Peter Friedman

Schubert - String Quartet D.887

Violin Sonatas No.7 and No.8

I did have the original LP, but disposed of it when I was able to find a CD copy. Now listening to:

Mike and I are in agreement in that we like Doug Watkins more than Paul Chambers. Here is my brief story about the time I met Doug Watkins. I spent a year and a half in Germany while a member of the U.S. Army. In 1958 I had a leave and traveled to Paris. Donald Byrd and Bobby Jaspar had a quintet at a club on the Left Bank. The rhythm section included Walter Davis,Jr., Doug Watkins, and Art Taylor. I went to the club to hear that group. In between sets I spent a bit of time sitting at a table and talking with Doug Watkins and also, as I recall Art Taylor. Doug seemed to enjoy having a chance to speak to an American jazz fan from his home town of Detroit. Unfortunately, as that was so very long ago, I can't remember what we actually spoke about during that brief time together. After leaving the Army and returning home to Detroit, I was very saddened when I learned a couple of years later that Doug Watkins had died in an auto accident. Thankfully, I have the recordings of that Byrd-Jaspar Quintet in Paris which brings back happy memories of the time I heard the group (with Doug Watkins) in Paris.

Op.132

Mendelssohn - String Quartets op.44/1 and Op.80

Piano Sonatas No.14, No.23, No.28

Schumann - String Quartets No.1, No.2, No.3