Top Five for 2005


The year's coming to an end, what's your top five finds for 2005?

New or old releases.

All recommendations are welcome.

Here's my five:

Mulgrew Miller- Live at Yoshi's Vol.2
Branford Marsalis- Eternal
Frank Jackson- New York after Dark
Marian McPartland - 85 Candles
Stryker/Slagle Band - Live at the Jazz Standards

Happy Holidays.
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Coast to Coast/ Red Holloway; A nice tight set from someone who just disappeared. Dr. Lonnie Smith comes along for the ride,alot of bangin goin on here.

I'm a Bluesman/ Johnny Winter; Nice to see Johnny back in the scene. Has some really nice blues on this offering.

R and G The Masterpiece/ Snoop Dogg; Whomever sequed this offering got the uninspired songs out of the way early and that includes the single "Drop it Like its Hot". After that there isn't a bad song on this CD, Snoops best since his debut Doggystyle.

Peter Green/ The Splinter Group; After finding Religion this master of the ax has been in and out of one Asylum after another. Here he comes back with a set featuring 2 studio songs and the rest a tight varied live set that is sure to please anyone who enjoys the blues. It's true Nigel Watson handles most of the guitar work but Greens vocals are what you'd expect from his journey through life; tortured, and his harp playing isn't bad either.

Love/ Love; Their debut album on Sundazed 180 gram vinyl sounds so good IMS. This bands early stuff is as good as anything The Kinks or The Who were churning out at this period of time.