Peter Friedman

Shelly Manne, Lew Tabackin, Mike Wofford, Chuck Domenico

Op.76/5 and Op.76/6

I guess one positive feature of being "old" is that I was around when all those Blue Notes came out on LP. I bought them all plus many others. Now have them all on CD. My favorite Dexter from the 70's would be a tie between - The Panther on Prestige, and Swiss Nights 1 o Steeplechase. My favorite Art Blakey / Jazz Messengers from the 70's would probably be - Backgammon. That one has Bill Hardman and Albert Dailey, both of whom I very much like.

Op.131

The Dexter is my top choice from this list.

I just checked LORD and discovered that the Larry Bunker Quartet CD on Vault is not what I have. It turns out I have 2 CDs on the Japanese Interplay label by the same group at Shelly Manne's -Hole that were recorded on a different date. The 2 Interplays CDs I have are sub-titled "Unissued Session" and have a total of 16 tunes. Haven't listened to them in quite some time, so plan to place them on the CD player in the next few days to refresh my memory of this music.