Peter Friedman

A good friend (jazz pianist) said to me a number of times, some musicians don"t have the writer gene. His point was that too many very fine jazz musicians write the tunes they play on gigs and record them as well. He believed a large percentage of those tunes tended to be sub-par. Excellent jazz players such as Zoot Sims and Stan Getz are examples of recognizing that writing tunes was not their strong suit. There are many excellent writers among jazz musicians. Oftentimes the tunes they write rarely get played or recorded by other than themselves. I just yesterday played a terrific Cd that had a variety of wonderful tunes. These tunes were written by Cedar Walton, Joe Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Tom McIntosh, Kenny Dorham, McCoy Tyner and Buddy Montgomery. Each tune was a delight. I would personally love to see musicians hunt out the really good tunes (not the ones we hear frequently) and perform/ record those tunes unless they are the rare individual who has the writing gene. just my opinion.

I have a CD copy of the Blue Note session - Kenny Dorham - Blue Lament - that was rejected for release. Listened to it yesterday. In my opinion it is a good but not outstanding session. Kenny Drew, Grant Green and the rhythm section play very very well. Though Kenny Dorham and Charles Davis are not at their very best, they certainly play well enough for this to have been released. I have heard a large number of CDs that have been released that were clearly less interesting and enjoyable than this one.

Kenny Dorham Sextet - Blue Lament I have CD copy of this "rejected" Blue Note session.

Beethoven - String Quartet Op.59/3 Gade - Symphony No.3, Op.15

In truth, the first 7 tracks are not my cup of tea. The last 5 tracks with different personnel are much more to my taste.

Delightful !!!

Mozart String Quartets - K.387 and K.421

Schumann - String Quartet No.1,Op.41/1 Schumann - Symphony No.2, Op.61

Disc one

Disc 1

Chopin - Mazurkas Op.24 and Op.30 Dvorak - Piano Trio No.2, Op.26