Результаты ежегодного опроса критиков журналом Downbeat / Critics Poll
- 1961 Coleman Hawkins
- 1962 Bix Beiderbecke
- 1963 Jelly Roll Morton
- 1964 Art Tatum
- 1965 Earl Hines
- 1966 Charlie Christian
- 1967 Bessie Smith
- 1968 Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller
- 1969 Pee Wee Russell & Jack Teagarden
- 1970 Johnny Hodges
- 1971 Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt
- 1972 Clifford Brown
- 1973 Fletcher Henderson
- 1974 Ben Webster
- 1975 Cecil Taylor
- 1976 King Oliver
- 1977 Benny Carter
- 1978 Rahsaan Roland Kirk
- 1979 Lennie Tristano
- 1980 Max Roach
- 1981 Bill Evans
- 1982 Fats Navarro
- 1983 Albert Ayler
- 1984 Sun Ra
- 1985 Zoot Sims
- 1986 Gil Evans
- 1987 Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson
- 1988 Kenny Clarke
- 1989 Chet Baker
- 1990 Mary Lou Williams
- 1991 John Carter
- 1992 James P. Johnson
- 1993 Ed Blackwell
- 1994 Frank Zappa
- 1995 Julius Hemphill
- 1996 Artie Shaw
- 1997 Tony Williams
- 1998 Elvin Jones
- 1999 Betty Carter
- 2000 Lester Bowie
- 2001 Milt Hinton
- 2002 John Lewis
- 2003 Wayne Shorter
- 2004 Roy Haynes
- 2005 Steve Lacy
- 2006 Jackie McLean
- 2007 Andrew Hill
- 2008 Joe Zawinul
- 2009 Hank Jones
- 2010 Chick Corea
- 2011 Abbey Lincoln
- 2012 Paul Motian
- 2013 Charlie Haden
- 2014 Jim Hall
- 2015 Lee Konitz
- 2016 Randy Weston
- 2017 Don Cherry
- 2018 Benny Golson
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