Readers Poll Results

Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Vocalists

by Michael Ricci
June 30, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz vocalists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy vocalists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 28, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Ella Fitzgerald2Sarah Vaughan3Billie Holiday4Carmen McRae5Barbara Morrison6Frank Sinatra7Dinah Washington8Nina Simone9Nat King Cole10Tony Bennett11Anita O'Day12Mel Torme13Al Jarreau14Johnny Hartman15Peggy Lee16Abbey ...

Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Pianists

by Michael Ricci
June 29, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz pianists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy pianists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 28, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Bill Evans2Thelonious Monk3Oscar Peterson4McCoy Tyner5Bud Powell6Duke Ellington7Chick Corea8Art Tatum9Ahmad Jamal10Horace Silver11Dave Brubeck12Jelly Roll Morton13Count Basie14Red Garland15Erroll Garner16Wynton ...

Your Favorite Jazz Vibraphonists

by Michael Ricci
June 28, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite jazz vibraphonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite vibraphonists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 27, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (100 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Gary Burton2Milt Jackson3Bobby Hutcherson4Lionel Hampton5Joe Locke6Cal Tjader7Stefon Harris8Mike Mainieri9Warren Wolf10Steve Nelson11Marco Pacassoni12Roy Ayers13Walt Dickerson14Joel Ross15Red Norvo16Terry ...

Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Trumpet Players

by Michael Ricci
June 27, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite legacy jazz trumpet players. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite legacy trumpet players poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 26, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1Miles Davis2Freddie Hubbard3Dizzy Gillespie4Chet Baker5Louis Armstrong6Lee Morgan7Clifford Brown8Donald Byrd9Don Cherry10Roy Hargrove11Kenny Dorham12Clark Terry13Al Hirt14Harry “Sweets" ...

The Mount Rushmore of Hard Bop

by Michael Ricci
May 18, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and the top four vote-getters represent the Mount Rushmore of hard bop. Thank you to everyone who voted. 1Horace Silver2Art Blakey3Lee Morgan4Hank Mobley5John Coltrane6Miles Davis7Sonny Rollins8Freddie Hubbard9Cannonball Adderley10Clifford Brown11Wayne Shorter12Thelonious Monk13Max Roach14Charlie Parker15Dexter Gordon16Dizzy Gillespie17Charles Mingus18Kenny Dorham19Jackie McLean20Bobby Timmons21Benny Golson22Joe Henderson23Curtis Fuller24Paul Chambers25McCoy Tyner26Herbie Hancock27Jimmy Smith28Bud Powell29Donald Byrd30Philly Joe Jones31Sonny Clark32Grant Green33Bill Evans34Red Garland35Wes Montgomery36Ron Carter37Art Farmer38Art Pepper39Bobby Hutcherson40Lou Donaldson41Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers42Duke Ellington43Billie Holiday44Ahmad Jamal45Eric Dolphy46Cedar Walton47Michael Brecker48Phil Woods49Roy Hargrove50Elvin ...

Your Favorite Jazz Trombonists

by Michael Ricci
April 24, 2024

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite jazz trombonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite trombonists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through April 23, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (100 total!) for the next generation of jazz enthusiasts to discover. 1J.J. Johnson2Bill Watrous3Curtis Fuller4Steve Turre5Bob Brookmeyer6Kai Winding7Slide Hampton8Trombone Shorty9Frank Rosolino10Tommy Dorsey11Grachan Moncur III12Ray Anderson13Julian Priester14Roswell Rudd15Robin Eubanks16Jimmy ...

Your Favorite Legacy Jazz Saxophonists

by Michael Ricci
April 2, 2024

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 ...

Your Favorite Living Jazz Saxophonists

by Michael Ricci
January 25, 2024

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 ...

Your Favorite Hammond B-3 Organists

by Michael Ricci
December 8, 2022

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 ...

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Your Favorite Living Jazz Guitarists

by Michael Ricci
December 1, 2022

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, ...