Peter Friedman

Terrific swinging Big Band from Toronto.

This memory regarding Lee Konitz just came to mind. My good friend, the late George Ziskind , a jazz pianist lived in Manhattan. He told me the story of how he ran into Lee Konitz one day, roughly 6 or 7 years ago. They arranged to get together one day at Lee's apartment. George told me how much fun he had playing duets all afternoon with Konitz.

The last time I saw Lee Konitz was also in Toronto with a local rhythm section. A friend from Chile was visiting our mutual friend John Norris in Toronto. John had another commitment, so Pepe and I headed over to see Konitz. I had previously seen Lee in Detroit way back (in probably the 50's) when he and Warne Marsh had a quintet (with maybe Tristano???). They were part of a touring jazz show with a variety of other groups. I share the opinion of John Tapscott in that I prefer his earlier music compared with some of his later recordings.

Yo Yo Ma / Emanuel Ax - Brahms Cello Sonata No.2, Op.99 Perahia - Mozart Piano Concerto No.20, K.466

Mozart - K.464 Dvorak - String Quartet Op.96 "American"

Beethoven - String Quartet Op.18/1 Brahms - Piano Trio No.3, Op.101 - Istomin, Stern, Rose

Interplay For 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors - Idrees Sulieman, Webster Young, John Coltrane, Bobby Jaspar, Mal Waldron, Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor

Piano Trios - No.37, C1, 6, 39, 1