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LYLE LOVETT: Joshua Judges Ruth; ALLISON KRAUSs: Forget About It; SARAH EVANS: No Place That Far. All are excellent recordings that take turns in the CD transport.

CHARLES MINGUS: Mingus Ah Um (Sony/Columbia SACD); ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: A Night in Tunisia (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs CD); CANNONBALL ADDERLEY: Somethin' Else (Blue Note CD, remastered version).

RADIOHEAD: Kid A; PA SVENSKA: Jazz; JAN JOHANSSON: A Perfect Circle.

BADLY DRAWN BOY: Night of the Bewilderbeast; DAVID GRAY: Lost Songs; MODEST MOUSE: The Moon and Antarctica.

MIDNIGHT OIL: The Real Thing; MADONNA: Music; JON IVERSON: Alternesia (really 2 die 4!). Three different genres, but three great albums. I literally play them in a loop for days!

Doug Macleod 'Unmarked Road' (SACD) Patricia Barber Latest Blue Note release Night in the Tropics' Vanguard SACD

FATBOY SLIM: Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars; JOSE EL FRANCES: Alma; LAURYN HILL. Nothing audiophile!!!

JOHN PRINE: Souvenirs; BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (DCC reissue); SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Cool Water and 17 Other Classics (new RCA Living Stereo German import CD reissue).

D'ANGELO: Brown Sugar (EMI 7243-32629-2): BILL LASWELL: Dub Chamber 3 (Roir RUSCD8263); GRATEFUL DEAD: Without a Net (Arista ACD2-8634).

TEENAGE FANCLUB: Howdy (60%); UNKLE: PsyenceFiction (15%); WAGNER: Parsifal (15%).

Tutti!; Vertical Man; all my cello recordings

BLACK EYED PEAS: Bridging the Gap; THOMAS DOLBY: Retrospectacle; LOUNGE LIZARDS: Queen of all Ears.

SONNY ROLLINS: Our Man in Jazz (Classic Records 45rpm, a real pain because of constantly having to change records); WAGNER: The Ring (Boulez on LP); BEETHOVEN: String Quartets (both the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets). The recent purchase of a new phono cartridge has me re exploring my collection with some wonderful surprises. Somehow CD's are never relistened to over and over again, with the exception of Sony's Horwitz reissue. I have two CD Players ( Proceed and CAL Icon).

Jesse Cook - "Free Fall" B.B.King and Eric Clapton - "Ridin with the King" Patricia Barber - "Companion"

RADIOHEAD: Kid A (visceral,aquatic,schizophrenic); BELLE & SEBASTIAN: The Boy With The Arab Strap (mellow and sleepy, like Alka-Seltzer Plus cold medicine); STEVE TIBBETTS: Bye Bye Safe Journey (really cool eclectic mix of instruments, I love it!).

Keb Mo, Steve Earle, Jesse Winchester

MIKE KENNEALLY: Dancing; XTC: Wasp Star:Apple Venus Vol.2; TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA: Beethoven's Last Night.

Dave Brubeck - Take Five (New HDCD Release) Holly Cole Trio -Don't Smoke in Bed Dire Straits - Communique

DIZZY GILLESPIE AND THE UNITED NATION ORCHESTRA: Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Enja 6044-2); OSCAR PETERSON: Oscar in Paris: Oscar Peterson Live at the Salle Pleyel (Telarc 2CD-83414); ASTOR PIAZZOLLA: The Central Park Concert (Chesky Records JD107).

STEVE FORBERT: Evergreen Boy; JOHN PRINE: Souvenirs; LUCKY DUBE: The Way it Is.

1. Illinois Jacquet- Birthday Party 2. Gladiator Soundtrack 3. Patricia Barber- Nightclub

It's impossible to choose only three, of course, but here are some of the ones I've been listening to lately: MILES DAVIS QUINTET: Round About Midnight (Columbia LP reissue, originally recorded 1955/56); MISHA ALPERIN: North Story (ECM CD, 1997); ROGER DRINKALL; DIAN BAKER: 20th Century Masterpieces for Piano and Cello (Debussy, Barber, Rachmaninoff, etc.) (Wilson Audio CD, 1994?).

THE BEATLES: 1; CROWDED HOUSE: There newest one of left overs Everly Brothers: The new one on DCC

ATEENS: ABBA remakes: "Coyote Ugly" soundtrack (Lee Ann Rymes never sounded better!); PM DAWN: Memory Bliss.

DAVE'S TRUE STORY: Unauthorized; CLAIR MATRTIN: The Waiting Game; THELONIOUS MONK: Misterioso (recorded on tour).

GRATEFUL DEAD: Ladies and Gentlemen . . . The Grateful Dead (4 CD set from Fillmore East,April 1971 - mastered from the original 2 track tapes and it sounds great!); KEITH JARRETT TRIO: Whisper Not; THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE: the new box set - on vinyl!

Only three? Practically speaking, my entire record collection is in

CHICO FREEMAN: Spirit Sensitive; BEN WEBSTER: At The Renaissance; TEDDY WILSON: The Complete Teddy Wilson on Verve. All on vinyl!

These also happen to be my latest "used" acquisitions: TEA PARTY: Splendor Solis; LAST CRACK: Burning Time; UFO: Covenant.

IBRAHIM FERRER: Buena Vista Social Club Presents . . . ; OMARA PORTUANDO: Omara Portuando; RUBEN GONZALES: Intoducing . . .; COMPAY SEGUNDO; ELLA FITZGERALD: Take Love Easy; SARAH VAUGHN: At Mr. Kelly's; CREED.