Peter Friedman

Gerry Mulligan - Lonesome Boulevard - A & M Another Billy Taylor Trio with Gerry Mulligan.

Mozart - Symphony No.34, K.338 and Dvorak - String Quartet No.6, Op.12

Piano Trio No.1, Op.8

There have been many many excellent Basie recommendations in this thread. Wonder how many weeks, months, years it would take to listen to all of them? I have the vast majority of them on CD. I need to carefully pick and choose some to listen to in the coming months.

Disc 2 - Seven Sensational Saxophones and The Gene Harris/ Rob McConnell/ Frank Wess Big band

Yes, I like this one too!

Violin Sonatas No.3, No.5, No.10

Disc 2 - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.64 &. No.4, Op.85

My point was not clear. If the George Shearing Quintet brings such an extreme response (to Jim), perhaps he should not attend any cocktail parties.. Though the George Shearing Quintet is not my favorite jazz group, I do enjoy some of their recordings. The over the top reaction that Jim stated to the George Shearing Quintet is to be polite - very strange.

It seems that the "many options" has a very narrow meaning. Or perhaps the problem is "Cocktail Parties" ?

Disc 4 - K.481, K.378, K.306

Tatrai Quartet - Haydn Op.42 and Royal Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble - Haydn Op.76/3

Piano Trio Op.18 and Septet Op.65

I very much disagree with defining Milt Jackson' playing as " effortless slick bluesiness". That is not the way I hear Bags at all.