Well, its not as complicated as I thought. I have hundreds of albums and such that I listen to. Not so many CD's, but I'm looking to expand my collection.

Here are the

Modern Art- The Rippingtons
Into Your Heart - Tom Schuman
Deep Chill - Tom Schuman
Burnin' - Paul Taylor
Jeff Kashiwa

Also enjoying . . .

1. "The Meeting Place" - Ken Navarro (Positive Music, 2007)
2. "Pearls" - David Sanborn (Elektra, 1995)
3. "Phoenix 90" - Didier Lockwood (JMS, 1990)
4. "Other Places" - Brandon Fields (Nova, 1993)
5. "Ray Sings, Basie Swings" - Ray Charles w/Basie Ghost Band (Concord, 2006)
6. "Giblet Gravy" - George Benson (Verve By Request, 1968)
7. "Greenhouse" - Yellowjackets (MCA/GRP, 1991)
8. "Sing! Sing! Sing!" - New York Voices (Concord, 2001)
9. "Time Again" - David Sanborn (Verve, 2003)
10. "Fast Forward" - Spyro Gyra (GRP, 1990)

Joshua Redman Quartet - Passage of Time

This was his last quartet album before the electric trio and now the acoustic trio. I REALLY like Redman's sax playing. Peace and goodwill.

John Evans & Dream - The Winding Road

Smooth Jazz in another direction.

Alan Hewitt - Retroactive

A delicacy.

Lately it's been:

Dizzy Gillespie - New Faces
Yellowjackets - Blue Hats
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Mi Grand Pasion
Sal Marquez - One For Dewey
New York Voices - What's Inside
Eddie Daniels - Breakthrough
Victoria Tolstoy - White Russian

Steve Smith's Jazz Legacy - Live on Tour, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2

This is really good straight-ahead jazz. Peace and goodwill.

Erica Lindsay and Sumi Tonooka - Initiation
Kat Parra and Sephardic Music Experience - Dos Amantes
various - The Best of Ken Burns Jazz
The Rippingtons - Live Across America
Yellowjackets - Time Squared

Ken Navarro - Dreaming of Trains

A new dimension in music.

Enjoying currently . . .

1. "Orchestrion" - Pat Metheny (Nonesuch, 2010)
2. "Only Everything" - David Sanborn (Decca, 2010)
3. "Study In Brown" - Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quinter (Emarcy, 1955)
4. "A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra" - Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve, 1959)
5. "Big Fun" - Bill Evans [saxophonist] (ESC Records, 2002)
6. "On A Misty Night" - Chet Baker (Prestige, 1965)
7. "Reunion" - Gary Burton (GRP, 1990)
8. "Eye of the Beholder" - Chick Corea Elektric Band (GRP, 1988)
9. "Fields & Strings" - Brandon Fields (Paras, 1998)
10. "The Girl In the Other Room" - Diana Krall (Verve, 2004)

Pat's "Orchestrion" release might surprise some of you. In spite of the fact that Pat is the only "live" musician on the release and the piano, vibes, percussion, other guitars are the work of commissioned inventors using technology, the composition arrangements have more of an "acoustic" and "human" flavor. The music, in spite of the mechanics, achieves that unmistakable Metheny stamp. I understand that Pat triggers the other instruments from his guitar and that he is taking this setup on tour. I may get to see him on May 18th at Glenside, PA's Keswick Theatre. Should be interesting.

Any opinions from the rest of you?

Phil