Peter Friedman

Mark, I was hoping I had saved those old (1960's) issues of CODA with my column/review of the Roy Haynes gig. Unfortunately I must have gotten rid of it when I retired and moved to Tucson. The pianist with Roy Haynes could well have been Albert Dailey, Ronnie Mathews or Sam Dockery. My memory was most foggy in that area. However, I am reasonably sure I did not hear Wayne Shorter on that gig.I still believe it was Frank Strozier. But to be fair, it was over 50 years ago, so I could certainly be wrong. The key would be found in the edition of CODA magazine from the 1960's where I identified the musicians I saw and heard. If anyone has access to those old CODA "s it would help definitely resolve this question.

The Duke Ellington Small Bands

Yo Yo Ma - Haydn - Cello Concerto No.1 Mendelssohn - String Quartet Op.44/2

Dick Hyman & NHOP - Elegies, Mostly

Op.33/4, Op.33/5, Op.33/6

The Montreux Jam Sessions 1977 - Oscar Peterson Jam, Milt Jackson/Ray Brown Jam, Dizzy Gillespie Jam, Count Basie Jam, Pablo All-Stars Jam

Disc 2 - D.574, D.934, D.895

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.22, K.482 Volkmann - Symphony No.2, Op.53

Kempff - Beethoven Piano Sonatas No.8, Op.13 "Pathetique" (!953/1956), & No.14, Op.27/2 "Moonlight" (1956) Kreutzer - Septett Op.62

Haydn - Op.33/3 Brahms - Double Concerto

My memory for specific details that far back is very foggy. But back in the early 1960's I went to hear the Roy Haynes Quartet playing at the Drome Lounge in Detroit. My recollection is that he had with him, Frank Strozier, Larry Ridley and (I think perhaps) Richard Wyands. At that time I was contributing a short column on jazz in Detroit for the Canadian jazz magazine CODA. I wrote a brief review of that Roy Haynes Quartet gig. It was positive review.

I am in agreement with Steve. For certain specific musical purposes, cutting out the soloists other than Bird may have been ok.. It may even have been a way to save money by conserving tape. However at the basic level, I do not find much pleasure in listening to those entire albums of Bird solos separate from the entire tune.

A very good CD, that I suspect few are aware of here.

Randy Porter, Leroy Vinnegar, Mel Brown, Nancy King (vcl) - Modern Reflections - Heavywood