Peter Friedman

Brahms - Piano Quintet - A classic !

I Franz Xavier Mozart - Piano Concertos Op.14 and Op.25

This list includes at least 6 recordings I like a lot. Warne Marsh - All Music, Charlie Haden & Hampton Hawes, Ray Bryant, Cedar Walton, Horace Parlan & Marsh/ Konitz Quintet

The first date with my wife, we went to hear Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers at the Minor Key in Detroit. She was 18 years old, and had no serious exposure to jazz before meeting me. This was the band with Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton and Jymie Merritt. I am not sure how much she enjoyed the music that evening, but enjoyed the experience of going to her first jazz club. Over the many years of our marriage her appreciation of jazz has grown significantly. She has certain musicians she especially likes, and is able to recognize many many tunes. One time my very good friend, the late John Norris of Sackville Records and Coda Magazine, told my wife she was becoming a "tunesmith".

Disc 1 - Tal Farlow '58

Op.76/1 and Op.76/2

My wife like jazz, especially those musicians she has seen perform live. She has attended countless jazz concerts, jazz festivals and jazz parties with me,and gone to jazz clubs many times with me. She does play jazz recordings at home, but does listen to jazz sometimes in her car. At home I play jazz recordings all the time, so perhaps when I am not around she needs a break from all the music..