Peter Friedman

Steeplechase has released about 30 recordings by Dexter Gordon. This one is among my very favorites.

Brahms - Piano Quartet No.2, Op.26

Beethoven - Triple Concerto

Debussy - Violin Sonata Enesco - Violin Sonata No.3

Satolu Oda with Slide Hampton and the Hank Jones Great Jazz trio

Terrific all-star group - Johnny Griffin, Antonio Hart, Lew Soloff, Joe Locke, Cyrus Chestnut, George Mraz, Lewis Nash, Steve Berrios

Not sure how I missed this thread until now? Though Buddy Rich was a great drummer, there were many other drummers I prefer to hear with jazz groups of various size. Saw his big band a couple of times and didn't find it to my taste. As Marcello knows, I knew Barry Kiener very well. Heard him play countless times while I was living in Rochester,New York. He asked me to write the liner notes for an album he did . Barry had a lengthy duo gig at a bar on top of a local upscale hotel. I used to go there to hear him regularly. I encouraged my good friend John Norris to hire Barry for a gig at the club in Toronto where John was doing the booking. My wife and I had Barry and his girlfriend (Diana?) for dinner at our house. Barry was a record collector and enjoyed looking through my collection. The first time I heard Barry was a strange one. Jimmy Rowles was playing a gig at the Round Towner Hotel in Rochester. We went to hear Jimmy, but his consumption of alcohol caused him to literally almost pass out on the piano stool, and was unable to continue. Barry was in the audience and volunteered to step in to play. He played beautifully and I was an immediate fan. I too thankfully have a number of tapes of Barry's playing. Barry was a truly marvelous jazz piano player and his death at such a young age was a blow to jazz and to me personally.

I like this one.

Violin Sonatas No.4, No.6, & No.7

Brahms Cello Sonatas No.1 and No.2 plus Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A Flat major, Op.70, & 3 Fantasiestucke Op.73