пришел последний DownBeat с читательским рейтингом музыкантов на этот год.
читатели, как всегда, выбирают проверенных, любимых исполнителей - тех, кто радует многие годы. редко когда у читателей проскользнет в списке незнакомое имя - и то в основном где-то "в хвосте" каждого рейтинга. редко когда попадется в числе лидеров более-менее авангардный исполнитель - но все-таки они присутствуют также в основном во второй половине списка каждой номинации.

решил я для информации, которая никогда не бывает лишней, представить вам "выжимку" из этого рейтинга - по пять первых позиций каждой номинации. Читайте, любопытствуйте, сопоставляйте!
хотел сначала дать полный рейтинг - но он очень большой. там где-то по двадцать, а то и больше имен в каждой номинации. оставил все же по пять.

(цифры - это количество поданных голосов читателями журнала)

DownBeat Reader’s Poll 2014
(This year’s poll had 27,504 voters)

- JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP - "KIN" (NONESUCH) ……………………………………...........….........….632
Ambrose Akinmusire - "The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint" (BLUE NOTE) ….........512
Sonny Rollins - "Road Shows, Volume 3" (DOXY/OKEH) …………………………..................………448
Gregory Porter - "Liquid Spirit" (BLUE NOTE) …………………………………………...................…….413
George Benson - "Inspiration" (A Tribute To Nat King Cole) (CONCORD)……………..........….381

- HALL OF FAME:
B.B. KING ..................................1,040
Hank Mobley ................................869
Bob Brookmeyer ..........................744
Wynton Marsalis .........................688
Marian McPartland ......................688

- JAZZ ARTIST:
CHICK COREA.................................888
Pat Metheny .................................880
Wayne Shorter ..............................765
Wynton Marsalis ............................741
John McLaughlin ............................568

- JAZZ GROUP:
PAT METHENY UNITY GROUP….........1,016
Snarky Puppy .................................765
Wayne Shorter Quartet ………….........584
Wynton Marsalis Quintet ..................568
The Bad Plus ...................................480

- BIG BAND:
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA …...........1,677
Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society .................1,280
Maria Schneider Orchestra …………………….............1,261
Count Basie Big Band ......................................1,096
Mingus Big Band ...............................................720

- TRUMPET:
WYNTON MARSALIS ……........…..1,693
Ambrose Akinmusire .................1,469
Tom Harrell .................................1,088
Roy Hargrove .............................1,056
Terence Blanchard ........................752

- TROMBONE:
TROMBONE SHORTY ………............…1,912
Wycliffe Gordon ..........................1,580
Steve Turre ..................................928
Robin Eubanks .............................880
Curtis Fuller ....................................712

- SOPRANO SAXOPHONE:
WAYNE SHORTER ……............………2,800
Branford Marsalis .....................1,936
Dave Liebman ...........................1,292
Chris Potter ................................813
Joshua Redman ...........................797

- ALTO SAXOPHONE:
KENNY GARRETT ………...........………1,552
Phil Woods ...................................1,101
Ornette Coleman ..........................861
Miguel Zenon .................................813
David Sanborn ...............................784

- TENOR SAXOPHONE:
CHRIS POTTER ……………..........…..1,272
Wayne Shorter ...........................1,072
Joe Lovano ...................................893
Joshua Redman ............................872
Branford Marsalis ..........................808

- BARITONE SAXOPHONE:
GARY SMULYAN …………...........…….2,132
James Carter ..............................1,760
Scott Robinson ............................980
Ronnie Cuber ...............................797
Joe Temperley ..............................632

- CLARINET:
ANAT COHEN ……………..........………3,028
Paquito D’Rivera ..........................2,396
Eddie Daniels ..............................1,013
Don Byron .....................................997
Victor Goines .................................824

- FLUTE:
HUBERT LAWS ………………….............1,501
Frank Wess ..................................1,445
Charles Lloyd ...............................1,120
Nicole Mitchell ................................949
Dave Liebman ................................640

- PIANO:
HERBIE HANCOCK …………...........…..1,216
Chick Corea .................................1,208
Keith Jarrett ..................................1,117
Brad Mehldau .................................920
Kenny Barron ..................................528

- KEYBOARD:
HERBIE HANCOCK ……………..............2,533
Chick Corea .................................2,488
George Duke ...............................1,368
Robert Glasper ............................1,048
Craig Taborn ...................................799

- ORGAN:
JOEY DEFRANCESCO …........……….3,477
Dr. Lonnie Smith .........................1,941
Larry Goldings .............................1,464
Booker T. Jones ..........................1,008
John Medeski ................................773

- GUITAR:
PAT METHENY ……………............……..1,861
Jim Hall ........................................1,533
Bill Frisell .......................................1,152
John Scofield ..................................741
John McLaughlin ............................693

- BASS:
CHARLIE HADEN …………............…….1,853
Christian McBride ........................1,800
Ron Carter ....................................1,232
Dave Holland ...............................1,069
Stanley Clarke ................................957

- ELECTRIC BASS:
STANLEY CLARKE ……….............…….1,712
Victor Wooten .............................1,168
Marcus Miller ...............................1,133
Esperanza Spalding ....................1,125
Steve Swallow .............................1,096

- VIOLIN:
REGINA CARTER ………............………3,672
Jean-Luc Ponty ...........................2,408
Jenny Scheinman .........................824
Mark Feldman ...............................656
Zach Brock ....................................645

- DRUMS:
JACK DEJOHNETTE ……..............………1,224
Brian Blade ....................................832
Steve Gadd ....................................757
Jeff Hamilton ..................................581
Billy Cobham ..................................557

- VIBRAPHONE:
GARY BURTON …………............……….3,192
Bobby Hutcherson .......................1,821
Stefon Harris ................................1,805
Joe Locke .....................................1,056
Warren Wolf ....................................920

- PERCUSSION:
PONCHO SANCHEZ ……….............……..1,872
Zakir Hussain ...................................965
Airto Moreira ....................................901
Trilok Gurtu ......................................669
Dan Weiss .......................................557

- MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT:
BELA FLECK (BANJO) …………............….1,464
Pat Metheny (orchestrion) ................1,280
Chris Potter (bass clarinet) ...............696
Wycliffe Gordon (tuba) ......................536
Scott Robinson (bass saxophone) ......512

- FEMALE VOCALIST:
DIANA KRALL ……………............….….1,760
Dianne Reeves ...........................1,309
Esperanza Spalding ...................1,292
Cecile McLorin Salvant ..............1,245
Cassandra Wilson ........................989

- MALE VOCALIST:
GREGORY PORTER …….............……….2,552
Kurt Elling ....................................2,024
Tony Bennett ...............................1,772
Bobby McFerrin ...........................1,613
Michael Buble .............................1,296

- COMPOSER:
MARIA SCHNEIDER …….............……….1,149
Pat Metheny .................................1,125
Chick Corea ....................................941
Wayne Shorter ................................896
Wynton Marsalis .............................742

- ARRANGER:
MARIA SCHNEIDER ……….............1,573
Wynton Marsalis .......................1,205
Dave Holland ................................621
Esperanza Spalding ......................608
Jim McNeely .................................544

- RECORD LABEL:
BLUE NOTE …………………..............……..3,189
ECM ...............................................1,720
Concord ............................................573
Mack Avenue ...................................568
Mosaic ..............................................517

- BLUES ARTIST OR GROUP:
B.B. KING ………………….............………2,253
Buddy Guy ...................................1,376
Eric Clapton .................................1,296
Johnny Winter ..............................1,005
Joe Bonamassa .............................741

- BLUES ALBUM:
BUDDY GUY - RHYTHM & BLUES (RCA/SILVERTONE) ………….................…..1,592
Joe Bonamassa - Tour De Force: Live In London (J&R Adventures) .............936
The Robert Cray Band - In My Soul (Provogue) .......................................789
Keb’ Mo’ - Bluesamericana (Kind of Blue) ................................................709
Robben Ford - Day In Nashville (Mascot) ................................................485

- BEYOND ARTIST OR GROUP:
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT ….................……1,032
Jeff Beck ........................................................861
Tedeschi Trucks Band ......................................571
Norah Jones ...................................................552
Zappa Plays Zappa ..........................................493

- BEYOND ALBUM:
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT - BLACK RADIO 2 (BLUE NOTE) ..................1,341
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind (Sony/Masterworks) ........................997
Elvis Costello & The Roots - Wise Up Ghost (Blue Note) .............................909
Allen Toussaint - Songbook (Rounder) .....................................................776
Ry Cooder - Live In San Francisco (Nonesuch) ...........................................768