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What are your top five jazz albums?

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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) ...

  • 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.