Readers Poll Results
Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Saxophonists
by Michael Ricci
Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz saxophonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's legacy saxophonists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through March 28, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (164 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1John Coltrane2Wayne Shorter3Charlie Parker4Cannonball Adderley5Stan Getz6Dexter Gordon7Paul Desmond8Lester Young9Joe Henderson10Sonny Stitt11Coleman Hawkins12Art Pepper13Ben Webster14Michael Brecker15Johnny Hodges16Ornette ...
read moreYour Favorite Living Jazz Saxophonists
by Michael Ricci
Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz saxophonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living saxophonists poll was conducted during the 2023 calendar year and ran up through January 24, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (200 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Chris Potter2Joshua Redman3Sonny Rollins4Joe Lovano5Charles Lloyd6Branford Marsalis7Kenny Garrett8David Sanborn9Kamasi Washington10David Murray11Eric Alexander12Jan Garbarek13Dave Liebman14James Carter15Miguel Zenon16Benny ...
read moreYour Favorite Hammond B-3 Organists
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite Hammond B-3 organists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's organists poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from July 20th to December 7th. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Jimmy Smith2Joey DeFrancesco3Dr. Lonnie Smith4Larry Goldings5Shirley Scott6Larry Young7Jack McDuff8Jimmy McGriff9Charles Earland10Richard “Groove" Holmes11Tony Monaco12Pat Bianchi13Mike LeDonne14Big ...
read moreYour Favorite Living Jazz Guitarists
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz guitarists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living guitarists poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from May 3rd to November 30th. We would like to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (200 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. Note: This list represents the top vote-getters. Hundreds of guitarists received votes, ...
read moreYour Favorite Living Jazz Pianists
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz pianists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living pianists poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from April to November. We would like to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (200 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1 Herbie Hancock2Keith Jarrett3Brad Mehldau4Kenny Barron5Bill Charlap6 Fred Hersch7Ahmad Jamal8Vijay Iyer9Jason Moran10Craig Taborn11Gonzalo Rubalcaba12Hiromi13Emmet ...
read moreYour Favorite Living Jazz Bassists
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz bassists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living bassists poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from March to November. We would like to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (200 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1 Ron Carter bass 2 Dave Holland bass 3 Christian McBride ...
read moreYour Favorite Living Jazz Drummers
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite living jazz drummers. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's living drummers poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from January to November. We would like to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (200 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1 Jack DeJohnette2Brian Blade3Steve Gadd4Roy Haynes5Peter Erskine6Jeff Tain Watts7Antonio Sanchez8Billy Cobham9Terri Lyne Carrington10Vinnie Colaiuta11Bill ...
read moreYour Favorite Legacy Jazz Drummers
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz drummers of all time. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's legacy drummers poll was conducted during the 2022 calendar year running from January to November. We would like to thank every member who participated in creating this comprehensive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Elvin Jones2 Art Blakey3 Tony Williams 4Max Roach5 Philly Joe Jones 6Buddy Rich7Gene ...
read moreMusical And Lyrical Sophistication In Jazz And Other Genres
by Kurt Ellenberger
This scatter graph (directly below) shows the results of an All About Jazz Readers' Poll that was conducted during portions of 2021. There were almost 400 participants who rated these genres on their “musical and lyrical sophistication" on a 10 point scale. No instructions were given on the definition of “sophistication"—the participants were free to use their own criteria. However, with a jazz audience, “sophistication" is likely viewed as meaning higher levels of complexity in harmony, rhythm, and melody, and ...
read moreBest Jazz Cities
by Michael Ricci
We conducted three polls in 2020 with the goal of identifying the top jazz record labels, the top jazz cities, as well as who our readers would book at their “fantasy" jazz festival. Of the near 300 cities represented at Jazz Near You, the following received the most votes: 1New York, NY2Chicago, IL3New Orleans, LA4Paris, France5London, United Kingdom6Los Angeles, CA7San Francisco, CA8Berlin, Germany9Amsterdam, Netherlands10Philadelphia, PA11Tokyo, Japan12Boston, MA13Kansas City, MO14Ghent, Belgium15Seattle, WA16Detroit, MI17Montreal, Canada18Copenhagen, Denmark19Washington, DC20Oakland, CA21Pittsburgh, PA22Moscow, Russian ...
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