Peter Friedman

with Ruby Braff, Kenny Kersey or Dave Bowman, Al Hall, George Wettling

Piano Sonata No.29, Op.106 "Hammerklavier"

A very good hard bop session.

Larry, this is a Japanese reissue CD. The front of the booklet has the Red Mitchell session image, while the back page of the booklet has the Oscar Pettiford session image. The title of the CD is "Jazz Mainstream" on Bethlehem TOCJ-62083 I have no idea if it is still available. I have had it for a number of years.

These two sessions are on one Bethlehem CD.

Juilliard String Quartet - Brahms String Quartet No.1, Op.51/1 R. Serkin - Richard Strauss - Burleske for Piano & Orch.

All of these recordings were originally on the Sonet label . My copies are on the Gazell label. They were licensed from Sonet. Bob Brookmeyer - Back Again Al Cohn & Zoot Sims - Motoring Along Paris Reunion Band - French Cooking Paris Reunion Band - For Klook Joe Sample Trio - Fancy Dance Sonny Stitt with Art Blakey and the Jazz messengers - In Walked Sonny

Mozart Piano Sonatas - K.457, K.570 & K.576

I like the Art Farmer quite a bit. A few others, not mentioned yet, that I like are: Buddy Tate / Paul Quinichette / Jay McShann - Kansas City Joys Ruby Braff - Them There Eyes

I saw Art Farmer a few times. Once with the Jazztet, and then much later with his Quintet at the (Colorado) Vail Jazz Party in 1996. My collection of Art's recordings is very extensive. He was a wonderful jazz musician.

String Quartet - Op.133 and Op.135