Peter Friedman

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.

I have the two French CDs of this material. Great stuff. I disagree with Gheorghe regarding Tommy Flanagan. Perhaps it is a matter of defining what is a bebop player. Tommy Flanagan grew up in Detroit along with Barry Harris, Pepper Adams, Curtis Fuller, Donald Byrd and many others who were strongly focused on Bird, Diz, & Bud. They played and recorded numerous bebop tunes by Bird, Tadd Dameron, etc.