WBGO listeners have good taste… no, make that GREAT taste.
You show it every time you tune in to 88.3 FM or listen online here at WBGO.org. You demonstrate it with your financial support. You expect the best, and we give it to you, our fabulous family around the corner, around the world.
You’ve also shown that taste with our listeners’ poll, the results of which are below. During this Summer Guarantee Fund Drive, we’re sharing your pick of the Top 100 artists of all time, in 19 different categories.
Your favorites. Selected by you. Some surprises too. It’s the guarantee you support so we may all revel in our favorites. Some for the first time.
THANK YOU for making WBGO sound so damn good!
Female Vocals Sarah Vaughan Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Nancy Wilson Dinah Washington Diana Krall Dianne Reeves Abbey Lincoln | Male Vocals Frank Sinatra Johnny Hartman Joe Williams Gregory Porter Tony Bennett Ray Charles Kurt Elling Lou Rawls | |
Alto Saxophone Charlie Parker Cannonball Adderley David Sanborn Jackie McLean Paquito D'Rivera | Tenor Saxophone John Coltrane Sonny Rollins Stan Getz Wayne Shorter Grover Washington, Jr. | |
Soprano Saxophone John Coltrane Wayne Shorter Branford Marsalis Sidney Bechet Steve Wilson | Baritone Saxophone Gerry Mulligan Pepper Adams James Carter Scott Robinson Ronnie Cuber | |
Trumpet Miles Davis Dizzy Gillespie Louis Armstrong Wynton Marsalis Lee Morgan | Trombone J.J. Johnson Tommy Dorsey Wycliffe Gordon Steve Turre Curtis Fuller | |
Flute Herbie Mann Hubert Laws Dave Valent´ín Yusef Lateef Rahsaan Roland Kirk | Clarinet Paquito D'Rivera Benny Goodman Artie Shaw Anat Cohen Buddy DeFranco | |
Piano Thelonious Monk Oscar Peterson Herbie Hancock Bill Evans Horace Silver | Guitar Wes Montgomery George Benson Pat Metheny Grant Green Django Reinhardt | |
Organ Jimmy Smith Dr. Lonnie Smith Shirley Scott Charles Earland Jimmy McGriff | Violin Regina Carter Stéphane Grappelli Stuff Smith Ray Nance Billy Bang | |
Bass Ron Carter Christian McBride Charles Mingus Ray Brown Stanley Clarke | Drums Art Blakey Max Roach Elvin Jones Buddy Rich Lewis Nash | |
Vibraphone Lionel Hampton Milt Jackson Cal Tjader Bobby Hutcherson Stefon Harris | Percussion Tito Puente Mongo Santamaría Poncho Sánchez Ray Barretto Bobby Sanabria | |
Large Ensemble Count Basie Orchestra Duke Ellington Orchestra Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra | ||
