Downbeat poll ends August 31

[GA Russell]

This is just a reminder that the Downbeat Readers Poll ends August 31. You can vote online this year here:

http://www.downbeat.com/

I voted yesterday. I keep all of the CDs I have opened up in the past twelve months on the top shelf, so I reviewed them all and came to these conclusions:

Art Pepper - The Last Concert - historical album

Stefano Bollani - Piano Solo - new album

Sonny Rollins - group

Tomasz Stanko - trumpet

John Surman - baritone sax

Nels Cline - guitar (really for 2006)

John Vance - male vocalist

Janice Friedman - female vocalist

Cryptogramophone (again, really for 2006)

Last year I didn't vote, but if I had I would have voted for either Joey DeFrancesco or Paul Motian as Jazzman of the Year. This year I couldn't think of anyone who stood out, so I voted for Joey D.

Too bad the readers don't get to vote for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition. Organissimo would get a lot of votes for best group! If I could take my vote back I would, and vote for the band. If you haven't already voted, let's stuff the ballot box, and get the band's name in the Readers Poll issue, which as I recall is the December one.

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Edited August 29, 2007 by GA Russell

[GA Russell]

After thinking about it for a day, I'm really sorry that I didn't vote for Jim, Joe and Randy for their respective instruments too.

The guys I voted for are worthy but they don't need my votes. It would be great to see the names of the group and its three members in the mag, knowing that all the world will see them and wonder, "Who are these guys?"

[Jim Alfredson]

Might be worth saving until we have a new disc out, which will hopefully be around late spring of 2008.

[mikeweil]

Might be worth saving until we have a new disc out, which will hopefully be around late spring of 2008.

Don't forget to let us members place advance orders!