82 READERS POLL COMPLETE RESULTS 1934 - 2017

Branford Marsalis Quartet ...... 444 Brad Mehldau Trio ...... 438 Wynton Marsalis ...... 1,062 SFJAZZ Collective ...... 432 Allan Holdsworth ...... 947 The Bad Plus ...... 417 John McLaughlin ...... 828 Stanley Clarke Band ...... 414 Les Paul...... 816 Esperanza Spalding & Emily’s STEVE MUNDINGER George Benson ...... 789 D+Evolution ...... 381 Jack DeJohnette ...... 711 Roy Hargrove Quintet ...... 372 Toots Thielemans ...... 699 Tom Harrell Quintet ...... 372 Phil Woods ...... 687 Preservation Hall Jazz Band ....360 Hank Mobley ...... 618 Benny Golson ...... 570 Marian McPartland...... 561 Mel Tormé ...... 525 Maria Schneider Orchestra ...2,118 Tito Puente ...... 516 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra ..2,025 Jimmy Heath ...... 507 Count Basie Orchestra ...... 1,548 George Duke ...... 489 Carla Bley with Charlie Haden’s Charles Lloyd ...... 480 Liberation Music Orchestra Bob Brookmeyer ...... 477 Big Band ...... 807 Carmen McRae ...... 453 Christian McBride Big Band ....741 Shirley Horn ...... 432 Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band .711 Kenny Burrell ...... 429 Darcy James Argue’s Secret Kenny Garrett, winner of the Alto Saxophone category Kenny Barron ...... 423 Society ...... 702 Dr. John ...... 399 John Beasley’s MONK’estra ....678 Nearness (Nonesuch) ...... 355 Steve Gadd ...... 396 Sun Ra Arkestra ...... 663 Steve Gadd, Way Back Home Grant Green...... 393 Vanguard Jazz Orchestra ...... 654 (BFM) ...... 354 Bill Evans Trio, On A Monday Bobby Hutcherson ...... 378 Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band .. 648 Charlie Haden Liberation Evening (Fantasy) ...... 1,635 WDR Big Band ...... 639 Orchestra, Time/Life (Song For Jaco Pastorius, Truth, Liberty & Mingus Big Band ...... 636 The Whales And Other Beings) Soul—Live in NYC: The Complete Dave Holland Big Band ...... 603 (Impuse!) ...... 348 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording Chick Corea ...... 789 Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra .522 Donny McCaslin, Beyond Now (Resonance) ...... 1,590 Wynton Marsalis ...... 690 Bob Mintzer Big Band...... 429 (Motéma) ...... 336 Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Pat Metheny ...... 645 Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Gregory Porter, Live In Berlin Kelly Trio, Smokin’ In Seattle: Wayne Shorter ...... 627 Jazz Orchestra ...... 393 (Eagle Rock) ...... 327 Live At The Penthouse 1960 Diana Krall ...... 606 Metropole Orchestra ...... 384 Bob Mintzer, All L.A. Big Band (Resonance) ...... 1,281 Tony Bennett ...... 603 Roy Hargrove Big Band ...... 363 (Fuzzy Music) ...... 315 John Coltrane, The Atlantic Years Esperanza Spalding ...... 597 Jimmy Heath Big Band ...... 345 Wadada Leo Smith, America’s In Mono (Atlantic) ...... 1,197 Chris Potter ...... 537 National Parks (Cuneiform)...... 300 Thelonious Monk, Les Liaisons John Scofield ...... 537 Fred Hersch Trio, Sunday Night At Dangereuses (Sam Records/Saga) Kamasi Washington ...... 513 The Vanguard (Palmetto) ...... 270 ...... 1,152 Christian McBride ...... 504 Diana Krall, Turn Up The Quiet Joey DeFrancesco, Project Miles Davis, Freedom Jazz Dance: Charles Lloyd ...... 486 (Verve) ...... 876 Freedom (Mack Avenue) ...... 267 The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 (Sony Kurt Elling ...... 438 Branford Marsalis Quartet Catherine Russell, Harlem On My Legacy) ...... 1,107 Gregory Porter ...... 426 featuring Kurt Elling, Upward Spiral Mind (Jazz Village)...... 234 Chet Baker, Live In London John McLaughlin ...... 405 (Sony Masterworks) ...... 777 Tom Harrell, Something Gold, (Ubuntu) ...... 876 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 393 John Scofield, Country For Old Something Blue (HighNote) .....223 Count Basie & Lester Young, Maria Schneider ...... 375 Men (Impulse!) ...... 678 Brian Lynch, Madera Latino: Classic 1936–1947 Studio Sessions Keith Jarrett ...... 373 Chris Potter, The Dreamer Is A Latin Jazz Interpretation Of The (Mosaic) ...... 816 Trombone Shorty ...... 372 The Dream (ECM) ...... 474 Music Of Woody Shaw Dizzy Gillespie, A Concert Of The Kenny Barron ...... 363 Brad Mehldau Trio, Blues And (Hollistic) ...... 222 Century—A Tribute To Charlie Ballads (Nonesuch) ...... 435 Joe Lovano Quartet, Classic! Live Parker (Justin Time) ...... 654 Norah Jones, Day Breaks At Newport (Blue Note) ...... 219 David Bowie, Who Can I Be Now? Snarky Puppy ...... 1,266 (Blue Note)...... 432 Wolfgang Muthspiel, Rising Grace 1974–1976 (Parlophone) ...... 624 Pat Metheny Unity Group ...... 870 Trombone Shorty, Parking Lot (ECM) ...... 213 Alice Coltrane, World Spirituality Chick Corea Trio...... 771 Symphony (Blue Note) ...... 429 Kurt Rosenwinkel, Caipi Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music Of Wayne Shorter Quartet ...... 684 DeJohnette/Garrison/Coltrane, (Heartcore) ...... 210 Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda Wynton Marsalis Quintet ...... 630 In Movement (ECM) ...... 417 Mary Halvorson Octet, Away With (Luaka Bop) ...... 582 Christian McBride Trio ...... 528 JLCO with Jon Batiste, The Music You (Firehouse 12) ...... 208 Eric Clapton, Live In San Diego Trombone Shorty Of John Lewis (Blue Engine) ...384 Anat Cohen & Trio Brasileiro, With Special Guest J.J. Cale & Orleans Avenue ...... 519 Bill Frisell & Thomas Morgan, Rosa Dos Ventos (Anzic) ...... 207 (Reprise) ...... 576 Charles Lloyd & The Marvels ...495 Small Town (ECM) ...... 363 Joey Alexander, Keith Jarrett, A Multitude Of Angels Yellowjackets ...... 480 John Beasley, MONK’estra Vol. 1 Countdown (Motéma) ...... 205 (ECM) ...... 537 Keith Jarrett Standards Trio .....477 (Mack Avenue) ...... 360 Ralph Towner, Woody Shaw & Louis Hayes, The Donny McCaslin Group ...... 474 Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau, My Foolish Heart (ECM) ...... 204 Tour—Volume One (HighNote) .492

58 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2017 SHERVIN LAINEZ Abbey Lincoln, Love Having You Around: Live At The Keystone Korner, Vol. 2 (HighNote) ...... 438 Shirley Horn, Live At The 4 Queens (Resonance) ...... 402 Arthur Blythe, ...Tradition/Lenox Ave.../Illusions/...Spirit (BGO) ..393 Louis Armstrong, The Standard Oil Sessions (Dot Time) ...... 369 Peter Erskine Trio, As It Was (ECM) ...... 336 Van Morrison, It’s Too Late To Stop Now…Vol. II, III, IV & DVD (Warner Bros.) ...... 315

Wynton Marsalis ...... 1,950 Ambrose Akinmusire ...... 1,308 Roy Hargrove ...... 1,104 Terence Blanchard ...... 867 Randy Brecker ...... 855 Tom Harrell ...... 822 Arturo Sandoval ...... 774 Roger Ingram ...... 768 Chris Botti ...... 648 Ingrid Jensen ...... 645 Avishai Cohen ...... 609 Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah ..441 Anat Cohen, winner of the Clarinet category Wadada Leo Smith ...... 417 Terell Stafford ...... 408 Steve Wilson ...... 525 Eric Alexander ...... 519 Ben Goldberg ...... 303 Dave Douglas ...... 381 Jane Bunnett ...... 459 Melissa Aldana ...... 489 Beth Custer ...... 294 Nicholas Payton ...... 378 Jimmy Greene ...... 426 Pharoah Sanders ...... 471 François Houle ...... 288 Sean Jones ...... 366 James Carter ...... 372 Jimmy Heath ...... 405 Chris Speed ...... 285 Paolo Fresu ...... 309 Lee Konitz ...... 327 Mark Colby ...... 387 Oscar Noriega ...... 261 Tomasz Stanko...... 309 Ted Nash ...... 285 Ernie Watts ...... 360 Gabriele Mirabassi ...... 258 Brian Lynch ...... 297 Sam Newsome ...... 273 Jan Garbarek...... 330 Jeff Lederer ...... 243 Donny McCaslin ...... 267 Kirk Whalum ...... 330 Evan Christopher ...... 240 Evan Parker ...... 264 Houston Person ...... 300 Michael Moore ...... 216 Mark Turner ...... 285 Shabaka Hutchings ...... 213 Trombone Shorty ...... 2,532 James Carter ...... 279 Ken Vandermark ...... 204 Wycliffe Gordon ...... 1,407 Marty Ehrlich ...... 198 Steve Turre ...... 1,188 Kenny Garrett ...... 1,767 Todd Marcus ...... 177 Robin Eubanks ...... 810 Lee Konitz ...... 1,089 Curtis Fuller ...... 678 David Sanborn ...... 1,083 James Carter ...... 2,055 Nils Landgren ...... 621 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 825 Gary Smulyan ...... 1,893 Steve Davis ...... 606 Rudresh Mahanthappa ...... 699 Ronnie Cuber ...... 966 Hubert Laws ...... 1,968 Bill Watrous ...... 543 Miguel Zenón ...... 651 John Surman ...... 774 Charles Lloyd ...... 1,443 Slide Hampton ...... 477 Grace Kelly ...... 645 Stephen “Doc” Kupka ...... 726 Nicole Mitchell ...... 888 Conrad Herwig ...... 441 Gary Bartz ...... 537 Claire Daly ...... 645 Lew Tabackin ...... 747 Ray Anderson ...... 420 John Zorn ...... 519 Hamiet Bluiett...... 642 Dave Valentin ...... 699 Delfeayo Marsalis ...... 408 Bobby Watson ...... 507 Scott Robinson ...... 564 Elena Pinderhughes ...... 678 Natalie Cressman ...... 372 Steve Coleman ...... 492 Denis DiBlasio ...... 549 Dave Liebman ...... 633 John Fedchock ...... 342 Dick Oatts ...... 486 Lisa Parrott ...... 537 Jane Bunnett ...... 609 Sarah Morrow ...... 309 Ted Nash ...... 393 Mats Gustafsson ...... 501 Henry Threadgill ...... 609 Ryan Keberle ...... 276 Henry Threadgill ...... 339 Tim Berne ...... 460 Ted Nash ...... 603 Roswell Rudd ...... 273 Anthony Braxton ...... 330 Ken Vandermark ...... 459 Steve Wilson ...... 546 Curtis Fowlkes ...... 255 David Binney ...... 327 Howard Johnson ...... 444 Tia Fuller ...... 498 Michael Dease ...... 243 Donald Harrison ...... 327 Paula Henderson ...... 402 Holly Hofmann ...... 408 Alan Ferber ...... 231 Steve Wilson ...... 309 Frank Basile ...... 387 James Spaulding ...... 342 Charles McPherson ...... 297 Chris Cheek...... 360 Jamie Baum ...... 303 Tia Fuller ...... 294 Adam Schroeder ...... 312 Ira Sullivan ...... 273 Patience Higgins ...... 255 Ali Ryerson ...... 272 Wayne Shorter ...... 2,835 Colin Stetson ...... 240 Anne Drummond ...... 270 Branford Marsalis ...... 2,106 Erica von Kleist ...... 270 Dave Liebman ...... 993 Chris Potter ...... 1,542 T.K. Blue ...... 264 Joshua Redman ...... 909 Wayne Shorter ...... 1,281 Chris Potter ...... 891 Branford Marsalis ...... 1,134 Anat Cohen ...... 3,615 Ravi Coltrane ...... 729 Joe Lovano ...... 1,011 Paquito D’Rivera ...... 1,968 Kenny Garrett ...... 717 Joshua Redman ...... 945 Eddie Daniels ...... 1,269 Herbie Hancock ...... 1,416 Jan Garbarek...... 675 Charles Lloyd ...... 861 Don Byron ...... 1,089 Chick Corea ...... 1,377 Joe Lovano ...... 672 Kamasi Washington ...... 768 Ken Peplowski ...... 927 Geri Allen ...... 1,047 Jane Ira Bloom ...... 627 Jeff Coffin ...... 738 Victor Goines ...... 702 Brad Mehldau ...... 930 Anat Cohen ...... 606 Donny McCaslin ...... 615 Louis Sclavis ...... 306 Keith Jarrett ...... 855

DECEMBER 2017 DOWNBEAT 59 JAY GILBERT CHRISTOPHER DRUKKER

Joey DeFrancesco, winner of the Organ category

Kenny Barron ...... 789 Gary Versace ...... 396 Joey Alexander ...... 666 Barbara Dennerlein ...... 357 McCoy Tyner ...... 642 Akiko Tsuruga ...... 330 Fred Hersch...... 540 Sam Yahel ...... 297 Vijay Iyer ...... 468 Craig Taborn ...... 288 Monty Alexander ...... 423 Amina Claudine Myers ...... 279 Hiromi ...... 420 Chester Thompson ...... 246 Ahmad Jamal ...... 411 Pat Bianchi ...... 231 Alan Broadbent ...... 375 Jared Gold...... 231 Bill Charlap ...... 369 Rhoda Scott ...... 228 Craig Taborn ...... 342 Brian Charette ...... 210 Jon Batiste ...... 303 Raphael Wressnig ...... 198 Jason Moran ...... 279 Robert Glasper ...... 276 Eliane Elias ...... 225 Pat Metheny ...... 1,953 Bill Frisell ...... 1,269 Regina Carter, winner of the Violin category John Scofield ...... 1,113 Herbie Hancock ...... 3,159 Larry Coryell ...... 849 Gary Peacock...... 291 Jimmy Haslip...... 251 Chick Corea ...... 2,970 John McLaughlin ...... 690 Thundercat ...... 279 Meshell Ndegeocello ...... 249 Robert Glasper ...... 1,239 Mary Halvorson ...... 609 William Parker ...... 270 Craig Taborn ...... 744 Allan Holdsworth ...... 591 Rufus Reid ...... 258 Larry Goldings ...... 642 Peter Bernstein ...... 549 Ben Williams...... 231 Lyle Mays ...... 636 Julian Lage ...... 537 Scott Colley ...... 223 Regina Carter ...... 3,998 John Medeski ...... 615 Al Di Meola ...... 513 Luques Curtis ...... 222 Jean-Luc Ponty ...... 2,751 Hiromi ...... 612 Pat Martino ...... 471 Marc Johnson ...... 220 Mark Feldman ...... 618 Booker T. Jones ...... 501 Russell Malone ...... 465 Thomas Morgan ...... 219 Mark O’Connor ...... 579 Jason Lindner ...... 387 John Pizzarelli ...... 435 Sara Caswell ...... 564 Eddie Palmieri ...... 378 Kurt Rosenwinkel ...... 399 Jenny Scheinman ...... 558 Gary Husband ...... 351 David Gilmore ...... 387 Zach Brock ...... 546 Stanley Clarke ...... 1,788 Gonzalo Rubalcaba ...... 351 Kevin Eubanks ...... 363 Didier Lockwood ...... 456 Victor Wooten ...... 1,365 Django Bates...... 303 Mike Stern ...... 348 Jerry Goodman ...... 453 Marcus Miller ...... 1,338 Patrice Rushen ...... 282 Stanley Jordan ...... 345 Mat Maneri ...... 333 Esperanza Spalding ...... 1,263 Jim Beard ...... 252 Dave Stryker ...... 330 Michal Urbaniak ...... 321 Christian McBride ...... 1,041 Zaccai Curtis ...... 250 John Abercrombie...... 327 Mads Tolling ...... 282 John Patitucci ...... 957 Gary Versace ...... 249 John Blake ...... 273 Steve Swallow ...... 939 Uri Caine ...... 226 Nils Økland ...... 264 Tim Lefebvre ...... 777 Bernie Worrell ...... 225 Karen Briggs ...... 249 Christian McBride ...... 2,289 Thundercat ...... 663 Miri Ben-Ari ...... 222 Ron Carter ...... 1,761 Richard Bona ...... 588 Eyvind Kang ...... 213 Esperanza Spalding ...... 1,470 Tony Levin ...... 453 Christian Howes ...... 207 Joey DeFrancesco ...... 4,428 Dave Holland ...... 1,131 Linda Oh ...... 435 Jason Kao Hwang ...... 207 Dr. Lonnie Smith ...... 1,839 Stanley Clarke ...... 975 Jeff Berlin ...... 354 Scott Tixier ...... 201 Larry Goldings ...... 1,401 Victor Wooten ...... 705 Tal Wilkenfeld ...... 333 Booker T. Jones ...... 1,095 Linda Oh ...... 672 Bob Cranshaw ...... 309 John Medeski ...... 969 John Patitucci ...... 672 Matthew Garrison ...... 282 Carla Bley ...... 906 John Clayton ...... 477 Pino Palladino ...... 282 Jack DeJohnette ...... 1,668 Brian Auger ...... 555 Avishai Cohen ...... 462 Avishai Cohen ...... 267 Brian Blade ...... 1,251 Mike LeDonne ...... 405 Larry Grenadier ...... 459 Felix Pastorius ...... 255 Steve Gadd ...... 1,005

60 DOWNBEAT DECEMBER 2017 Peter Erskine ...... 738 Antonio Sanchez ...... 684 Terri Lyne Carrington ...... 588 Roy Haynes ...... 573

Billy Cobham ...... 549 ALAN MESSER Vinnie Colaiuta ...... 489 Jeff Hamilton ...... 480 Jeff “Tain” Watts ...... 456 Eric Harland...... 387 Lewis Nash ...... 366 Allison Miller ...... 360 Mark Guiliana ...... 357 Dave Weckl ...... 342 Matt Wilson ...... 342 Cindy Blackman Santana ...... 336 Billy Hart ...... 303 Joey Baron ...... 291

Sheila E...... 1,314 Poncho Sanchez ...... 1,296 Zakir Hussain ...... 948 Airto Moreira...... 906 Trilok Gurtu ...... 840 Mino Cinelu ...... 588 Pedrito Martinez ...... 567

Cyro Baptista ...... 552 Béla Fleck, winner of the Miscellaneous Instrument category Bobby Sanabria ...... 486 Giovanni Hidalgo ...... 453 Dan Weiss ...... 450 Marilyn Mazur...... 426 Howard Levy (harmonica) ...... 489 Cécile McLorin Salvant ...... 1,467 Pete Escovedo ...... 420 Wycliffe Gordon (tuba) ...... 468 Dee Dee Bridgewater ...... 1,074 Maria Schneider ...... 1,926 Manolo Badrena ...... 372 Chris Thile (mandolin) ...... 453 Dianne Reeves ...... 1,056 Wynton Marsalis ...... 1,113 Hamid Drake ...... 371 Steve Turre (shells) ...... 444 Cassandra Wilson ...... 936 Carla Bley ...... 786 Freddy “Huevito” Lobaton ...... 354 David Murray (bass clarinet) ....408 Lizz Wright ...... 441 Esperanza Spalding ...... 636 Han Bennink ...... 291 Richard Galliano (accordion) ....402 Cyrille Aimée ...... 420 Dave Holland ...... 561 Susie Ibarra ...... 290 Joe Lovano (aulochrome) ...... 378 Roberta Gambarini ...... 420 Bob Mintzer ...... 558 Sammy Figueroa ...... 285 Howard Johnson (tuba) ...... 366 Gretchen Parlato ...... 417 Vince Mendoza ...... 552 John Santos ...... 285 Brandee Younger (harp) ...... 336 Madeleine Peyroux ...... 390 Gordon Goodwin ...... 519 Grégoire Maret (harmonica) .....330 Karrin Allyson ...... 360 Alan Broadbent ...... 483 Peggy Lee (cello) ...... 324 Sheila Jordan ...... 357 John Clayton ...... 468 Tomeka Reid (cello) ...... 321 Jazzmeia Horn ...... 351 Gary Burton ...... 3,498 Christian McBride ...... 441 Edmar Castaneda Catherine Russell ...... 337 Bobby Hutcherson ...... 2,073 Robert Glasper ...... 435 (Colombian harp)...... 306 Diane Schuur...... 336 Stefon Harris ...... 1,461 Bill Holman ...... 423 Hendrik Meurkens (harmonica) ..300 Tierney Sutton ...... 333 Warren Wolf ...... 1,119 Billy Childs...... 390 Becca Stevens ...... 297 Joe Locke ...... 975 John Zorn ...... 387 Stacey Kent ...... 279 Steve Nelson ...... 768 Darcy James Argue ...... 357 Luciana Souza...... 270 Terry Gibbs ...... 657 Gregory Porter ...... 2,787 Slide Hampton ...... 291 Norma Winstone ...... 267 Mike Mainieri ...... 597 Kurt Elling ...... 2,523 Gil Goldstein...... 279 Jason Marsalis ...... 492 Tony Bennett ...... 2,175 Ted Nash ...... 276 Jason Adasiewicz ...... 363 Bobby McFerrin ...... 1,137 Christine Jensen ...... 264 Cecilia Smith ...... 300 Mose Allison ...... 1,059 Maria Schneider ...... 1,617 Kenny Wollesen...... 237 Michael Bublé ...... 771 Chick Corea ...... 1,128 Chris Dingman ...... 225 Theo Bleckmann ...... 630 Wayne Shorter ...... 1,098 Blue Note ...... 3,264 Dave Samuels ...... 219 Jacob Collier ...... 615 Pat Metheny ...... 1,074 ECM ...... 2,190 Joe Chambers ...... 210 José James ...... 426 Wynton Marsalis ...... 750 Mack Avenue ...... 720 Hendrik Meurkens ...... 204 John Pizzarelli ...... 405 Terence Blanchard ...... 582 MoonJune ...... 477 Matt Moran ...... 186 Jon Hendricks ...... 384 Benny Golson ...... 576 Verve...... 444 Mulatu Astatke ...... 180 Andy Bey ...... 375 Carla Bley ...... 573 Concord ...... 382 Mike Dillon ...... 177 Freddy Cole ...... 324 Bill Frisell ...... 498 Impulse! ...... 381 Jim Hart ...... 168 Dhafer Youssef ...... 291 John Zorn ...... 429 Motéma ...... 381 Jamie Cullum ...... 279 Alan Broadbent ...... 408 Mosaic ...... 366 Ian Shaw ...... 267 Dave Holland ...... 363 ACT ...... 345 Kevin Mahogany ...... 261 Tom Harrell ...... 351 Smoke Sessions Records ...... 318 Leslie Odom Jr...... 255 Béla Fleck (banjo) ...... 1,794 Jimmy Heath ...... 351 Nonesuch ...... 273 Kenny Washington ...... 240 Toots Thielemans Vijay Iyer ...... 339 Criss Cross Jazz ...... 270 Curtis Stigers ...... 234 (harmonica) ...... 1,473 John Scofield ...... 330 Resonance ...... 267 Pat Metheny (orchestrion) .....1,026 Robert Glasper ...... 324 HighNote ...... 258 Chris Potter (bass clarinet) ...... 711 Christian McBride ...... 282 Abstract Logix ...... 249 Jon Batiste (melodica) ...... 633 Diana Krall ...... 2,262 Henry Threadgill ...... 273 Ropeadope ...... 222 James Carter (bass saxophone) .. 552 Esperanza Spalding ...... 1,506 Darcy James Argue ...... 261 Origin ...... 183

DECEMBER 2017 DOWNBEAT 61 STEVE MUNDINGER COURTESY OF SONY MUSIC

Sheila E, winner of the Percussion category

Men, Prick Of The Letter (Hot Shot) ...... 273 Leonard Cohen, You Want It Eric Bibb, Migration Blues Darker (Columbia) ...... 1,296 (Stony Plain) ...... 267 Jeff Beck, (Atco) 1,235 Geoff Achison, Another Mile, Loud Hailer Tedeschi Trucks Band, Another Minute (Jupiter 2) ...... 264 Live From (Fantasy) ...1,089 Doyle Bramhall II, Rich Man The Fox Oakland Allen Toussaint, American Tunes Leonard Cohen’s album You Want It Darker won the Beyond Album category. (Concord)...... 261 (Nonesuch) ...... 729 Elvin Bishop, Elvin Bishop’s Big Sting, Fun Trio (Alligator) ...... 240 57th And 9th (A&M/Interscope) ...... 567 Clean Feed ...... 180 Duke Robillard, Blues Full Circle Paul Simon, Stranger To Stranger Brooklyn Jazz Underground ....177 (Stony Plain) ...... 231 Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, (Concord)...... 534 Marsalis Music ...... 175 The Fabulous Thunderbirds, TajMo (Concord) ...... 1,653 Kendrick Lamar, Damn. (Top Sunnyside ...... 168 Strong Like That (Severn) ...... 228 Joe Bonamassa, Live At The Greek Dawg) ...... 498 ArtistShare ...... 165 Coco Montoya, Hard Truth Theatre (J&R Adventures) .....1,020 Bob Dylan, Triplicate (Columbia) ...459 SmallsLIVE ...... 165 (Alligator) ...... 204 Gary Clark Jr., Live/North America Thundercat, Drunk (Brainfeeder) .. 441 Pi Recordings ...... 150 2016 (Warner Bros.) ...... 921 A Tribe Called Quest, We Got It The Rolling Stones, Blue & From Here… Thank You 4 Your Lonesome (Interscope) ...... 801 Service (Epic/Sony) ...... 417 Buddy Guy ...... 1,530 Robert Cray, Robert Cray & Hi Jeff Beck ...... 810 Lady Gaga, Joanne (Insomniac/ Eric Clapton ...... 1,377 Rhythm (Jay-Vee) ...... 753 Tedeschi Trucks Band ...... 786 Interscope) ...... 411 Joe Bonamassa ...... 996 John Mayall, Talk About That Leonard Cohen ...... 672 John Legend, Darkness And Light Taj Mahal ...... 858 (Forty Below) ...... 498 Zappa Plays Zappa ...... 489 (Columbia) ...... 336 Gary Clark Jr...... 846 David Bromberg Band, The Blues, Donald Fagen ...... 474 José James, Love In A Time Of Susan Tedeschi ...... 837 The Whole Blues And Nothing Aretha Franklin ...... 459 Madness (Blue Note) ...... 330 Robben Ford ...... 612 But The Blues (Red House) .... 474 Robert Glasper Experiment .....399 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Skel- Robert Cray ...... 576 Various Artists, Classic Stevie Wonder ...... 381 eton Tree (Bad Seeds Ltd.) ...... 315 Keb’ Mo’ ...... 543 Piedmont Blues Dave Matthews Band ...... 363 Rhiannon Giddens, Freedom James Cotton ...... 339 (Smithsonian Folkways) ...... 420 Norah Jones ...... 358 Highway (Nonesuch) ...... 309 James Blood Ulmer ...... 321 Colin James, Blue Highways Adele ...... 357 Becca Stevens, Regina John Mayall ...... 297 (True North) ...... 363 Erykah Badu ...... 357 (GroundUP) ...... 303 Otis Taylor ...... 267 Otis Taylor, Fantasizing About Kendrick Lamar ...... 330 Chance the Rapper, Coloring Eric Bibb ...... 261 Being Black (Trance Blues Dr. John ...... 303 Book (Self-release) ...... 291 Shemekia Copeland...... 231 Festival) ...... 345 Alabama Shakes ...... 288 Bob Weir, Blue Mountain Bettye LaVette ...... 228 Beth Hart, Fire On The Floor Björk ...... 282 Radiohead (Columbia/Legacy) ...... 240 Marcia Ball ...... 189 (Provogue) ...... 324 ...... 276 Brian Eno, 9LÅLJ[PVU (Warp) ....237 Beth Hart ...... 177 Bobby Rush, Porcupine Meat Lalah Hathaway ...... 255 Bon Iver, 22, A Million Sonny Landreth ...... 165 (Rounder) ...... 315 Bonnie Raitt...... 249 (Jagjaguwar) ...... 223 Lucky Peterson ...... 162 Delbert McClinton & Self-Made The Roots ...... 246 Wilco, Wilco Schmilco (dBpm) ..222

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