[JPL] According to Downbeat Giovanni: RISING star on percussion

[Jackson, Bobby]

It sounds like a Chinese fire drill....

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I also have a vote in the poll and know the process
 but that doesn't make the email any clearer.

Len Dobbin
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From: "Forrest Bryant" <jazz at kzsu.stanford.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [JPL] According to Downbeat Giovanni: RISING star on
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> This Week's JPL Sponsor: MC Promotion
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> Mike Carlson
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> I haven't seen the Critics Poll results yet but I am a voter, so I may
> as well chime in here...
>
> There are a couple of things to bear in mind about the DB critics poll
> that I think can cause wacky results once you get beyond the "major"
> categories.
>
> Each critic is given ten "points" in each category to distribute as
> they wish. A critic can vote for up to three people/bands/albums in
> each category and apply a maximum of five points to any of them, so
> the votes might be split 5-5-0, 5-4-1, 5-3-2, or any other combo
> adding up to 10. Once you get out of the big categories, fewer people
> cast votes, so a single critic's opinion winds up having more weight.
> 100 points in the results could conceivably represent only 20 people
> (but probably more).
>
> It's up to each individual critic to decide whether a particular
> artist is a "rising star". If somebody is still young-ish but
> established, he or she can easily wind up on both lists. Also, the
> voters frequently find themselves in a dilemma: "do I keep so-and-so
> in the Rising Star category, where they might win and get some
> recognition, or move them over to the regular category where they'll
> languish in the shadow of superstar players?" That can be a tough one.
>
> And although we were supposed to limit our consideration to
> performances or recordings between April 2006 - April 2007, it seems
> to be pretty common for people to wander beyond that. My guess is the
> Barretto votes were largely based on his final album, even though it
> was released before April 2006.
>
> [FB]
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