Peter Friedman

Duke Jordan Quintet with Jesper Thilo, Bent Jaedig, Hugo Rasmussen, Ed Thigpen

Symphonies Nos.19, 20, 21, 26

Live in France from 1963, 1964 and 1966.

Haydn - Symphony No.95 Mozart - Piano Concerto No.19, K.459

Schubert - Symphony No.3, D.200 Brahms - Violin Sonata No.3, Op.108

Piano Sonatas Nos. 47, 53, 32, 59

Sonata D.894

I just played a Roy Hargrove CD, and will be playing a few more in the coming week. I had the good fortune to see Roy perform in person a few times and always found his playing to be highly enjoyable. I have one recollection that was on the funny side. Roy and his quintet had been performing at a concert as part of the Port Townsend, WA Jazz Festival. After the concert ended, the musicians spread out throughout the town to play in a number of bars, and restaurants. I was at one such venue standing in the back listening to Jay Thomas. He was playing tenor sax when Roy and a couple of his sidemen came in and stood at the back next to me. When the tune ended, Jay picked up his trumpet and played the next tune on that horn. Roy did not know that Jay Thomas was a top level multi-instrumentalist. When he say Jay switch from tenor to trumpet, his jaw dropped and he had a look of amazement and began to comment to his sidemen that he could not believe what he saw and heard. It was amusing to see Roy's reaction. Roy proceeded to sit in with Jay and the two of them made some wonderful music together.

Mozart - Concertone for 2 violins & Orch., K.190 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.1 - Michael Roll (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orc. / Shelley