Альбом года по результатам опроса критиков журналом Downbeat / Album of the Year Critics' Poll

Год Название альбома Музыкант Лейбл 1965 A Love Supreme John Coltrane Impulse! 1966 At the Golden Circle, Vol. 1 Ornette ColemanTrio Blue Note 1967 The Popular Duke Ellington Duke Ellington RCA 1968 The Far East Suite Duke Ellington Bluebird/RCA 1969 ...And His Mother Called Him Bill Duke Ellington Bluebird/RCA 1970 Bitches Brew Miles Davis Columbia 1971 New Orleans Suite Duke Ellington Atlantic 1972 The You and Me That Used to Be Jimmy Rushing RCA 1973 Constellation; Sahara (tie) Sonny Stitt; McCoy Tyner   1974 Solo Concerts Keith Jarrett ECM 1975 Silent Tongues Cecil Taylor Freedom 1976 Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie Pablo 1977 Creative Orchestra Music 1976 Anthony Braxton Arista 1978       1979 Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Charles Mingus Atlantic 1980 Air Lore Air Arista/Novus 1981 Full Force Art Ensemble of Chicago ECM 1982 Playing Old and New Dreams ECM 1983 Blues Forever Muhal Richard Abrams Black Saint 1984 The Ballad of the Fallen Charlie Haden ECM 1985 That's the Way I Feel Now Various A&M 1986 The African Flower James Newton Blue Note 1987 Song X Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman Geffen 1988 In All Languages Ornette Coleman Caravan of Dreams 1989 Audio-Visualscapes Jack DeJohnette Impulse! 1990 In East Berlin Cecil Taylor FMP 1991 Dream Keeper Charlie Haden Blue Note 1992 Lush Life Joe Henderson Verve 1993 So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) Joe Henderson Verve 1994 Always Say Goodbye Charlie Haden Verve 1995 Rush Hour Joe Lovano & Gunther Schuller Verve 1996 Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note Keith JarrettStandards Trio ECM 1997 Sound Museum: Hidden Man Ornette Coleman Quartet Harmolodic/Verve 1998 Nashville Bill Frisell Nonesuch 1999 Gershwin's World Herbie Hancock Verve 2000 Soul on Soul Dave Douglas RCA 2001 Dusk Andrew Hill Palmetto 2002 Not for Nothin' Dave Holland ECM 2003 Footprints Live! Wayne ShorterQuartet Verve 2004 Extended Play: Live at Birdland Dave Holland Quintet ECM 2005 Concert in the Garden Maria Schneider ArtistShare 2006 Time Lines Andrew Hill Blue Note 2007 Sound Grammar Ornette Coleman Sound Grammar 2008 Sky Blue Maria Schneider ArtistShare 2009 Road Shows, Vol. 1 Sonny Rollins Doxy/EmArcy 2010 Historicity Vijay Iyer ACT 2011 Ten Jason Moran Blue Note 2012 Accelerando Vijay Iyer ACT 2013 Without a Net Wayne ShorterQuartet Blue Note 2014 WomanChild Cécile McLorin Salvant Mack Avenue 2015 Bird Calls Rudresh Mahanthappa ACT 2016 The Epic Kamasi Washington Brainfeeder 2017 America's National Parks Wadada Leo Smith Cuneiform 2018 Dreams and Daggers Cécile McLorin Salvant Mack Avenue