Best of All

Amerykański magazyn „JazzTimes” w numerze styczniowo-lutowym 2013 opublikował wyniki dorocznej ankiety swoich czytelników (przeprowadzonej online):

Artist of the Year
Sonny Rollins
Joe Lovano
Esperanza Spalding
Kurt Elling

New Artist
Gregory Porter
Ben Williams
Ambrose Akinmusire
Linda Oh

New Release
Kurt Elling „1619 Broadway: The Brill Building Project” (Concord Jazz)
Pat Metheny „Unity Band” (Nonesuch)
Brad Mehldau „Trio Ode” (Nonesuch)
Gregory Porter „Be Good” (Motéma)

Historical Release
Bill Evans „Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate” (Resonance)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet „Their Last Time Out” (Sony Legacy)
Wes Montgomery „Echoes of Indiana Avenue” (Resonance)
Keith Jarrett/Jan Garbarek/Palle Danielsson/Jon Christensen
„Sleeper: Tokyo, April 16, 1979” (ECM)

Best Groups

Acoustic Group
Wayne Shorter Quartet
Branford Marsalis Quartet
Joe Lovano Us Five
Christian McBride & Inside Straight

Contemporary/Electric Group
Pat Metheny Unity Band
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Robert Glasper Experiment
Yellowjackets

Big Band
The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Maria Schneider Orchestra
Mingus Big Band
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

Vocal Group
The Manhattan Transfer
The Four Freshmen
Take 6
New York Voices

Blues Artist
Tedeschi Trucks Band
B.B. King
Gary Clark Jr.
Buddy Guy

Best of the Jazz Industry

Record Label
Concord
Motéma
ECM
Blue Note

Books
„The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire” by Ted Gioia (Oxford University Press)
„Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry by Clark Terry”, with Gwen Terry (University of California Press)
„Keystone Korner: Portrait of a Jazz Club” by Kathy Sloane (Indiana University Press)

Film/Video/TV Series
Treme (HBO)
Syndicated Radio Program
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz (NPR)
JazzSet With Dee Dee Bridgewater (NPR)
The Checkout (with Josh Jackson) (WBGO)
Jazz After Hours (with Jim Wilke) (PRI)

Festival
Newport Jazz Festival
Monterey Jazz Festival
Detroit Jazz Festival
Montreal International Jazz Festival

Nightclub
Village Vanguard
Yoshi’s (Oakland & San Francisco)
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Scullers Jazz Club

Best Musicians

Trumpet
Roy Hargrove
Wynton Marsalis
Ambrose Akinmusire
Terence Blanchard

Trombone
Wycliffe Gordon
Steve Turre
Robin Eubanks
Trombone Shorty

Tenor Saxophone
Sonny Rollins
Joe Lovano
Wayne Shorter
Branford Marsalis

Alto Saxophone
Miguel Zenón
Kenny Garrett
Lee Konitz
Rudresh Mahanthappa

Soprano Saxophone
Wayne Shorter
Branford Marsalis
Dave Liebman
Jane Ira Bloom

Baritone Saxophone
Gary Smulyan
James Carter
Ronnie Cuber
Claire Daly

Clarinet
Anat Cohen
Paquito D’Rivera
Ken Peplowski
Don Byron

Flute
Nicole Mitchell
Hubert Laws
Dave Valentin
Henry Threadgill

Violin
Regina Carter
Jean-Luc Ponty
Sara Caswell
Jenny Scheinman

Piano
Herbie Hancock
Chick Corea
Brad Mehldau
Keith Jarrett

Electronic Keyboards
Chick Corea
Herbie Hancock
Craig Taborn
John Medeski

Organ
Joey DeFrancesco
Dr. Lonnie Smith
Larry Goldings
Gary Versace

Guitar
Pat Metheny
Bill Frisell
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Russell Malone

Acoustic Bass
Christian McBride
Ron Carter
John Patitucci
Esperanza Spalding

Electric Bass
Marcus Miller
Stanley Clarke
Esperanza Spalding
Victor Wooten

Vibes
Gary Burton
Stefon Harris
Joe Locke
Warren Wolf

Drums
Jack DeJohnette
Roy Haynes
Jeff Hamilton
Brian Blade

Percussion
Poncho Sanchez
Bobby Sanabria
Airto Moreira
Giovanni Hidalgo

Male Vocalist
Kurt Elling
Gregory Porter
Sachal Vasandani
Mark Murphy

Female Vocalist
Diana Krall
Esperanza Spalding
Gretchen Parlato
Dee Dee Bridgewater

Miscellaneous Instruments (banjo, harmonica, cello, oud, et al.)
[4 Winners]
Béla Fleck (banjo)
Toots Thielemans (harmonica)
Steve Turre (conch shells)
Howard Levy (harmonica)

Arranger
John Clayton
Maria Schneider
Darcy James Argue
John Hollenbeck