Peter Friedman

The videos are definitely not my thing. But I have seen Grace Kelly live a couple of times playing with some top level jazz highly experienced musicians. Not only did she hold her own, but sounded damn good. And it sure looked like the musicians she played with had a positive response to her playing.

Disc 5 - Billy Taylor (pianist) Quartet, Rex Stewart Big Four, Jimmy Jones Big Four, Billy Taylor (bassist) Big Four, Billy Taylor (pianist) Quartet

Haydn - Piano Sonata No.34 , Fantasia in C, Adagio in F Glazunov - Suite for String Quartet, Op.35

K.380 & K.481

"Revelation" from this CD.

This CD shares a feature found on almost every recording by Lateef. Parts of it are, in my view, marvelous. Soulful swinging and highly creative. Other parts are somewhat dull and uninteresting. At least part of the reason is that Yusef decided to play such a wide variety of instruments, some of which were not particularly suited to jazz. It was his tenor saxophone that could often be thrilling and gives me the most enjoyment.

Disc 2

Hummel - String Quartet Op.3/3 Haydn - - Cello Concert in C major, No.1 - Du Pre

Vol.1

Op.20/1 & Op.20/5

with Ted Brown and Albert Dailey

K.533/494 & K.570

Disc 6

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.21, K.467 - Gulda Saint-Saens - Symphony No.2, Op.55

Schubert - Symphony No.8, D.759 "Unfinished" Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33

Disc 4 - John Farnsworth Sextet - The Good Life

Op.1/4 , Op.1/6, Op.2/1