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Editor's Choice
2005 Contributor Picks
We solicited opinions from all active AAJ contributors, and out of more than 600 nominations, the following 2005 releases garnered the most votes.
New Releases
| Wayne Shorter Quartet Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Book Reviews Artist Profile Interview (2003) |
 Ben Monder Oceana (Sunnyside) CD Reviews |  Pat Metheny Group The Way Up (Nonesuch) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Interview |  Joe Lovano Joyous Encounter (Blue Note) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Interviews Video Feature |
 Marc Johnson Shades of Jade (ECM) CD Reviews Interview |  Either/Orchestra Ethiopiques 20: Live in Addis (Buda Musique) CD Reviews Concert Review Interview |  Brad Mehldau Day Is Done (Nonesuch) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Interview (2004) |
 Paul Motian / Bill Frisell / Joe Lovano I Have The Room Above Her (ECM) CD Reviews Concert Review Profile |  Bill Frisell East/West (Nonesuch) CD Reviews Concert Reviews Profile |  Fred Hersch Ensemble Leaves of Grass (Palmetto) CD Reviews Concert Review Interview |
 Cuong Vu It's Mostly Residual (Artist Share) CD Review Interview |  Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra Not In Our Name (Verve) CD Reviews Interviews Profile (2004) |  Jenny Scheinman 12 Songs (Cryptogramophone) CD Reviews |
Historical Releases
 Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane Live at Carnegie Hall (Blue Note) CD Reviews TS Monk Interview |  John Coltrane Quartet One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note (Impulse!) CD Review Artist Profile |  Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker Town Hall, New York City June 22, 1945 (Uptown Jazz) CD Reviews |
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