Peter Friedman

D.887 - unfortunately divided between two discs, as was previously pointed out.

There is one thing that is almost 100% certain to appear here. Any reference to Wynton Marsalis (and usually Oscar Peterson) will bring on strong attacks against those musicians. They are often treated as the devil's spawn. It almost becomes comical to observe. While neither Wynton or O.P. are among my favorite jazz musicians, there are many other jazz musicians I personally find far less enjoyable to hear play.

Op.64/4, Op.64/5 "The Lark", and Op.64/6

K.378, K.379, K.380 & K.454

Brendel - Mozart Piano Concerto No.6, K.238 Rubinstein, Szeryng, Fournier - Schumann Piano trio No.1, Op.63

Dianne Reeves

Symphony No.9, Op.95 "From The New World"

Another taste of Al Cohn on this one.

D.810 "Death and the Maiden"

I have just been reading the Mel Lewis biography. At one point Mel says that he is disappointed that he was never able to get any Al Cohn arrangements for his jazz orchestra. But explains by indicating that Al's eye problems prevented him from writing, so he decided to focus on playing. Not mentioned in the thread on Al Cohn is that having either Barry Harris or Jimmy Rowles on piano added a highly significant element to the tremendous success of these Xanadu sessions.

A lovely album. The piano solo by Hank Jones on the first track - The More I See You - was especially marvelous.