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AVISHAI COHEN: Colors (Chick Corea's virtuoso bass player is a better composer than player!); GLEN VELEZ: Breathing Rhythms (Velez's spiritual and musical erudition combined with hand-drum mastery and superb acoustic recording); PATRICIA SARAVIA: Ritmos De Los Santos (Afro-Peruvian singer/songwriter with undistorted pop production).

HABIB KOITE: Muso Ko; DAVE CARTER & TRACY GRAMMER: Tanglewood Tree (Terrific HDCD recording!); LUNASA: Otherworld.

KING CRIMSON: the construKtion of light (virgin CD from neighborhood record store); VINCE GUARALDI: Black Orpheus (OJC LP - thank you Cheapo for carrying new LPs); PINK FLOYD: Meddle (recently acquired MFSL LP Japan pressing through E-bay).

MILES DAVIS: Miles & Coltrane Box Set; LEVI: Mahler: Symphony #1; GENESIS: Archive Box Set, vol.2.

INCUBUS: Make Yourself (recently started listening to this band -- they can really mix it up funky!); VERTICAL HORIZON: Everything You Want (some overplayed radio tunes here, but the disc is very good); 3 DOORS DOWN: The Better Life (nothing fancy here, but a VERY good disc. Simple Rock!).

GARY NUMAN: Pure; DAVID SYLVAIN: Dead Bees on a Cake; ALPHAVILLE: Stark Naked and Absolutely Live.

1) Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" Classic Records 180-gram LP 2) The Who "The Who Sell Out" MCA remastered CD 3) The Grateful Dead "Anthem of the Sun" Warner Brothers original "W7" pressing

Dianne Reeves, Live Ani Defranco, Living in the Clip 187, The soundtrack

CUBANISMO! & THE YOKAMO ALLSTARS: Mardi Gras Mambo; LITTLE FEAT: Hotcakes & Outtakes; THE CLASH: London Calling.

I try very hard not to play any recording too often. This includes different "versions" of the same classical piece. I feel repetition reduces the freshness of any recording regardless of how long it has been in my library. There is one exception to this general rule and that is when I am auditioning a potential new piece of equipment.

SOUNDGARDEN: Down on the Upside; U.P.O.: No Pleasantries; BETA BAND: Three EPs: Esthero; Breath From Another, The Tea Party; The Edges of Twilight (sorry, I have a 5 disc changer).

KING CRIMSON: Lizard (30th Anniversary Edition, 24-bit remaster, HDCD. Virgin CDVKCX3) AL DI MEOLA/JOHN MCCLAUGHLIN/PACO DE LUCIA: Friday Night in San Francisco, 1997 reissue (Columbia/Legacy CK65168); FAYMAN & FRIPP: The Soundscapes of Jeffrey Fayman & Robert Fripp: A Temple in the Clouds" (Tranceportation/Projekt 104).

AL HAIG: Live in Hollywood; BARRY HARRIS: Live in Concert; WOODY HERMAN: Caledonia.

JOAO GILBERTO: Jao vos e violao (Verve 314 546 713-2)-- a warm, intimate recording of just Joao and his guitar, a rare opportunity to witness a true master interpret the classics of Brazilian music; VINICIUS CANTUARIA: Sol Na Cara (Rykodisc GCD 79518)-- I stumbled upon this because it was produced by Arto Lindsay and included some work by Ryuichi Sakamoto . . . great, great romantic music; BEBEL GILBERTO: Tanto Tempo (Ziriguiboom / Six Degrees Records 657036 1026-2) -- this one's new for me, but it

20 bit Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. 20 bit Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus. The Trinity Sessions by the Cowboy Junkies. The 20 bit sound makes it all seem new again.

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind Joan Osborne - Rightous Love. Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne.

RUBEN GONZALES: Introducing...Rueben Gonzales; CHAI CHIN: Old Songs (mandarin songs); JENNIFER WARNES: The Hunter.

Santana: Supernatural Kent: Hagnesta Hill Led Zeppelin: Remasters

Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4 Sinead O'Connor - Faith and Courage Sarah Brightman - La Luna

SKIP SPENCE: Oar; NICK DRAKE: Five Leaves Left; RICHARD BUCKNER: The Hill.

Usually I don't switch discs for weeks when I am in the mood. For now I listen to Frank Sinatra when I am driving, George Michael at work. Prior to this was Don McLean.

OLIVE: Trickle; HOOVERPHONIC: The Magnificent Tree; RADIOHEAD: Kid A; THIEVERY CORPORATION: Mirror Conspiracy; GOLDFRAPP: Felt Mountain; MORCHEEBA: Fragments of Freedom. OK, that's six, so I can't count... :-)

My current top three are: FENNELL/EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE: Holst, Suites No. 1 and 2 for Military Band, plus works of Vaughan Williams, Persichetti, Mennin and H. Owen Reed (one of the legendary mono Mercuries); MULBERRY LANE: Run Your Own Race (superb pop writing and vocals by four sisters from Omaha); RATTLE/CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Grainger In a Nutshell (Simon Rattle's readings of some wonderful Grainger works, including "Lincolnshire Posy").

GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR: Levez vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven(Kranky); P.J. HARVEY: Stories From the City...(Island); THE HANDSOME FAMILY: In The Air (Fargo)

KING CRIMSON: "Starless" from Red, 30th anniversary edition (a timely reminder that Fripp got there first); ANNETTE PEACOCK: "Real and Defined Androgens" from X-Dreams (probably the only good rap record ever made - in 1978!); YES: "New Language" from The Ladder (there's life in the old dog yet).

EMMYLOU HARRIS: Red Dirt Girl ("My kingdom for a lullaby" --what gorgeous lyrics!); U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind (this is what good rock sounds like); RADIOHEAD: Kid A (leave all your expectations behind; this album really grows on you).

NINE INCH NAILS: The Fragile; CANDYASS: Orgy; THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON: Dead Cities.

DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER: Winding Through Life; KATHY MATTEA: The Innocent Years; Best of Blugrass: Preachin', Prayin' and Singin'.

LIVINGSTON TAYLOR: Ink (Chesky DAD); SARA K.: No Cover(Chesky DAD); VIVALDI: Four Seasons (Divox, CD).

FOO FIGHTERS: The Colour and The Shape; COLLECTIVE SOUL: Blender; STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: No.4.