Best Jazz Releases of 2005:
It was another banner year for mainstream jazz, with albums by old masters being matched by the stellar work of younger acts.

1. Green Chimneys – Wynton Marsalis
2. Autumn In New York – Joe Lovano
3. O Rio Para Tras – Celso Fonseca
4. Why Was I Born? – Sonny Rollins
5. Knives Out – Brad Mehldau
6. The Source – Terence Blanchard
7. Last Minute Man – Dave Holland Big Band
8. Modinha – Luciana Souza
9. As Far As The Eye Can See – Wayne Shorter
10. Who Cares – Bill Charlap
11. Midnight Special – Joey DeFrancesco and Jimmy Smith
12. Please Stand By – Greg Osby
13. Peace – SF Jazz Collective
14. You Don't Know What love Is – Kenny Barron
15. La Dolce Vita – Tommaso-Rava Quartet
16. Welcome Road – The Benevento Russo Duo
17. The Lover Mourns – Kenny Wheeler
18. Leaving Avignon – Ravi Coltrane
19. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall – Bill Frisell
20. I Remember – Robert Glasper