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John Kelman's Best of 2005
Jazz New Releases
| Tim Garland If the Sea Replied (Sirocco) | Marc Johnson Shades of Jade (ECM) | The Vandermark 5 The Color of Memory (Atavistic) |
| Cuong Vu It's Mostly Residual (ArtistShare) | John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble A Blessing (OmniTone) | Ulf Wakenius Notes from the Heart (ACT) |
| Trygve Seim Sangam (ECM) | David Binney Bastion of Sanity (Criss Cross) | Marc Copland Time Within Time (Hatology) |
| Pat Metheny Group The Way Up (Nonesuch) | Bill Carrothers Shine Ball (Fresh Sound New Talent) | Drew Gress 7 Black Butterflies (Premonition) |
Jazz Reissues/Historical Releases
| Pat Metheny Song X: Twentieth Anniversary (Nonesuch) | John Coltrane One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note (Verve) | Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note) |
| Steve Kuhn Trance (ECM) | Soft Machine & Heavy Friends BBC In Concert 1971 (Hux) | Bill Bruford Earthworks Mark I Reissues (Summerfold) |
Progressive/Other
| Robert Fripp Love Cannot Bear (Discipline Global Mobile) | The Claudia Quintet Semi-Formal (Cuneiform) | Hatfield and the North Hatwise Choice: Archive Recordings Volume 1 (Independent) |
| Dominic Frasca Deviations (Cantaloupe) | Steve Reich You Are (Variations) (Nonesuch) | King Crimson The 21st Century Guide to King Crimson Volume Two (Discipline Global Mobile) |
New Discoveries
| Mark Lockheart Moving Air (Basho Records) | Jeff Baumeister Quartet Useful Music (Wahbo Records) | In the Country This Was the Pace of My Heartbeat (Rune Grammofon) |
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