Peter Friedman

String Sextet No.1, Op.18

Lekeu - Violin Sonata Mozart - Clarinet Quintet

Haydn - Op.33/5 Brahms - String Sextet No.2, Op.36

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.2

Mozart - Piano Concerto No.15, K.450

Beethoven - String Trio Op.9/2 J.S. Bach - String Trio - Sinfonia No.3, 4, & 9 - Schubert - String Trio D.581

Disc 1 - 5 Violin Sonatas

Beethoven - Romance for Violin & Orch. No.2, Op.40 & No.2, Op.50 Saint-Saen - Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op.28

Borodin Quartet - Haydn Op.33/4 Zemlinsky Quartet - Beethoven Op.18/6

I was underwhelmed by both the Main Stem and the Joe Newman at Count Basie's albums. They were both just ok, but not more than that in my opinion. Disposed of them both a while back.

Mozart - Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orch. K.365 Franck - Violin Sonata

Haydn - String Quartet Op.33/3 Tchaikovsky - Piano Trio Op.50 (Arthur Rubinstein / Heifetz / Paitigorsky)

I especially like - Meet Oliver Nelson. Having Kenny Dorham and Ray Bryant on the session makes for a musical treat. Also have - Oliver Nelson with Lem Winchester - Nocturne. This is a very tasty Moodsville date that includes Richard Wands, George Duvivier, and Roy Haynes. Two Prestige CDs I dig.

Beethoven - String Trio Op.9/1 Svendsen - Octet for Strings Op.3

Though I read the book long long ago, my recollection is that Pepper himself, in his book, had a bit of an inferiority complex about his playing in comparison with the currently more hip East Coast hard bop players. He wanted to be more "up to date" by playing in the style of the most highly regarded players. That struck me as a large influence in changing his style to reflect the more "with it" type of playing at that time. Yes Elvin must have been an influence on his later Vanguard sessions, though strictly at the personal level, it was not an influence I found beneficial. Though clearly YMMD.

I am a big fan of John Marshall's recordings. I have 7 of his recordings as leader on the Organic label ( European), plus the one on Mons , one on Blue Jack (European), and the one on VSOP. Marshall is a sideman on 2 additional CDs on Blue Jack. His recordings are well worth checking out.

I like Shirley even more on piano. Her two piano trio CDs on Candid are very good.

Spohr - String Quartet No.12, Op.45/1 Schumann - Violin Sonata No.2, Op.121

I generally prefer Art Pepper's earlier and mid period playing. Some of his later things I do very much like,but others don't appeal. The influence of Coltrane spoiled some of Pepper's later recording for me. I have the same concern about the later playing of Harold Land and Bill Perkins. Though with Perkins it is not simply Coltrane's influence, but rather the influence of a combination of a number of Hard Bop tenor men.

Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No.3

Mozart -String Quartet K.465 "Dissonance" - Zemlinsky Quartet Schumann - Piano Quintet Op.44 - Gewandhaus Quartet plus Bernd Glemser