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Carla Bley: Hall of Fame ║ By Suzanne Lorge
Carla Bley’s extraordinary career was a longshot, but it happened. What were the chances in the 1950s that a teenaged girl from Oakland, California, would land smack in the middle of New York’s vibrant jazz scene, much less emerge as one of its most lasting compositional voices? Bley, who turned 85 this year, enters the DownBeat Hall of Fame after more than six decades of writing, recording and performing important music with the biggest stars in jazz.
Booker Little: Hall of Fame ║ By John McDonough
The Veterans Committee voted in trumpeter Booker Little in this year’s DownBeat Critics Poll.
Yusef Lateef: Hall of Fame ║ By Howard Mandel
The Veterans Committee voted in the great Yusef Lateef in this year’s poll.
Chick Corea: Artist of the Year ║ By Gary Fukushima
The critics bid a fond farewell to the legendary Chick Corea, naming him Artist, Pianist and Keyboardist of the year.
Maria Schneider: Album of the Year ║ By Phillip Lutz
Schneider’s Data Lords was the runaway critics’ favorite for Album of the Year. Schneider also garnered accolades for Big Band, Composer and Arranger of the year.
Michael Dease: Trombonist of the Year║ By Phil Freeman
Dease wins his first Critics Poll honor for Trombonist of the Year.
The Rising Stars ║ By Stephanie Jones
Gerald Clayton, Angel Bat Dawit, Nubya Garcia, Immanuel Wilkins and more
69th Annual DownBeat Critics Poll: Complete Results
The full listing of this year’s Critics Poll winners
Blindfold Test: Brian Bromberg
The electric and acoustic bassist takes the test and shares keen listening insights with DownBeat readers.
Master Class ║ By Jeff Hamilton
Big Band vs. Small Group Drumming
Transcription ║ By Jimi Durso
Marty Ehrlich’s bass clarinet solo on “Dance No. 5”

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