Album which you have listened to most?

o Dave Brubeck: Time Further Out, Live at Carnegie Hall
o Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
o Leopold Stokowski: Bizet Suites (Carmen, L'Arlessiene)
o Bruno Walter w/CBS Orch: Eroica
o Buddy Rich: Swingin' New Big Band, Big Swing Face, Keep the Customer Satisfied
o George Benson: White Rabbit, Breezin'
o Janos Starker: Bach Cello Suites on Mercury Living Presence
o Ormandy/Philadelphia Phil: Mahler's 1st Symphony; Strauss Waltzes, esp. Blue Danube
o Brandenburg Concertos: Musica Collegium/LA Chamber Orch. w/Gerard Schwarz
Gary Burton: Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett; Paris Encounter (w/Stephane Grappelli)
o Gene Krupa: Drummer Man
o Frank Sinatra: Sinatra's Sinatra; Sinatra at the Sands
o Count Basie: Pretty much anything

Patrick O'Hearn "So Flows The Current"

Ray Obiedo "Sticks and Stones"

Mark Dwane any of his CD's

The Cruel Sea any of their CD's

For me its probably David Live. David Bowies 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour at the Tower Theater. Just some great musicians backing Bowie on that tour.

Here's three of my favorites ...

1. Dave Bruebeck's "Jazz in the USA"

Paul Desmond's playing on this mono record is among the best of Desmond. I bought my first copy back in the 50's when it first came out. That was when the Bruebeck Quartet was converting a lot of DooWop and R&B fans over to jazz. Even after listening to this recording for over 60 years, I never get tired of it. Its that good. I have a bunch of copies, including a white label promo. I tend to give them away to audiophile/music loving friends just to show them what good mono sounds like .. and to turn them on to Desmond, of course.

2. Miles Davis' "Round Midnight."

This is another record that was never released in stereo. The mono sound is so good it puts miles' muted trumpet right in front of your nose. A fantastic record and well worth the hunt. I bought mine back in the early 70's at a used record store for .75 cents.

3. "Little Band, Big Jazz"

This is on the budget label known as Crown. It features Conte Condoli on trumpet and Stan Levy on drums. The sound and performance is demo quality ... and its in stereo. Again, I have a number of copies. The best sounding one is on red vinyl. Hmm ... try to find that one.

Those are only three of my desert island records. I have thousands of LPs. Most likely, they eventually will once again end up in used record stores and thrift stores. My kids and grand kids could care less. All of the music they own exist on their IPADS. So sad ...

The Stone Roses - S/T

Loved it when it came out and still love it now.

Talk Talk's - The Colour Of Spring has been getting a lot of play time recently, but they are a more recent discovery for me.