Peter Friedman

Schubert - D.959 and Brahms - Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99

I have a series of 5 CDs of the Great Jazz Trio - Great Jazz Standards on the Japanese Alfa label. Your 2 on Timeless has some of the material from the original Alfa sessions. Just found images of two of them. I had forgotten, but found on my shelf the CD by Kenny Drew & Hank Jones Great Jazz Trio also on Alfa with the Mads Vinding and Billy Hart. All those on Alfa are very good.

Haydn - Op.76/2 and Beethoven - Op.135

Growing up in Detroit, and being old, I first saw Barry Harris playing live back in the 1950's. Both Barry and Tommy Flanagan who I also saw live in that same time period, immediately became strong favorites of mine, and remain so all these numerous decades later. Happy birthday Barry!!!!!

3 from this list are the ones I like - Buck Hill-Scope, Joe Newman - I Love My Woman, Hank Jones - Bluesette. Following your remarks on Hank Jones and The Great Jazz Trio, I did a bit of homework and discovered 31 albums with Hank and The Great Jazz Trio. I agree that the 2 Black & Blue sessions with Hank work better than the ones with Ron Carter and Tony Williams. The Great Jazz Trio was in existence on recordings from 1976 - 2005. During those 29 years there were quite a few different bass players and drummers as part of the trio. Bass - Buster Williams, Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, Ray Brown, Mads Vinding, George Mraz, Yosuke Inosue, Richard Davis and John Patittuci, Benisuke Sakai (one track) Drums - Tony Williams, Al Foster, Buddy Williams, Jimmy Cobb, Alan Dawson, Billy Hart, Roy Haynes, Ben Riley, Elvin Jones, Omar Hakim, Billy Kilson

Clifford Jordan - Hyde Park After Dark with: Von Freeman, Norman Simmons, Victor Sproles, Wilbur Campbell

Happy Birthday Beethoven

Disc 2 -Cafe Zimmermann - J.S. Bach

Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2, Op.83

Ruby Braff - Buddy Tate with The Newport All Stars

String Quartet No.3, Op.1/3 and No.7, Op.3/1

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.3, Op.2/3 & Bagatelles Op.126, Nos.1,4,6 - Saint-Saens- Piano Trio No.1

with Budd Johnson, Quentin Jackson, Patti Bown, Buddy Catlett, Joe Harris, & Les Spann (on 2 tracks)

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas No.8, Op.13 "Pathetique" / No.13, Op.27/2 "Moonlight" and Bruch - Octet