609

Pat Metheny .............................606

Kamasi Washington .................594

Roberta Piket ...........................531

Esperanza Spalding .................504

Chris Potter ..............................480

Christian McBride ....................462

John McLaughlin .....................462

Kenny Barron ...........................429

Charles Lloyd ...........................423

Joey Alexander ........................393

Maria Schneider .......................387

Keith Jarrett ..............................375

Kurt Elling .................................369

Trombone Shorty .....................366

Bill Frisell ..................................360

Snarky Puppy .................1,419Pat Metheny Group ..................915 Chick Corea Band ....................855

Brad Mehldau Trio ....................645

Wynton Marsalis Quintet .........621

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels ...555

Wayne Shorter Quartet ............552

Yellowjackets ............................501

Esperanza Spalding Group ......462

Keith Jarrett Standards Trio .....456

SFJAZZ Collective ...................438

Trombone Shorty &

Orleans Avenue ........................438

Preservation Hall Jazz Band ....402

Chris Potter Underground ........393

The Bad Plus ............................384

Stanley Clarke Band ................384

Branford Marsalis Quartet .......383

Brian Blade &

The Fellowship Band ...............381

Roy Hargrove Quintet ..............380

Christian McBride Trio .............363

Count Basie Orchestra ...1,821

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Orchestra...............................1,819

Maria Schneider Orchestra ...1,773

Christian McBride Big Band ..1,176

Mingus Big Band .....................822

Carla Bley with Charlie Haden’s

Liberation Music Orchestra ....798

Dizzy Gillespie All-Star

Big Band ..................................795

Sun Ra Arkestra .......................765

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra .........738

WDR Big Band .........................711

Dave Holland Big Band ............669

Bob Mintzer Big Band..............666

Gordon Goodwin’s Big

Phat Band ................................654

John Beasley’s MONK’estra ....573

DIVA ..........................................558

Darcy James Argue’s

Secret Society ..........................483

Clayton–Hamilton

Jazz Orchestra .........................441

Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin

Jazz Orchestra .........................408

Roy Hargrove Big Band ...........399

Metropole Orchestra ................345

Chick Corea & Steve Gadd Band, Chinese Butterfly (Stretch/Concord) ..............747

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis,

Handful Of Keys

(Blue Engine) ............................564

Benjamin Boone/Philip Levine,

The Poetry Of Jazz (Origin) ......498

John McLaughlin & 4th Dimension,

Live At Ronnie Scott’s

(Abstract Logix) ........................459

Joey Alexander, Eclipse

(Motéma) ..................................432

Brian Blade & The Fellowship

Band, Body And Shadow

(Blue Note)................................408

Kurt Elling, The Questions

(OKeh) ......................................408

Kenny Barron Quintet,

Concentric Circles (Blue Note) ..393

Jack DeJohnette/Larry Grenadier/

John Medeski/John Scofield,

Hudson (Motéma) ...................387

Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco,

You’re Driving Me Crazy

(Sony Legacy) ..........................381

Kamasi Washington, Harmony Of

(Young Turks) ..........360

Peter Bernstein, Signs LIVE!

(Smoke Sessions) ....................333

Esperanza Spalding, Exposure

(Concord)..................................312

Larry Coryell’s 11th House,

Seven Secrets (Savoy) .............309

Charles Lloyd New Quartet,

Passin’ Thru (Blue Note)...........303

Bill Frisell, Music IS

(Okeh/Sony Masterworks) .......302

The Manhattan Transfer,

The Junction (BMG) .................302

Joshua Redman, Still Dreaming

(Nonesuch) ...............................291

Bill Charlap Trio, Uptown,

Downtown (Impulse!) ...............279

Vijay Iyer Sextet, Far From Over

(ECM) ........................................279

Christian McBride Big Band,

Bringin’ It (Mack Avenue) .........279

Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dreams

And Daggers (Mack Avenue) ...270

Gregory Porter, Nat “King” Cole

& Me (Blue Note) .....................258

John Beasley, MONK’estra,

Vol. 2 (Mack Avenue)................255

Monika Herzig, SHEROES

(Whaling City Sound) ...............255

Victor Wooten, Trypnotyx (Vix) ..252

Blue Note All-Stars,

Our Point Of View (Blue Note)...243

Ambrose Akinmusire, A Rift In

Decorum: Live At The Village

Vanguard (Blue Note) ...............234

Ahmad Jamal, Marseille

(Jazz Village/Pias) .....................231

Terence Blanchard featuring

The E-Collective, Live

(Blue Note)................................216

Miles Davis & John Coltrane, The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (Columbia/Legacy) ..........3,489

Bill Evans, Another Time:

The Hilversum Concert

(Resonance) ..........................1,110

Louis Armstrong, The Nightclubs

(Dot Time) ..............................1,026

Thelonious Monk with John

Coltrane, The Complete 1957

Riverside Recordings

(Craft) ................................... 1,026

Ella Fitzgerald, Ella At Zardi’s

(Verve/UMe) ..............................978

Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack

DeJohnette, After The Fall

(ECM) ........................................657

Ornette Coleman, The Atlantic

Years (Rhino/Atlantic) ...............654

Sonny Rollins, Way Out

West–Deluxe Edition (Craft) .....534

Wes Montgomery, In Paris: The

(Resonance) .............................510

Jimi Hendrix, Both Sides Of

The Sky (Legacy) ......................501

Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson

Plays (Verve/UMe) ....................429

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

with Wynton Marsalis, United

We Swing (Blue Engine) ...........399

Charles Mingus,

Live At Montreux 1975 (Eagle Rock Entertainment) .....390

Esbjörn Svensson Trio,

e.s.t. Live In London (ACT) ......384

Wynton Marsalis, winner of the Trumpet category

FRANK STEWART

83READERS POLL2018

Roberta Piket ...........................531Roberta Piket ...........................531