Peter Friedman

Dvorak - Cello Concerto

Ralph Sutton & Ruby Braff In Concert - Nif Nuf label - (Adelaide, Australia October 1991)

Marchel Ivery 3

Monn - Cello Concerto Brahms - Horn Trio Op.40

Mozart - K.378 and K.379 Boccherini - String Quintet Op.13/5

Disc One

Danny Moss at Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 1999 - Nif Nuf label

I read this long long ago when it was first available. Michael James who wrote for the "late" British periodical Jazz Monthly, was one of my very favorite writers on jazz. That was probably because my taste in jazz was very much in sync with his taste. It is probably the same reason why Ira Gitler and Mark Gardner have been among my very favorite jazz writers.

This brings to mind something that took place back in c.1965. Another young couple and my wife and I went from Detroit to Chicago for a long weekend. While there we saw that the Paul Butterfield Band was playing at one of the Blues Clubs. We went to hear them, and after he first 3 or 4 tunes the drummer got sick and had to leave. Butterfield asked if anyone in the audience played the drums. My friend told me to raise my hand. The truth is that I was not really a drummer. For many years I had played the brushes at home along with a broad variety of jazz records. I was decent enough in that context, but was not even close to being a real drummer. Nonetheless my friend raised his hand and said that I was a drummer. Paul called me up to the stand and encouraged me to play. I did my best for the next 3 tunes, and then the set ended. That was the sum total of my on stage experience as a musician. As I went to sit back down with my wife and friends, a member of the audience said to me you are a jazz drummer, not a blues band drummer, but you sounded ok.

Read this book long ago. Very detailed and well worth reading for Monk fans.

Spohr - Violin Concerto No.5, Op.17 Schubert - Piano Sonata D.958

Excellent photo

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.31, Op.110 ( recorded 1960) Schumann - String Quartet Op.44/1

Beethoven - Symphony No.5