Jazz Poll Report

January, 1957

More than 20,000 ballots and 400,000 individual votes have been cast in the first annual Playboy Jazz Poll – the largest popularity poll ever conducted in the field of jazz. Readers are choosing the 18 sidemen for the 1957 Playboy All-Star Jazz Band, an outstanding jazz leader to head-up the band, top male and female vocalists, and the most popular jazz vocal group and instrumental combo. Along with the ballots, now being tabulated by IBM, came thousands of letters from readers:Considering all t...

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