Peter Friedman

I saw drummer Hindall Butts play many many times back in the 1950's when I was living in Detroit. He played around town with a variety of musicians. He was certainly one of my favorite Detroit drummers at that time. My recollection is that he was a tall lanky guy who played with power. A lot of accents and a hard swinger. Never knew what happened to him as I considered his playing equal in quality to the other Detroit drummers who moved on to play and record on the New York and Chicago scene.

Symphony No.1 and No.2

I acquired this music when it was first released in the 50's. It was among my first West Coast Jazz recordings. The arrangements and solos are terrific.

String Quintets - K.406 and K.614