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DownBeat Critics Poll

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Combined Graph record U-00597 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-L-0012. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Annual jazz critics poll

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Annual jazz critics poll

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DownBeat Critics Poll is an annual ranking/poll published by DownBeat magazine (downbeat.com, tier 2, publisher's own page): the fetched page presents the '70th Annual DownBeat International Critics Poll' (August 2022 issue) with critics' choices across jazz categories (Jazz Artist, Jazz Album, Hall of Fame, instruments, Blues and Beyond categories). Stored list_type=ranking and note='Annual jazz critics poll' confirmed at the bar. (70th annual in 2022 implies a 1952 origin, but no founding year is stored, so none is stamped.)

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