Airwaves top ten

by Brian Goslow

1. Guster -- Parachute (Sire/Hybrid)

2. From Good Homes -- Live at Waterloo (RCA)

3. Pat McGee Band -- Revel (Independent)

4. The Samples -- Outpost (WAR)

5. Rusted Root -- When I Woke (Mercury)

6. Granian -- Without Change (Independent)

7. Gibb Droll Band -- Narrow Mouth Jar (Independent)

8. Seeking Homer -- A Good Hard Smack (Dirty Boot Music)

9. Guster -- Goldfly (Sire/Hybrid)

10. From Good Homes -- Open Up The Sky (RCA)

Submitted by Sean Downey, host of Late Night at Holy Cross, heard as Sunday becomes Monday from midnight to 2 a.m. on WCHC (88.1 FM).

Your top ten

1. Karl Berger, Dave Holland, and Ed Blackwell -- Crystal Fire (Enja)

2. Benjamin Britten -- The String Quartets 2 & 3: The Britten Quartet (Collins)

3. Betty Carter -- Feed the Fire (Verve)

4. Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra -- The Magic Touch (Riverside)

5. Larry Harlow -- Latin Legends Band 1998 (Masucci Music)

6. Thad Jones -- The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings (Mosaic)

7. Bismillah Kahn -- Bismillah Kahn: Maestro's Choice (Living Media India)

8. Victor Mendoza -- This Is Why (RAM)

9. Thelonious Monk -- The Complete Blue Note Recordings (Blue Note)

10. Mary Lou Williams -- Zoning (Smithsonian Fokkways)

Submitted in alphabetical order by saxophonist Paul Combs, who recently released The Things You Are (BoMuse) with the Paul Combs Quartet, who return to Finally Michael's in Framingham on April 23.\

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