Peter Friedman

HutchFan, Your list inspired me to put together a list of my favorites. However I modified it to select only Piano Trio albums. In some cases it was a very difficult choice, and on another day I might pick a different album. Monty Alexander - Threesome - Soul Note Kenny Barron - Live at Bradleys - EmArcy Bruce Barth - Live at the Village Vanguard - Max Jazz Count Basie - For The First Time - Pablo Richie Beirach - Summer Night - Venus Alan Broadbent - Everything I Love - Discovery Ray Bryant - trio - Prestige George Cables - But Beautiful - M & T Bill Charlap - Souveniers - Criss Cross Cyrus Chestnut - Midnight Melodies - Smoke Sessions Stanley Cowell - We Three - DIW Harold Danko - Hindsight - Steeplechase Walter Davis,Jr. - Live Au Dreher - Paris Jazz Corner Kenny Drew - If You Could See Me Now - Steeplechase Bill Evans - Explorations - Riverside Tommy Flanagan - Eclypso - Enja Don Friedman - Days Of Wine And Roses - Soul Note Red Garland - Red In Bluesville - Prestige Benny Green - Happiness: live At Kumbwa - Sunnyside Al Haig - Portrait of Bud Powell - Trio Tardo Hammer - Tardo's Tempo - Sharp Nine Roland Hanna - Glove - Storyville Barry Harris - Magnificent - Prestige Hampton Hawes - Blues For Bud - Black Lion David Hazeltine - Close To You - Criss Cross Tamir Hendelman - Destinations - Challenge Fred Hersch - ECT - John Hicks - Is That So - Timeless Eddie Higgins - Again - Venus Elmo Hope - Meditations - Prestige Pete Jolly - Yeah - VSOP Hank Jones - Blues-Ette - Black & Blue Duke Jordan - Two Loves - Steeplechase Dick Katz - 3 Way Play - Reservoir Roger Kellaway - Heroes - IPO Wynton Kelly - Full View - Milestone Steve Kuhn - Years Later - Concord John Lewis - Delaunay's Dilemma - EmArcy Mike LeDonne - Common Ground - Criss Cross Lou Levy - The Kid's Got Ears - Jazzizz Jan Lundgren - A Swinging Rendezvous - Marshmellow Pete Malinverni - A Very Good Year - Reservoir Ronnie Mathews - Lament For Love - DIW Bill Mays - Summer Sketches - Palmetto Dave McKenna - The Piano Scene - Koch Mike Melvoin - You Know - City Light Mulgrew Miller - Live At Yoshi's ,Vol.1 - Max Jazz Paul Moer - Trio - Del-Fi Thelonious Monk - Unique - Riverside Dado Moroni - Live In Beverly Hills - Resonance Bill Mays - Summer Sketches - Palmetto Phineas Newborn,Jr. - Here is Phineas - Atlantic David Newton - Inspired - Bright New Day Hod O'Brien - Blues Alley- Third Set - Reservoir Horace Parlan - No Blues - Steeplechase Jeb Patton - Tenish: Live in New York - Cellar Live Carl Perkins - Introducing Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests - Verve Enrico Pieranunzi - Live In Paris - Challenge Bud Powell - Trio - Roost Eric Reed - Blue Monk - M & T Renee Rosnes - A Time For Love - Video Arts Jimmy Rowles - Our Delight - VSOP Rob Schneiderman - Smooth Sailing - Reservoir Shirley Scott - Skylark - Candid Norman Simmons - In Private - Savant Rossano Sportiello - Strictly Confidential - Arbors Frank Strazzeri - I Remember You - Fresh Sound Charles Thomas - The Finishing Touch - Space Time Bobby Timmons - Easy Does It - Riverside McCoy Tyner - Reaching Fourth - Impulse Cedar Walton - Cedar - Timeless Kenny Werner - With A Song In My Heart - Venus James Williams - I Remember Cliffordm - DIW Claude Williamson - New Departure - Interplay Larry Willis - How Do You Keep The Music Playing - Steeplechase Mike Wofford - Live at Anthenaeum - Capri Richard Wyands - Reunited - Criss Cross

Brahms - String Quartets -Guarneri Quartet

Back while living in Rochester, NY I had a pair of large Magnapan speakers. Loved them, but they were the size of a door. When my wife and I retired and decided to move to Tucson, Arizona, the idea of moving those large and fragile speakers did not seem appropriate. So I found some wonderful Audio Physic speakers (made in Germany) at a local Audio Shop. Was able to make an arrangement with the owner. He would do a trade for my 10 year old Magnapans in exchange for the Audio Physic speakers along with some cash from me. However the terrific part of the arrangement was as follows. He would come to my house a few days before we moved and pick up the Magnapans in his truck. He arranged for the new Audio Physic speakers to be drop shipped to my new house in Tucson. So no moving the speakers and no shipping charge. I have been very pleased with the Audio Physic speakers though they do sound a bit different from the Magapans.

String Quartets in A minor & D minor

I am a huge fan of the Haydn String Quartets Op.20 through Op.77. I have heard numerous (mainly) recorded performances of all of them. Rarely a day goes by when I have not listened to at least one Haydn String Quartet. Here are my recommendations for the Op.50 quartets: Nomos Quartet Zaide Quartet Tokyo Quartet Leipziger Quartet Auryn Quartet