Peter Friedman

I also agree with you Mark.

Schubert - String Quartet D.804 "Rosamunde" Chopin (1946) - Berceuse Op.57, Barcarolle Op.60, Sonata No.2, Op.35, Impromptu No.3, Op.51

Oistrakh - Beethoven - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.12/3 & Svendsen - Octet for Strings - Op.3

I saw Lee Katzman with the Kenton Band in the mid-1950's, and saw Teddy Edwards in California not long before he died, must have been in 2001. So the interesting part is that there was a roughly 45 year gap between seeing these two horn players live.

Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky - Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No.1, Op.49 & Mozart - Piano Concerto No.24, K.491

The only Stanley Turrentine I have is "Cherry", which I do like. Not a fan of most of what is on CTI by any musicians. The 2 exceptions other that Cherry are one album by Bill Evans and one by Chet Baker .

Mozart - Piano Quartet K.493 and Herzogenberg - String Quartet Op.63

Here are 2 albums I enjoy with Nathan Davis in the band.

HutchFan, I tend to agree with your comment on Hawes. There was also a period where Hawes got a slight bit into a Bill Evans approach to his piano playing. And then he also recorded a few albums where he played electric piano. Didn't care for them. Hawes good friend Sonny Clark and he both had a serious drug problem that strongly impacted their demise. It is interesting that both Hawes and Clark were excellent blues piano players And T.D. you are correct, I don't care for Mal Waldrons later recordings. M earlier point was that I Neve have considered Waldron a bop oriented piano player. That is not a put down , but just my observation. So when I hear Waldron on those early bop or even mainstream Prestige albums with some of the musicians I mentioned in my first post, he just does not fit in the way the many others I mentioned would have done. He was ok on Quest or some of the Prestige sessions with Booker Little, but not with 1950's Jackie McLean' Just my personal take. P.S. I thought "High In The Sky" was one of my least favorite Hampton Hawes recordings.

Op.74

Rubinstein - Chopin - Preludes Op.28 and Oistrakh - Brahms - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.108

Mal Waldron has been a sideman (as well as a leader) on a large number of Hard Bop recordings in the 50's and 60's. I am aware that many here have a very positive opinion of Waldron. I suspect much of that view comes from his writing and playing that relates to his non-Hard Bop recordings, most of them later than the 50's and early 60s. I have never understood his appeal as a Hard Bop sideman or even leader with musicians such as Jackie McLean, Gene Ammons, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Kenny Burrell, Curtis Fuller and even the non- Hard Bop tenor man Paul Quinichette. To my taste, there were numerous piano players active during that period whose solos were far more interesting, and fit better with those musicians than Mal Waldron. I am thinking of Kenny Drew, Duke Jordan, Hank Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Richard Wyands, Wynton Kelly, Hampton Hawes, Ray Bryant, Elmo Hope, and Red Garland. I know there are a variety of factors that determine if a musician is hired for a record date. It is nonetheless disappointing (to me) that Waldron was on so many sessions, especially on Prestige, rather that any of the musicians I listed above.