Your Top Five ...

What are your "top five jazz albums of all time"? You know, the five records/cds/tapes/8 tracks that you'd like to have with you if you were stranded on that proverbial desert isle ...

Here's what a handfull of jazz musicians and fans in the Capital District had to say (click on a name for list) ...

• Orville Abrahams
• Joe Barna
• Scott Bassinson
• Marcus Benoit
  
• Andria Bentley
• Steven E. Bowden
  
• Mark Capon
• Dylan Canterbury
• Andy Carballeira
• Mike Clark
• Tim Coakley
• Butch Conn
• Kirk Cornwell
• Tim Donahue
• Robert Dupont
• John Dworkin
• Michael Dziarnowski
• Mike Falzano
• Kris Farrow
• Matt Finley
• Mike Fortune
• Terry Gordon
• J Hunter
• Cullen Kerekee
• James Ketterer
• Steve Lambert
• Rudy Lu
• Dr. Michael McCann
• Robert (Dr. Bob) Morrissey
• Yves Nazon
• Ken Olsen
• Michael Palma
• Jason Panucci
  
• Brian Patneaude
  
• Tom Pierce
• Keith Pray
• Chris Reilly
• John Savage
• Alexander Stern
• Andrew "Doc" Siegal
• Pete Sweeney
• Ed Tourge
• Pat Viglucci
• Nathaniel Ward
• Ray Woron
• Andrew Zahurak
  
• Will Zwink
  

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2018
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Dylan Canterbury, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2018.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2018

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2017
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Dylan Canterbury, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2017.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2017

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2016
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Dylan Canterbury, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2015.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2016

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2015
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Dylan Canterbury, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2015.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2015

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2014
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Alex Slomka, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2014.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2014

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2013
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Rudy Lu, Jeff Nania, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Alex Slomka, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2013.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2013

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2012
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, Rudy Lu, Jeff Nania, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Andrzej Pilarczyk, Alex Slomka, Randy Treece and Jeff Waggoner on their favorite jazz releases of 2012.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2012
  

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2011
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Andrzej Pilarczyk, Randy Treece and Jeff Waggoner on their favorite jazz releases of 2011 ...
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2011

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2010
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2010 ...
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2010.
  

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2009
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Andrzej Pilarczyk, Randy Treece and Jeff Waggoner on their favorite jazz releases of 2009 ...
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2009.

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2008
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Rudy Lu, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, and Randy Treece on their favorite jazz releases of 2008 ...
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2008.

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2007
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Randy Treece and Jeff Waggoner on their favorite jazz releases of 2006.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2007.

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2006
  
  We polled albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Brian Patneaude, Tom Pierce, Randy Treece and Jeff Waggoner on their favorite jazz releases of 2006.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2006.

• ALBANYJAZZ.COM STAFF'S TOP 5 JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2005
  
  As 2005 drew to a close, we asked albanyjazz.com contributors Albert Brooks, J Hunter, Brian Patneaude, Randy Treece, and Jeff Waggoner to list their favorite jazz releases of 2005.
  
  Click here for their "Top 5" of 2005.