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Melody Maker Readers Poll (1967)...
For 74 years the "Melody Maker" was the weekly 'trade paper' for the dance band and jazz musician as well as all those interested in the modern music scene. One of it's continuing features and talking points were the annual Readers Polls where readers voted under different categories for individual musicians, singers, big bands and a host of other categories.
The annual jazz polls were a major event in the jazz world but were also an important historical record of the state of British jazz through the years and preserve some of the historical perspective on British Jazz.
This page carries the full results of the 1967 poll result published on February 24th, 1968.
New winners in 1967 included Terry Smith (guitar), Jeff Clyne (bass) and John Surman (new star).
1967
Tubby Hayes swept the board coming top in four sections, second in one and third in another. In addition his big band LP "100% Proof" won the LP of the year section.
Don Rendell and Ian Carr repeated their success of last year, Carr top trumpeter, Rendell 2nd tenor sax, and their quintet top of the small groups. Rendell appeared in four other sections including top place in the 'Miscellaneous instrument' section for his soprano sax playing.

Musician of the year
1 Tubby Hayes
2 Johnny Dankworth
3 Joe Harriott
4 Don Rendell
5 John Surman...



Trombone
1 George Chisholm
2 Roy Williams
3 Keith Christie
4 Chris Pyne
5 Paul Rutherford
6 Chris Barber...



Organ
1 Alan Haven
2 Mike Carr
3 Georgie Fame
4 Brian Auger...



Bass
1 Jeff Clyne
2 Ron Mathewson
3 Dave Green
4 Spike Heatley
5 Kenny Napper...



Arranger
1 Johnny Dankworth
2 Harry South
3 Mike Westbrook
4 Graham Collier
5 Stan Tracey
6 Michael Garrick...



LP of the year
1 100% Proof (Tubby Hayes)
2 Fusions (Harriott / Mayer)
3 Celebration (Mike Westbrook)
4 Dusk Fire (Rendell / Carr)
5 Deep Dark Blue Centre (Graham Collier)
6 Trio (Mike Taylor)...



Big band
1 Johnny Dankworth
2 Tubby Hayes
3 Mike Westbrook
4 Harry South
5 Chris MacGregor
6 Ted Heath...



Clarinet
1 Sandy Brown
2 Tony Coe
3 Acker Bilk
4 Don Rendell...



Alto sax
1 Joe Harriott
2 Bruce Turner
3 Johnny Dankworth
4 Trevor Watts
5 Ray Warleigh
6 Tony Coe
7 Mike Osborne...



Baritone sax
1 Ronnie Ross
2 John Surman
3 Johnny Barnes...



Vibes
1 Tubby Hayes
2 Bill Le Sage
3 Frank Ricotti
4 Lennie Best...



Drums
1 Phil Seamen
2 John Stevens
3 Ronnie Stephenson
4= John Hiseman
4= Kenny Clare
6= Tony Oxley
6= Tony Crombie
8= Lennie Hastings
8= Allan Ganley
10 Trevor Tomkins...


Small combo
1 Don Rendell / Ian Carr
2 Alex Welsh
3 Tubby Hayes
4 Dick Morrissey
5 Spontaneous Music Ensemble
6 Chris MacGregor
7 Joe Harriott...



Tenor sax
1 Tubby Hayes
2 Don Rendell
3 Dick Morrissey
4 Tony Coe
5 Ronnie Scott
6 Danny Moss
7 Evan Parker
8 Peter King...



Flute
1 Tubby Hayes
2 Harold McNair
3 Johnny Scott
4 Don Rendell...



Other instruments
1 Don Rendell (Soprano sax)
2 David Snell (Harp)
3 Ian Carr (Flugelhorn)
4 Evan Parker (Soprano sax)...



Composer
1 Stan Tracey
2 Johnny Dankworth
3 Michael Garrick...



Blues Artist
1 John Mayall
2 Georgie Fame
3 Alexis Korner
4 Long John Baldry
5 Eric Clapton...






Trumpet
1 Ian Carr
2 Kenny Wheeler
3 Humphrey Lyttelton
4 Shake Keane
5 Ian Hamer
6 Alex Welsh
7 Kenny Baker...



Piano
1 Stan Tracey
2 Michael Garrick
3 Gordon Beck
4 Dudley Moore
5 Fred Hunt
6 Roy Budd
7 Chric MacGregor
8 Peter Lemer...



Guitar
1 Terry Smith
2 Dave Goldberg
3 Jim Douglas...



New Star
1 John Surman
2 Mike Westbrook
3 Terry Smith
4 Trevor Watts...



Male singer
1 Georgie Fame...



Female Singer
1 Cleo Laine...













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