"Atlantis" - Wayne Shorter (Columbia) "The All Seeing Eye" - Wayne Shorter (Blue Note) "Out Front" - Booker Little (Candid) + "and Friend" - Booker Little (Bethlehem) "Wild Stings" (Live in Cleveland) - Mahavishnu Orchesta (?bootleg CD) "Profile" - Jeremy Pelt (Fresh Sound New Talent) "Live Concerts Box" - Area (Cramps) "Of Queues and Cures" - National Health (Charly) "Art of War" - Ralph Peterson (Criss Cross) "At This Point in My Life" - Donald Brown (Space Time) "South" - Dave Binney (Act) two albums always on my list... "My Funny Valentine" - Miles Davis (Columbia) "A Love Supreme" - John Coltrane (Impulse)

In a jazz climate that rewards neo-conservative tributes and far-flung exercises in deconstruction, David Weiss has distinguished himself another way: through finding novelty and flexibility in the mainstream.

Last year found Weiss touring the world with Freddie Hubbard and the New Jazz Composers Octet. This year, catch him performing the music of Booker Little every Thursday night at Fat Cat in New York City. Look for his brand new CD Breathing Room featuring Craig Handy, Xavier Davis, Dwayne Burno, Marcus Strickland, and E.J. Strickland on Fresh Sound Records.