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Nicole Mitchell
Jane Ira Bloom
Dr. Lonnie
Smith
62 nd
ANNUAL
CRITICS POLL
Jack DeJohnette
CHRIS GRIFFITH
KRISTI SUTTON ELIAS
JOHNNY MORENO
MARK SHELDON
Evan Parker ................38
Louis Sclavis ................ 27
Randy Weston ...........38
Tony Monaco ............. 37
Michael Formanek ...39
Tony Malaby .............. 37
Buddy DeFranco ........26
Abdullah Ibrahim ...... 37
Mike LeDonne ............ 33
Avishai Cohen ............38
David Murray ............. 32
Michael Moore ........... 22
Brad Mehldau ............ 37
Wayne Horvitz ...........30
John Clayton .............34
Pharoah Sanders .......28
Perry Robinson ...........21
Chucho Valdés ........... 37
Matthew Shipp ..........28
Esperanza Spalding ..34
Kidd Jordan ................ 27
Beth Custer .................20
Bill Charlap .................36
Sam Yahel ................... 27
Rufus Reid .................29
Jeff Lederer.................20
Robert Glasper ...........36
Brian Auger ................26
Ray Drummond ........ 27
Baritone
Saxophone
Gary Smulyan ..231
James Carter ............ 179
Mats Gustafsson ...... 126
Ronnie Cuber ...........106
Claire Daly ....................91
Scott Robinson ........... 75
Hamiet Bluiett ............ 53
Joe Temperley ...........60
Ken Vandermark .......46
John Surman ..............45
Vinny Golia ................. 42
Fred Ho ........................38
Tim Berne .................... 32
Brian Landrus ............. 32
Charles Evans ............. 24
Howard Johnson ....... 23
Charlie Kohlhase ........17
Patience Higgins ........17
Carlo Actis Dato ..........15
Jason Marshall ............15
Clarinet
Anat Cohen .....330
Paquito D’Rivera ...... 101
Don Byron ...................99
Evan Christopher.......98
Ben Goldberg .............98
Marty Ehrlich ..............85
Ken Peplowski ............74
Eddie Daniels ............. 73
Victor Goines .............. 37
Michael White ............ 35
Ab Baars ...................... 32
Gianluigi Trovesi .........31
Ken Vandermark .......30
Flute
Nicole Mitchell ..207
Charles Lloyd ............. 114
Jamie Baum ...............112
Hubert Laws ...............83
Frank Wess ................. 78
Lew Tabackin ............. 74
Henry Threadgill ........ 73
Jane Bunnett ............. 55
Ali Ryerson ..................54
James Newton ...........46
Ted Nash ......................41
Tia Fuller ......................38
Dave Liebman ............ 32
Roscoe Mitchell .......... 32
T.K. Blue ....................... 28
Marty Ehrlich .............. 27
Juhani Aaltonen ........24
Douglas Ewart ............ 24
James Spaulding .......24
Dave Valentin ............ 22
Steve Wilson ............... 22
Piano
Vijay Iyer ........... 119
Jason Moran...............80
Kenny Barron ............. 75
Ahmad Jamal ............. 72
Fred Hersch ................65
Keith Jarrett ................64
Geri Allen .....................58
Chick Corea ................54
Craig Taborn .............. 53
George Cables .............51
Myra Melford ............. 42
Gerald Clayton ...........40
Matthew Shipp .......... 35
Keyboard
Robert Glasper.. 150
Herbie Hancock ....... 130
Chick Corea ...............128
Craig Taborn ..............83
John Medeski .............80
Larry Goldings ............65
George Duke ..............64
Marc Cary ....................58
Uri Caine ......................54
Gary Versace .............. 52
Hiromi ..........................39
Jason Lindner ............. 37
George Colligan ......... 35
Henry Butler ............... 33
Jamie Saft ................... 33
Django Bates .............. 28
Booker T. Jones..........28
Bernie Worrell ............28
Wayne Horvitz ........... 24
Gary Husband ............ 22
Organ
Dr. Lonnie
Smith .................241
Joey DeFrancesco ...230
Larry Goldings ........... 141
John Medeski ........... 102
Gary Versace ..............94
Booker T. Jones..........62
Jared Gold...................46
Craig Taborn ..............45
Barbara Dennerlein ..43
Jamie Saft ................... 42
Amina Claudine
Myers ...........................38
Dan Wall .......................15
Rhoda Scott .................14
Guitar
Bill Frisell ...........143
Pat Metheny ............. 120
Mary Halvorson .......109
Nels Cline ....................90
Jim Hall ........................ 87
Marc Ribot .................. 72
John McLaughlin ......70
Russell Malone ...........63
Julian Lage .................54
Peter Bernstein .......... 52
Lionel Loueke .............50
John Scofield .............. 47
John Abercrombie ....46
Rez Abbasi ...................41
Ben Monder ................39
Dave Stryker ...............36
Romero Lubambo .....34
Bobby Broom ............. 32
Kurt Rosenwinkel ......30
Pat Martino ................. 27
Bass
Christian
McBride ...........206
Dave Holland ...........175
Ron Carter ..................98
Ben Allison .................63
William Parker ...........60
Stanley Clarke ...........56
Charlie Haden ...........44
Mark Dresser ..............41
John Patitucci ............41
Eric Revis ......................41
Linda Oh .....................26
Reggie Workman ......26
Victor Wooten ............ 25
Electric Bass
Stanley
Clarke ............. ..146
Steve Swallow ...........137
Marcus Miller ............ 107
Christian McBride ...... 77
Victor Wooten ............68
Esperanza Spalding ..59
Derrick Hodge ............58
John Patitucci ............ 52
Richard Bona .............. 42
Linda Oh ...................... 42
Jack Bruce ....................41
Stephen “Thundercat”
Bruner ..........................36
Ingebrigt Håker
Flaten ...........................34
James Genus ..............34
Matthew Garrison ..... 32
Bob Cranshaw.............31
Meshell
Ndegeocello ...............30
Tim Lefebvre ..............28
Avishai Cohen ............ 27
Charnett Moffett ....... 27
Jamaaladeen
Tacuma ........................ 27
Violin
Regina Carter ...351
Jenny Scheinman ... 180
Mark Feldman ............115
Zach Brock .................. 82
Mat Maneri ................. 73
Andy Statman ............28
Herbie Hancock .........40
Carla Bley .................... 37
John Hébert ...............40
Jason Kao Hwang .....64
58 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2014