The Café Jazz Most Played !!

What an incredible year for music!! Over the course of 46 original programs and well over 130 hours of music, we've featured 1128 carefully chosen selections by 466 artists from several hundred albums. With that in mind, here's our short list of the absolute best in '05 !!
Information on all artists & selections is available in back issues of "show notes".

Most Played Artist

1.Paul Hardcastle/The Jazzmasters
2.Marc Antoine
3.Nils
4.3rd Force
5.Paul Brown
6.Chieli Minucci
7.Ken Navarro
8.Jeff Golub
9.Brian Culberston
10.Gabriel
11.Jeff Lorber
12.Pamela Williams
13.Bobby Caldwell
14.Paul Taylor
15.Acoustic Alchemy
16.Patrick Yandall
17.Hiroshima
18.Brian Simpson
19.Nicolas Bearde
20.Will Donato

Most Played Selections

1.Pacific Coast Highway - Nils from Pacific Coast Highway
2.Serene - Paul Hardcastle from Hardcastle 4
3.The Juice - Chieli Minucci from Got It Goin' On !
4.The Crossing - Acoustic Alchemy from American/ English
5.Pacifica - Michael Lington from Stay With Me
6.Perfect Island Nights - Bobby Caldwell
7.You Are Everything - Ken Navarro from Love Coloured Soul
8.Tropical - Chuck Loeb from When I'm With You
9.Every Little Star - Nicolas Bearde from All About Love
10.California Vibes - Steve Barakatt from The Best Inspirations
11.Saturday Love - Patrick Yandall from The Eyes of Mars
12.It Could Happen - Brian Simpson from It's All Good
13.Take That! - Gabriel from First Name Basis
14.El Baile del Sol - Amarosa
15.So This Is Love - Lisa Hilton from My Favorite Things
16.Sweet Saxations - Pamela Williams from Sweet Saxations
17.Candlelight - Paul Taylor from Nightlife
18.Tiburon - DTTB from Spread Love Like Wildfire
19.China Latina - Hiroshima from Obon
20.Zanzibar - Daryl Stuermer from Retrofit

#6 Bridge the Gap Les Sabler

#7 My World Jamie Bonk

#8 Nura (se lf-titled) Nura

#9 Two Shots Matt Dusk

#10 Big Money Monkey House

Canadian Artists Most Played

1.Gabriel
2.Steve Barakatt
3.The Clayton/Scott Group
4.Amarosa
5.Dave Sereny
6.Jamie Bonk
7.Les Sabler
8.Ray Garand
9.Four80East
10.Nura

Most Played Selections by a Canadian Artist

1.California Vibes - Steve Barakatt
2.Take That! - Gabriel
3.El Baile del Sol - Amarosa
4.Sensation - Steve Barakatt
5.Beata - Dave Sereny
6.Cold As Ice - Matt Dusk
7.Bridge the Gap - Les Sabler
8.All In My Mind - Liberty Silver
9.Caribbean Nights - Dave Sereny
10.Let's Waste Some Time - Marc Jordan

Nils
Brian Simpson
Patrick Yandall
Nicolas Bearde
Will Donato

Swing Out Sister
Matt Bianco Queen Latifah
Vanessa Williams Janita

Honourable Mentions
Camiel
Mark Hollingsworth

Top Compilations
A Smooth & Soulful Christmas
40 Years - A Charlie Brown Christmas