Peter Friedman

I was fortunate to see him live a few times with the Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra.

My favorite would be the Prestige period, including Blue Train on Blue Note. I also like a number of his Atlantic recordings, but most of the Impulse sessions are not to my taste.

Terrific arrangements of marvelous tunes. A truly wonderful album.

Haydn String Quartets Op.55

No.3 is far too limiting. Bebop was being played in a number of other cities during the "height of the bebop revolution. Los Angeles and Detroit were prime examples. It is likely that in other cities such a Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Chicago were just a few other places where bebop was being played between 1947 and 1950.

Piano Trios No.1 and No.2

Just thought a minority opinion might be appropriate. I liked McCoy's Impulse and Blue Note recordings. His Milestone albums that I have heard were not to my taste. As Mike said early in this thread, McCoy's playing is often "overpowering". In fact only a very few recordings by McCoy after about 1972 do much for me. A few exceptions that come to mind are his quartet date with Joe Henderson , and his duo album with Bobby Hutcherson and neither of them are on Milestone.