DownBeat International Critics Poll

Ken Waxman’s ballot
(Points assigned beside name)

HALL OF FAME

Peter Brötzmann 5
Paul Bley 4
Kenny Wheeler 1

JAZZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Joëlle Léandre 5
Alexander Hawkins 5
James Brandon Lewis 4

RISING STAR JAZZ ARTIST

Anna Weber 4
Carlotte Keffe 3
Marek Pospieszalski 3

JAZZ GROUP

Hubbub 3
Marek Pospieszalski 3

RISING STAR JAZZ GROUP

Ahmed 4
Lina Allemano Four 3
Patricia Brennan 3

LARGE ENSEMBLE

Satoko Fujii Orchestra  5
Fire! Orchestra 4

RISING STAR — LARGE ENSEMBLE

Marek Pospieszalski Octet 5
Patricia Brennan Septet 5

TRUMPET

Peter Evans 5
Natsuki Tamura 4
Bart Maris 3

RISING STAR — TRUMPET

Lina Allemano 5

TROMBONE

Steve Swell 4
Samuel Blaser 3
Joe Fiedler 3

RISING STAR — TROMBONE

Matthias Müller 5
Christine Bopp 5

SOPRANO SAXOPHONE

Evan Parker 5
John Butcher 3
Michel Donda 3

RISING STAR — SOPRANO SAXOPHONE

Alexander Grimel 4
Frank Paul Schubert 3
Violaine Gestalder 3

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Silke Eberhard  4
Jon Irabagon 4
Darius Jones 2

RISING STAR —ALTO SAXOPHONE

Sakina Abdou 4
Angelika Niescier 3

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Ivo Perelman  5
Anna Webber 2
Bertrand Denzler 2

RISING STAR — TENOR SAXOPHONE

John Dikeman 5

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Mats Gustafsson 5
Alex Harding 4
RISING STAR — BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Peter Van Huffel 5
Jonah Parzen-Johnson 4

CLARINET

François Houle 4
Rudi Mahall 4
Ben Goldberg 2

RISING STAR — CLARINET

Tom Jackson 3

FLUTE

Anna Webber 3

RISING STAR — FLUTE

Delphine Joussein  5

PIANO

Myra Melford  4
Craig Taborn 4
Satoko Fujii 3

RISING STAR — PIANO

Alexander Hawkins 5
Marta Warelis 5

KEYBOARDS

Uri Caine 2

RISING STAR — KEYBOARD

Elias Stemeseder 3

ORGAN

Kit Downes 2
Rhoda Scott 1

RISING STAR — ORGAN

Alexander Hawkins 3

GUITAR

Marc Ribot 5
Gordon Grdina 4
Dirk Serries 2

RISING STAR — GUITAR

Daniel Thompson 3
Luis Lopes 3
Ava Mendoza  2

BASS

William Parker 4
Joe Fonda 3
Mark Dresser 2

RISING STAR – BASS

Robert Lucaciu 3

ELECTRIC BASS

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten 4

VIOLIN

Jason Kao Hwang 4
Carlos Zingaro 4
Mat Maneri 2

RISING STAR — VIOLIN

Benedict Taylor 4
Frantz Loriot 4

DRUMS

Ches Smith 4
Tim Daisy  2
John Hollenbeck 2

RISING STAR — DRUMS

Devin Gray 4
Christian Lillinger 3
Kresten Osgood 3

PERCUSSION

Vladimir Tarasov 4
Harris Eisenstadt 3
Paul Lytton 3

RISING STAR — PERCUSSION

Edward Perraud 4
Emil Karlsen 4
Onno Govaert 2

VIBRAPHONE

Patricia Brennan 5
Ches Smith 3
Christopher Dell 2

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT

Gordon Grdina (oud) 5
Urs Leimgruber sopranino 5
Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello)

RISING STAR — MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENT

Valentin Ceccaldi (cello) 4
Jacqueline Kerrod (harp) 4
François Mellan’s (sousaphone) 2

COMPOSER

Anthony Braxton 3
Stoko Fujii 3
Anna Webber 2

RISING STAR — COMPOSER

Eve Risser 5
Nick Dunston 2

ARRANGER

Joshua Abrams 3
Steven Bernstein 3
Satoko Fujii 2 points

RISING STAR  — ARRANGER

Eve Risser 5
Tobias Klein 2
Yoram Rosilio 2

PRODUCER

Michael Cuscuna (died April 20, 2024) 5
Zev Feldman 5

RISING STAR — PRODUCER

Taylor Ho Bynum 3
Jesse Zubot 1