The results are in! Here are your top picks for each category:

Female Vocalist

  1. Ella Fitzgerald
  2. Sarah Vaughan
  3. Billie Holiday
  4. Dinah Washington
  5. Dianne Reeves
  6. Diana Krall
  7. Nancy Wilson
  8. Nina Simone
  9. Carmen McRae
  10. Cassandra Wilson

Tenor Saxophone

  1. John Coltrane
  2. Stan Getz
  3. Sonny Rollins
  4. Dexter Gordon
  5. Grover Washington, Jr.
  6. Ben Webster
  7. Coleman Hawkins
  8. James Moody
  9. Houston Person
  10. Lester Young

Trumpet

  1. Miles Davis
  2. Louis Armstrong
  3. Wynton Marsalis
  4. Dizzy Gillespie
  5. Lee Morgan
  6. Freddie Hubbard
  7. Clifford Brown
  8. Chet Baker
  9. Roy Hargrove
  10. Clark Terry

Piano

  1. Bill Evans
  2. Oscar Peterson
  3. Thelonious Monk
  4. Dave Brubeck
  5. Ahmad Jamal
  6. Herbie Hancock
  7. Art Tatum
  8. McCoy Tyner
  9. Horace Silver
  10. Duke Ellington

Alto Saxophone

  1. Charlie Parker
  2. Cannonball Adderley
  3. Johnny Hodges
  4. Paul Desmond
  5. David Sanborn
  6. Paquito D'Rivera
  7. Benny Carter
  8. Sonny Stitt
  9. Phil Woods
  10. Jackie McLean

Bass

  1. Ron Carter
  2. Charles Mingus
  3. Ray Brown
  4. Esperanza Spalding
  5. Christian McBride
  6. Paul Chambers
  7. Jaco Pastorius
  8. Charlie Haden
  9. Milt Hinton
  10. Dave Holland

Male Vocalist

  1. Frank Sinatra
  2. Johnny Hartman
  3. Joe Williams
  4. Ray Charles
  5. Tony Bennett
  6. Nat Cole
  7. Kurt Elling
  8. Louis Armstrong
  9. Al Jarreau
  10. Mel Torme

Drums

  1. Art Blakey
  2. Max Roach
  3. Gene Krupa
  4. Buddy Rich
  5. Elvin Jones
  6. Jack DeJohnette
  7. Kenny Washington
  8. Lewis Nash
  9. Roy Haynes
  10. Tony Williams

Vibes

  1. Milt Jackson
  2. Lionel Hampton
  3. Cal Tjader
  4. Bobby Hutcherson
  5. Gary Burton
  6. Stefon Harris
  7. Joe Locke
  8. Dave Samuels
  9. Red Norvo
  10. Terry Gibbs

Large Ensemble

  1. Count Basie Orchestra
  2. Duke Ellington Orchestra
  3. Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
  4. Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
  5. Mingus Big Band
  6. Gil Evans Orchestra
  7. Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra
  8. Maria Schneider Orchestra
  9. Gerald Wilson Orchestra
  10. Chico O'Farrill Orchestra

Guitar

  1. Wes Montgomery
  2. George Benson
  3. Django Reinhardt
  4. Bucky Pizzarelli
  5. Pat Metheny
  6. Kenny Burrell
  7. Russell Malone
  8. Grant Green
  9. John Pizzarelli
  10. john McLaughlin

Trombone

  1. J.J. Johnson
  2. Wycliffe Gordon
  3. Tommy Dorsey
  4. Slide Hampton
  5. Steve Turre
  6. Curtis Fuller
  7. Jack Teagarden
  8. Delfeayo Marsalis
  9. Kai Winding
  10. Al Grey

Organ

  1. Jimmy Smith
  2. Joey Defrancesco
  3. Dr. Lonnie Smith
  4. Jimmy McGriff
  5. Shirley Scott
  6. Charles Earland
  7. Rhoda Scott
  8. Jack McDuff
  9. Bill Doggett
  10. Richard "Groove" Holmes

Baritone Saxophone

  1. Gerry Mulligan
  2. James Carter
  3. Pepper Adams
  4. Joe Temperley
  5. Hamiet Bluiett
  6. Ronnie Cuber
  7. Leo Parker
  8. Gary Smulyan
  9. Scott Robinson
  10. Nick Brignola

Soprano Saxophone

  1. John Coltrane
  2. Wayne Shorter
  3. Branford Marsalis
  4. Sidney Bechet
  5. Jimmy Heath
  6. Dave Liebman
  7. Oliver Lake
  8. Sonny Fortune
  9. Steve Lacy
  10. Jane Ira Bloom

Clarinet

  1. Paquito D'Rivera
  2. Benny Goodman
  3. Artie Shaw
  4. Anat Cohen
  5. Buddy DeFranco
  6. Eddie Daniels
  7. Don Byron
  8. Victor Goines
  9. Kenny Davern
  10. Pee Wee Russell

Flute

  1. Herbie Mann
  2. Dave Valentin
  3. Hubert Laws
  4. James Moody
  5. Yusef Lateef
  6. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  7. David "Fathead" Newman
  8. Eric Dolphy
  9. Frank Wess
  10. Oliver Nelson

Violin

  1. Regina Carter
  2. Stephane Grappelli
  3. Ray Nance
  4. Stuff Smith
  5. Billy Bang

Percussion

  1. Tito Puente
  2. Mongo Santamaria
  3. Ray Barretto
  4. Poncho Sanchez
  5. Airto Moreira
  6. Bobby Sanabria
  7. Candido
  8. Chano Pozo
  9. Duduka Da Fonseca
  10. Carlos "Patato" Valdes