Peter Friedman

Op.18/6

Horace Silver tunes done with passion and style

Op.31/2 "The Tempest" and Op.31/3 "The Hunt"

Op.50/6

Peter Bernstein Quartet - Let Loose - Smoke

Herbie Mann / Phil Woods -Beyond Brooklyn - MCG Jazz

Hope that McPherson's Today's Man will be released on CD.

James Moody - Honey - RCA Novus with Kenny Barron, Todd Coolman, Akira Tana

Buck Hill - Capitol Hill - Muse with Barry Harris, Ray Drummond, Freddie Waits

I am not sure I understand what Jim said a bit earlier about not confusing what a person likes with "taste" in the broader world? Yes, everyone is entitled to like whatever they choose, but does that mean that "bad taste" beyond one persons preference does not exist more broadly? On the "old guy" issue, it is not unusual for a large number of people to have a special affection for the jazz they listened to in the formative period when they first developed an interest in that music. For me, that formative period was from roughly 1953 - 1962. Be-bop, West Coast Jazz, and Hard Bop were the focus of my musical interest. Little by little my interest broadened especially in the direction of the Swing period, the Condon Chicago music and the Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens. Allmost all this music was based on chord changes,the the structure of popular songs, and/or the blues. Other than the electric guitar, the music was played on acoustic instruments. As the years went by I flirted a bit with fusion, and "The New Thing". After those brief "flings" I realized that I did not find those new interests satisfying and came to recognize that my heart was firmly in the grip of the music referred to in the paragraph above. So now more than 60 years later the jazz I want to listen to is by the originators or the stylistic desciples of the music I truly love. Someone coming to jazz in the 70's, 80's or later is apt to have a different type of experience. They were not there to anxiously wait for the next release by Horace Silver, Miles Davis with Trane, or Stan Getz. Electric instruments could well have been nothing out of the ordinary as may also be the case for jazz not based on chord changes or popular song structure. i understand that others of my generation may have developed interests in jazz quite different than mine, but nonetheless believe that age is an important factor in understanding musical preferences for a large number of people. This may explain, at least a bit, why I am not pleased to listen to musicians I very much like such as Cedar Walton play the electric piano, or why I much prefer the acoustic bass over the electic bass. The comments in this thread from Hal Galper regardin the electric piano were music to my ears. someone

Sam Yahel - Searchin' - Naxos

Don Menza / Pete Magadini Quartet - Live at Claudios - Sackville

Carl Fontana Quintet - The Great Fontana - Uptown with Al Cohn

Art Farmer - Ph.D - Contemporary

I would agree that the Mainstream releases of the 70's reflect the period. That is probably why most of them don't reach me. i had a large percentage of them on LP at one time and disposed of almost all of them. Hearing someone like Cedar Walton (for example) a strong favorite , playing electric piano is a turnoff for me. The general vibe of so many Mainstream albums were such a letdown for me after so many great recrdings from the 50's and 60's. Just my personal opinion. But perhaps my old age is a key factor in my view.

Doing some traveling so unable to post images. Currently listening to : Peter Bernstein Quartet - Somethin's Burnin' - Criss Cross

Disc 2

String Quartet Op.18/1, Op.18/4, and Op.18/5