Earlier this year we placed a counter on each article page to track how many times an article was read. The articles and reviews below represent our top ten for 2004.

This list excludes the following pages: Welcome to AAJ! , New to Jazz? and the monthly greetings —all located in the "Getting Started" box on the left panel of each page.

Top Ten Articles Digital Music Finding Free and Legal Music Downloads on the Internet By Mark Sabbatini DVD/Video Review John McLaughlin: This Is The Way I Do It By Walter Kolosky Interviews Joshua Redman: Music is Paramount By R.J. DeLuke Digital Music Doing Digital Music Downloads Right: An Introduction By Mark Sabbatini London Calling SMiLE, You're in Rock 'n' Roll Heaven with Brian Wilson By John Eyles Building a Jazz Library Thelonious Monk By Chris M. Slawecki Extended Analysis Miles Davis - Seven Steps: The Complete Columbia Recordings, 1963-1964 By John Kelman Artist Profiles Chick Corea By Mark Sabbatini Interviews Houston Person By Russ Musto Encore Jeremy Steig By Celeste Sunderland

Top Ten CD Reviews The Out-of-Towners Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack DeJohnette In Praise of Dreams Jan Garbarek Eternal Branford Marsalis Unspeakable Bill Frisell End of the World Party Medeski, Martin & Wood Concert in the Garden Maria Schneider Orchestra Land of the Sun Charlie Haden Seven Days of Falling Esbjorn Svensson Trio (E.S.T.) To The Stars Chick Corea Elektric Band Footprints: The Life And Music Of... Wayne Shorter