The Voting Panel

Selection Committee

Ahmet Ertegun (above left)
Wynton Marsalis (above right)
Dan Morgenstern
Albert Murray
Phil Schaap
Gunther Schuller
George Wein

International Voting Panel

United States Richard Allen George Avakian Jean Bach David Baker Whitney Balliett Stanley Crouch Michael Cuscuna Francis Davis Frank Driggs Gerald Early Will Friedwald Ira Gitler Marty Grosz Nat Hentoff Dick Hyman Michael James Willard Jenkins Orrin Keepnews Randall Kline Marian McPartland Hank O'Neal Doug Ramsey Richard Sudhalter John Szwed Jerry Wexler Dr. Michael White Austria Heinz Czadek Belgium Sjef Hoefsmit Brazil Jorge Guinle† Canada Andrew Homzy Chile Jose Hosiasson Denmark Frank Büchmann-Møller Cim Meyer

Finland Jyri-Jussi Rekinen France Jean-Claude Abreu Philippe Baudoin Philippe Carles Daniel Richard Germany Wolfgang Dauner Gundrun Endress Wolfram Knauer Japan Koji Awaya Kiyoshi Koyama Netherlands Cees Schrama Bert Vuijsje Norway Jan Evensmo Poland Pawel Brodowski Sweden Bo Scherman Switzerland Claude Nobs United Kingdom John Chilton Brian Priestley Chris Sheridan Bob Wilber † = Deceased