Smooth Jazz Album Releases and JazzTrax Play List

NOW PLAYING FORTHCOMING 2006 RELEASES FROM
SPYRO GYRA • ERIC DARIUS • NICK COLIONNE • WILLIE & LOBO

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THE JAZZTRAX BEST OF 2005

JAZZTRAX ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Brian Culbertson
‘It's On tonight’

JAZZTRAX SONG OF THE YEAR
'Inside Out'
by Richard Elliot,
from the CD 'Metro Blue'

JazzTrax debut
Artist of The Year
CAMIEL

JazzTrax Best Live Performance
of The Year
Sunday Eve. October 16, 2005
Catalina Island, Avalon Casino Ballroom

'FOREVER FOR
ALWAYS FOR LUTHER'

Starring: Kirk Whalum,
Lalah Hathaway,
Mindi Abair, Paul Jackson Jr.

JazzTrax Top 10 Albums of 2005

1. ‘It's On Tonight’
by Brian Culbertson

2. ‘Spin’
by Steve Cole

3. ‘Metro Blue’
by Richrd Elliot

4. ‘Sunset’
by CAMIEL

5. ‘Temptation’
by Jeff Golub

6. ‘Wild Card’
by Rippingtons

7. ‘American English’
by Acoustic Alchemy

8. ‘Just Feels Right’
by Euge Groove

9. ‘Soul Lounge’
by Bona Fide

10. ‘My Point of VIew’
by Najee

JazzTrax Best Song or
Album Title of the Year

Bobby Caldwell CD Title

'PERFECT ISLAND NIGHTS'

JazzTrax Top 20 Songs of 2005

1.	Richard Elliot	"INSIDE OUT"	From the CD "Metro Blue"
2.	Euge Groove	"GET 'EM GOIN"	From the CD "Just Feels Right"
3.	CAMIEL	"OUTSIDE THATCHER'S/I WOULD"	From the CD "Sunset"
4.	Kyle Eastwood	"BIG NOISE"	From the CD "Paris Blue"
5.	Herbie Hancock & John Mayer	"STICHED UP"	From the CD "Possibilities"
6.	Brian Culbertson	"HOOKIN' UP"	From the CD "It's On Tonight"
7.	Steve Cole	"LETTER TO LAURA"	From the CD "Spin"
8.	Marc Antoine	"CAN YOU FEEL IT"	From the CD "Modern Times"
9.	Praful	"NAKED"	From the CD "Pyramid in Your Backyard"
10.	Rippingtons	"MULATA DE MI AMOR"	From the CD "Wild Card"
11.	Brian Culbertson	"WEAR IT OUT"	From the CD "It's On Tonight"
12.	Down to the Bone	"GOTTA GET BACK TO YOU"	From the CD "Spread Love Like Wildfire"
13.	Jeff Golub	"METRO CAFE"	From the CD "Temptation"
14.	Bona Fide	"SOUL LOUNGE"	From the CD "Soul Lounge"
15.	Acoustic Alchemy	"SO KYLIE"	From the CD "American English"
16.	Kim Waters	"HOT TUB"	From the CD "All for Love"
17.	Steve Cole	"THE THINGS I DO/CONFOUNDED	From the CD "Spin"
18.	O'2L	"DOYLE'S BRUNCH"	From the CD "Doyle's Brunch"
19.	Jeff Lorber	"BY MY SIDE"	From the CD "Flip Side"
20.	Brian Culbertson	"DREAMING OF YOU"	From the CD "It's On Tonight"

**JANUARY 2005 NEW SMOOTH JAZZ RELEASES**

DAVID SANBORN CLOSER	JASON MILES MILES TO MILES	JESSE COOK MONTREAL	KEN NAVARRO LOVE COLOURED SOUL	PAT METHENY GROUP THE WAY UP


PAMELA WILLIAMS Sweet Saxations	^{NARADA RECORDS ‘SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYS YOUR FAVORITES’ COMPILATION}	^{SHANACHIE RECORDS ‘A SMOOTH JAZZ ROMANCE’ COMPILATION}	NILS PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY

**February**

3rd FORCE DRIVING FORCE	BOBBY CALDWELL PERFECT ISLAND NIGHTS	BRAZILIAN GIRLS BRAZILIAN GIRLS	JEFF LORBER FLIPSIDE	CHUCK LOEB WHEN I'M WITH YOU

**MARCH**

MATT BIANCO featuring BASIA MATT's MOOD	O'2L DOYLE'S BRUNCH	PAUL TAYLOR NIGHT LIFE	URBAN KNIGHTS VI	YELLOWJACKETS ALTERED STATE


CHIELI MINUCCI GOT IT GOIN' ON	ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY American/English	GEORGE DUKE DUKE

**APRIL**

KEIKO MATSUI Walls of Akendora	CAMIEL Sunset	Victor Wooten Soul Circus	HIROSHIMA OBON	Golden Slumbers 2 A Father's Love


STEVE COLE Spin

**MAY**

Jonathan Butler Jonathan	Rippingtons Wild Card	MOTOWN REMIXED	Walter Beasley For Her	Jeff Golub Temptation


PRAFUL Pyramid In Your Backyard

**JUNE**

Lee Ritenour Overtime	Down to the Bone Spread Love Like Wildfire	Richard Elliot Metro Blue

**JULY**

Paul Hardcastle Hardcastle 4	Paul Brown The City	Gerald Veasley Live at the Jazz Base	Brian Simpson It's All Good	Tom Braxton Bounce


Brian Culbertson It's On Tonight

**AUGUST**

Earl Klugh Naked Guitar	David Benoit Orchestral Stories	Marc Antoine Modern Times	Warren Hill Pop Jazz	Najee My Point of View


Euge Groove Just Feels Right	Gregg Karukas Looking Up	Herbie Hancock Possibilities	Def Jazz	David Pack The Secret Of Movin' On


Kevin Toney 110 Degrees and Rising

**SEPTEMBER**

Eric Marienthal Got You Covered	Kyle Eastwood Paris Blue	JOE MCBRIDE TEXAS HOLD 'EM	Bona Fide Soul Lounge	Kim Waters All For Love


George Benson Best of George Benson Live

**OCTOBER**

Bill Clinton Collection Selections from The Clinton Music Room	Kirk Whalum The Babyface Songbook	ALEX BUGNON Free	Will Downing SOUL SYMPHONY	Chris Botti To Love Again


Jamie Cullum Catching Tails	Rick Braun Yours Truly	Simply Red Simplified

**NOVEMBER**

Enya Amarantinem
November 22nd

**DECEMBER NEW HOLIDAY CD’S**

Craig Chaquico Holiday	Steve Oliver Snowfall	David Benoit 40 Years A Charlie Brown Christmas	Diana Krall Christmas Songs	Michael McDonald Through the Many Winters


Jane Monheit The Season	Kenny G The Greatest Holiday Classics	Anita Baker Christmas Fantasy	Brian Setzer Dig that Crazy Christmas	Ottmar Liebert Wild Rose

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