Down Beat
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Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to jazz. The publication was established in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the "downbeat" in music also called the "one beat".
Down Beat publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers and critics poll. The results of the readers poll are published in the December issue, those of the critics poll in the August issue.
Further reading at Wikipedia and their own Website Down Beat
