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62 ndANNUALCRITICS POLLThe CriticsFollowing are the 154 critics who voted in DownBeat’s 62nd AnnualInternational Critics Poll. The critics distributed up to 10 pointsamong up to three choices (but no more than 5 points per choice)in each of two groups of categories: Established Talent and RisingStars. (Note: The asterisk [*] denotes a Veterans Committee voter.)David R. Adler: VillageVoice, Stereophile, NewYork City Jazz Record,JazzTimesDon Albert: Artslink,Jazz JournalClifford Allen: New YorkCity Jazz Record, Point ofDeparture, Ni Kantu, TinyMix Tapes*Frank Alkyer: DBLarry Appelbaum:JazzTimes, WPFW-FMBridget Arnwine:jazzpolice.com, wordpress.bridgetsjazzplanet.com,examiner.com,All About JazzGlenn Astarita: AllAbout JazzBradley Bambarger:DB, ListenChris Barton:Los Angeles TimesPeter Bastian: JazzthetikBill Beuttler: JazzTimes,EsquireNick Bewsey: ICONMagazine, wrti.orgEric Bishop: DBEdward Blanco:All About JazzLarry Blumenfeld:Wall Street Journal,artinfo.comRoss Boissoneau:Jazziz, ProgressionPhilip Booth: DB, Relix,Bass Player, Jazziz,JazzTimes*Fred Bouchard: DB,New York City JazzRecord, The BostonMusical IntelligencerMichael Bourne:DB, wbgo.org*Herb Boyd: DBJon Bream: MinneapolisStar TribunePawel Brodowski:Jazz ForumGigi Brooks: JazzTimesStuart Broomer:Musicworks, New YorkCity Jazz Record, Point ofDepartureAndrea Canter:jazzpolice.com*Aaron Cohen: DBSharonne Cohen:sharonnecohen.comThomas Conrad:Stereophile, NewYork City Jazz Record,JazzTimes, All About JazzOwen Cordle: JazzTimes,The News & ObserverMichael Cote: BluesMusic MagazineClive Davis: The Times/Sunday Times*Paul de Barros: DB,Seattle TimesCoen de Jonge: Jazzism,JazzBulletin NJAAnthony Dean-Harris:DB, nextbop.com,KRTU-FMR.J. DeLuke: All AboutJazz, Albany (NY) TimesUnion, RJ on JazzMatthew Dicker: DB,Washington Times,JazzTimesJohn Diliberto: EchoesLaurence Donohue-Greene: New York CityJazz RecordAlain Drouot: DB,JazzColoursKen Dryden: New YorkCity Jazz Record, HotHouseJosé Duarte: RTP Radio,jazzportugal.ua.ptShannon J. Effinger: DB,Ebony, NPR, CaribbeanBeat, All About JazzDonald Elfmam: DB, NewYork City Jazz Record*Ed Enright: DB*John Ephland:DB, Drum!, All AboutJazz, RelixSteve Feeney: PortlandPress Herald/MaineSunday TelegramDavid Franklin: CadencePhil Freeman: BurningAmbulance, Jazziz,The WireDustin Garlitz:JazzTalent.comRichard Gehr: VillageVoice, Rolling Stone, Spin,Relix, Wondering SoundBob Gendron: ChicagoTribune, TONEAudioAndrew Gilbert: SanFrancisco Chronicle, SanJose Mercury News*Ted Gioia: The Historyof Jazz (Oxford UniversityPress)Stephen Graham:MarlbankGeorge Grella: TheBrooklyn Rail, NewYork Classical Review,Sequenza21, The Big City*Frank-John Hadley: DBCarl L. Hager: All AboutJazz, Jazz (JazzersJazzing)*James Hale: DBRobert Ham: Paste,The Oregonian, PortlandMercury, WonderingSoundGeorge W. Harris: JazzMessenger, Jazz WeeklyNeil Haverstick:DB, MicrostickDave Helland:grammy.comTad Hendrickson:Wall Street Journal,iTunes, PlaybillAndrey Henkin: NewYork City Jazz RecordLee Hildebrand: SanFrancisco Chronicle,Living BluesGeoffrey Himes: DB,Washington Post,JazzTimesRob Hoff: WQLN, JazzErieEugene Holley, Jr.:Publishers Weekly, ABlog Supreme,newmusicbox.orgLyn Horton: TheParadigm for BeautyC. Andrew Hovan: DB,All About JazzTom Hull: tomhull.comPeter Hum: TheOttawa CitizenTom Ineck: LincolnJournal Star*Davis Inman: DBEric Jackson: WGBHMichael Jackson: DB,Chicago Sun-Times,JazzwiseRobin James: MinnesotaSpokesman-Recorder*Willard Jenkins:DB, Open Sky JazzDavid Brent Johnson:WFIURichard Kamins:Step TempestGeorge Kanzler: HotHouse, New York CityJazz RecordFred Kaplan: Slate,StereophileBob Karlovits: PittsburghTribune-ReviewMartin Kasdan Jr.: DB,LEO Weekly, LouisvilleMusic NewsMatthew Kassel: NewYork ObserverYoshi Kato: DB, iTunesLarry Kelp: KPFA-FMLeslie Keros:Chicago Blues GuideElzy Kolb: Hot HouseJason Koransky:DB, Jazzgram*Kiyoshi Koyama:NHK-FM Jazz TonightJeff Krow: AudiophileAuditionDavid Kunian: DB,Offbeat, Gambit Weekly,Oxford AmericanAmanda Kuyper:NRC HandelsbladWill Layman:popmatters.comAngelo Leonardi: AllAbout Jazz ItaliaBruce Lindsay: All AboutJazz, Jazz JournalJohn Litweiler:Encyclopaedia Britannica,Point of DepartureChristopher Loudon:JazzTimesPhillip Lutz: DB, The NewYork Times*Jim Macnie: DB*Howard Mandel: DB,NPR, artsjournal.com*John McDonough:DB, NPR,NorthwesternUniversityPeter McElhinney:Style WeeklyDamien McPherson:LEO WeeklyWilliam Meyer: DB, TheWire, Chicago Reader,Chicagomusic.org,Dusted, MagnetKen Micallef: DB,Electronic Musician,Modern Drummer, NewYork City Jazz RecordVirgil Mihaiu: DB,Steaua/JazzContext*Bill Milkowski: DBRalph A. Miriello: DB,Huffington Post, Notes onJazz, Hot House*Dan Morgenstern:Journal of Jazz Studies,Jersey JazzAllen Morrison: DBMichael G. Nastos:Cadence, Hot HouseRon Netsky:City Newspaper(Rochester, NY)Jon Newey: JazzwiseTim Niland: MusicAnd MoreSean J. O’Connell: DB, LAWeekly, LA Record, NewYork City Jazz RecordJennifer Odell:DB, Offbeat, Gambit,MSN.com*Dan Ouellette:DB, eMusic*Ted Panken: DB, JazzizThierry Peremarti: JazzNews (France), DallasMorning NewsTerry Perkins: DB, St.Louis Public Radio, St.Louis Post-Dispatchj. poet: DB, SOMA, SanFrancisco ChronicleNorman Provizer: DB,KUVO/KVJZ- FM*Bobby Reed: DBJon Regen: KeyboardTom Reney: New EnglandPublic RadioGuy Reynard: Jazz HotDerk Richardson: TheAbsolute Sound, AcousticGuitar, AFAR magazineAlex Rodriguez:Ethnomusicology ReviewMark Ruffin: Sirius XMGiovanni Russonello:CapitalBop, JazzTimesPhil Schaap: DB, WKCRKirk Silsbee: DB,Downtown News,Jewish JournalRichard Skelly:Asbury Park PressAreif Sless-Kitain: DBThomas Staudter:DB, Hudson Valley,Croton GazetteW. Royal Stokes:wroyalstokes.com,JJA NewsAndrew Sussman:Jazz writerLaurence Svirchev:misterioso.orgOtakar Svoboda:Czech Radio, Czech TVRon Sweetman:CKCU-FMJean Szlamowicz:Jazz HotJoe Tangari: DB,PitchforkLarry Reni Thomas:ejazznews.com,jazzcorner.com,jazztimes.com,All About JazzEliot Tiegel:Entertainment TonightMark F. Turner:All About JazzChris Walker: DB, LAJazz Scene, JazzTimes,California Tour & TravelDave Wayne:All About JazzKen Weiss: Cadence,Jazz InsideJim Wilke: Jazz AfterHours/PRI*Scott Yanow: DB, Jazziz,Los Angeles Jazz Scene,Jazz Inside, The Jazz RagAlan Young: LucidCulture/New YorkMusic DailyZoe Young: DB,Oakland Tribune68 DOWNBEAT AUGUST 2014