Down Beat Hall Of Fame (1952 to 2006)

Relation of all the winners of the prize chosen by the Readers

1952 **** Louis Armstrong
1953 **** Glenn Miller
1954 **** Stan Kenton
1955 **** Charlie Parker
1956 **** Duke Ellington
1957 **** Benny Goodman
1958 **** Count Basie
1959 **** Lester Young
1960 **** Dizzy Gillespie
1961 **** Billie Holiday
1962 **** Miles Davis
1963 **** Thelonious Monk
1964 **** Eric Dolphy
1965 **** John Coltrane
1966 **** Bud Powell
1967 **** Billy Strayhorn
1968 **** Wes Montgomery
1969 **** Ornette Coleman
1970 **** Jimi Hendrix
1971 **** Charles Mingus
1972 **** Gene Krupa
1973 **** Sonny Rollins
1974 **** Buddy Rich
1975 **** Cannonball Adderley
1976 **** Woody Herman
1977 **** Paul Desmond
1978 **** Joe Venuti
1979 **** Ella Fitzgerald
1980 **** Dexter Gordon
1981 **** Art Blakey
1982 **** Art Pepper
1983 **** Stéphane Grappelli
1984 **** Oscar Peterson
1985 **** Sarah Vaughan
1986 **** Stan Getz
1987 **** Lionel Hampton
1988 **** Jaco Pastorius
1989 **** Woody Shaw
1990 **** Red Rodney
1991 **** Lee Morgan
1992 **** Maynard Ferguson
1993 **** Gerry Mulligan
1994 **** Dave Brubeck
1995 **** J.J. Johnson
1996 **** Horace Silver
1997 **** Nat King Cole
1998 **** Frank Sinatra
1999 **** Milt Jackson
2000 **** Clark Terry
2001 **** Joe Henderson
2002 **** Antonio Carlos Jobim
2003 **** Ray Brown
2004 **** Keith Jarrett
2005 **** Herbie Hancock
2006 **** Jimmy Smith

Relation of all the winners of the prize chosen by the Critics

1961 **** Coleman Hawkins
1962 **** Bix Beiderbecke
1963 **** Jelly Roll Morton
1964 **** Art Tatum
1965 **** Earl Hines
1966 **** Charlie Christian
1967 **** Bessie Smith
1968 **** Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller
1969 **** Pee Wee Russell & Jack Teagarden
1970 **** Johnny Hodges
1971 **** Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt
1972 **** Clifford Brown
1973 **** Fletcher Henderson
1974 **** Ben Webster
1975 **** Cecil Taylor
1976 **** King Oliver
1977 **** Benny Carter
1978 **** Rahsaan Roland Kirk
1979 **** Lennie Tristano
1980 **** Max Roach
1981 **** Bill Evans
1982 **** Fats Navarro
1983 **** Albert Ayler
1984 **** Sun Ra
1985 **** Zoot Sims
1986 **** Gil Evans
1987 **** Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson
1988 **** Kenny Clarke
1989 **** Chet Baker
1990 **** Mary Lou Williams
1991 **** John Carter
1992 **** James P. Johnson
1993 **** Edward Blackwell
1994 **** Frank Zappa
1995 **** Julius Hemphill
1996 **** Artie Shaw
1997 **** Tony Williams
1998 **** Elvin Jones
1999 **** Betty Carter
2000 **** Lester Bowie
2001 **** Milt Hinton
2002 **** John Lewis
2003 **** Wayne Shorter
2004 **** Roy Haynes
2005 **** Steve Lacy
2006 **** Jackie McLean