Your Top Five for 2003

Kana:

It must be that time of year for "best of" lists. What follows are my nominees:

Best Top 5 New Music for 2003:

1. The Thorns ... "The Thorns"
2. Mark O'Connor ... "In Full Swing"
3. Rosanne Cash ... "Rules of Travel"
4. Evanescence ... "Fallen"
5. John Mellencamp ... "Trouble No More"

Honorable Mention for 2003

1. Wanda Jackson ... "Heart Trouble"

Best reissue for 2003

1. Johnny Cash ... "Cash Unearthed"

Regards, Rich

My taste runs toward jazz,classical and ecclectic.
My top 5 purchased CDs are:
1) Rosanne Cash Rules of Travel
2) Yo-Yo Ma Obrigado Brazil
3) Karrin Allyson In Blue
4) Tom Harrell Wise Children
5) Hilary Hahn Brahms Violin Concerto
john Dean

Teirney Sutten - Something Cool
Patricia Barber- Nightclub
Karrin Allyson - In Blue
Patricia Barber- Companion
George Duke - After Hours

My five favorites from 2003 (in no particular order):

1) Bill Frisell - "The Intercontinentals"
2) Pat Metheny - "One Quiet Night"
3) Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - "Little Worlds" (3 discs)
4) Daniel Lanois - "Shine" (my "reference" disc - incredible sound)
5) Steely Dan - "Everything Must Go"

It was tough to pare it down to just five, so I put DVDs in a separate list:

1) Peter Gabriel - "Growing Up Live" (much better than "Up")
2) Pat Metheny - "Speaking of Now Live"