Hall of Fame
Readers' Poll: 1952-1996
Critics' Poll: 1961-1996
| Year | Readers Poll | Critics Poll | |
| 1952 | Louis Armstrong | ||
| 1953 | Glenn Miller | ||
| 1954 | Stan Kenton | ||
| 1955 | Charlie Parker | ||
| 1956 | Duke Ellington | ||
| 1957 | Benny Goodman | ||
| 1958 | Count Basle | ||
| 1959 | Lester Young | ||
| 1960 | Dizzy Gillespie | ||
| 1961 | Billie Holiday | Coleman Hawkins | |
| 1962 | Miles Davis | Bix Beiderbecke | |
| 1963 | Thelonious Monk | Jelly Roll Morton | |
| 1964 | Eric Dolphy | Art Tatum | |
| 1965 | John Coltrane | Earl Hines | |
| 1966 | Bud Powell | Charlie Christian | |
| 1967 | Billy Strayhorn | Bessie Smith | |
| 1968 | Wes Montgomery | Sidney Bechet & Fats Waller | |
| 1969 | Ornette Coleman | Pee Wee Russell Jack Teagarden | |
| 1971 | Jimi Hendrix | Johnny Hodges | |
| 1971 | Charles Mingus | Roy Eldridge & Django Reinhardt | |
| 1972 | Gene Krupa | Clifford Brown | |
| 1973 | Sonny Rollins | Fletcher Henderson | |
| 1974 | Buddy Rich | Ben Webster | |
| 1975 | Canonball Adderley | Cecil Taylor | |
| 1976 | Woody Herman | King Oliver | |
| 1977 | Paul Desmond | Benny Carter | |
| 1978 | Joe Venuti | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | |
| 1979 | Ella Fitzgerald | Lennie Tristano | |
| 1980 | Dexter Gordon | Max Roach | |
| 1981 | ArtBlakey | Bill Evans | |
| 1982 | Art Pepper | Fats Navarro | |
| 1983 | Stephane Grappelli | Albert Ayler | |
| 1984 | Oscar Peterson | Sun Ra | |
| 1985 | Sarah Vaughan | Zoot Sims | |
| 1986 | Stan Getz | Gil Evans | |
| 1987 | Lionel Hampton | Johnny Dodds, Thad Jones, Teddy Wilson | |
| 1988 | Jaco Pastorius | Kenny Clarke | |
| 1989 | Woody Shaw | Chet Baker | |
| 1990 | Red Rodney | Mary Lou Williams | |
| 1991 | Lee Morgan | John Carter | |
| 1992 | Maynard Ferguson | James P. Johnson | |
| 1993 | Gerry Mulligan | Edward Blackwell | |
| 1994 | Dave Brubeck | Frank Zappa | |
| 1995 | J.J. Johnson | Julius Hemphil | |
| 1996 | Horace Silver | Artie Shaw | |
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