Peter Friedman

Piano Sonatas No.11,Op.22 No.12,Op26 No.13,Op27/1 No.14,Op.27/2 "Moonlight"

Hank Jones, Richard Davis, Elvin Jones

Ries - Piano Concerto Op.55 & Mozart- Symphony No.31, K.297 "Paris"

Disc 1

Sonny Stitt and Sadik Hakim play well, but it is the excellent playing Buster Williams that grabs my attention.

D.959

From 1954 with Gildo Mahones, Percy Heath , Kenny Clarke

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.19, K.459 and Dvorak - String Quartet No.7

Yes, this was an exception, though had he played acoustic piano throughout the end result would have been even better (imo).

I tend to very much agree. Also have to say that I never cared for the V.S.O.P. band.

To my ears, Frank Foster sounds better on this 1950 recording than he does decades later. Barry Harris was an outstanding jazz piano player from the beginning until now. I recall hearing bass player Ray McKinney back when I lived in Detroit. Thought he was quite good. As I recall, he was on a couple of recordings, but soon seemed to disappear from view.