Peter Friedman

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.

K.589 and K.590

Op.30/1 and Op.30/2

Disc 1 of 2

Beethoven - Op.95 "Quartetto Serioso" Mendelssohn String Quartet Op.80

Modern Jazz Quartet - Echoes

Kenny Drew - Tippin' with Toots Thielemans, N.H.O.P., Ed Thigpen

Istomin, Schneider, Casals - Schubert Piano Trio No.1, D.898 Argerich, R.Capicon, Chen, G.Capucon - Schumann Piano Quartet Op.47