Peter Friedman

Dan, Your musical taste and mine are very very similar. I counted 60 from your list that I have. In fact, some you listed almost made my list of 100. I could fairly easily list a second and even third 100 recordings from my collection that I believe to be overlooked. As our tastes are so much alike, I will definitely want to check out some of those on your list that I don't have

The album BEAN BAGS - on Atlantic by Milt Jackson & Coleman Hawkins fits this thread perfectly.

Paul, I am taking you up on your offer to add my own list of 100 recordings worth listening to. These are all from CD's in my collection. They are in random order. Buster Williams - Live At Montreux Jazz Festival - TCB Conte Candoli - Sweet Simon - BR James Clay - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart - Antilles Ruby Braff - You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me - Arbors Frank Portenza & Shelly Berg - First Takes - Azica Dan Faulk Quartet - Focusing In - Criss Cross Lee Konitz In Harvard Square - Black Lion Shirley Scott Trio - Blues Everywhere - Candid Jim Hall & Bob Brookmeyer - Live At Northsea Jazz Festival - Challenge Stan Getz - Yous And Mine - Concord Jazz Enrico Pieranunzi Trio - Live In paris - Challenge Danny Moss Quartet - Weaver Of Dreams - Nagel-Heyer Meet Oliver Nelson - New Jazz Jay McShann Quintet - Going To Kansas City - New World Nisse Sandstrom - Home Cooking - Phontastic Kenny Davern And His Rhythm Men - Arbors Ray Bryant - Trio Today - EmArcy Shorty Rogers & Andre Previn - Collaboration - RCA Dan Barrett Octet - Strictly Confidential - Concord Jazz Paul Gonsalves - Ellington Moods & Blues - RCA George Wallington Quintet - Live At cafe Bohemia - Prestige Bob Wilber's Tribute To Coleman Hawkins - Bean - Arbors John Hicks Trio - Expectations - Reservoir Buck Hill - The Buck Stops Here - Muse Red Norvo's Small Bands - Just A Mood - RCA John Marshall Quintet - Keep On Keepin' On - Mons Nat Pierce/Dick Collins/Ralph Burns & the Herdsmen - Play Paris - Fantasy Charles McPherson - Live At The Cellar - Cellar Live Warren Vache - Dream Dancing - Arbors Ralph Lalama - Feelin' & Dealin' - Criss Cross Murley, Bickert & Wallace - Live At The Senator - Cornerstone John Lewis - The Garden Of Delight / Delauney's Dilemma - EmArcy Marty Paich Big Band - Moanin' - Discovery Jeff Hamilton Trio Featuring Frits Landesbergen - Dynavibes - Mons Sal Nistico - Heavyweights - Milestone David Friesen Trio - Midnight Mood - Intuition Roy Eldridge 4 - Montreux '77 - Pablo Peter Bernstein - Signs Of Life - Criss Cross Bob Cooper - For All We Know - Fresh Sound Clifford Jordan's Big Band - Play What You Feel - Mapleshade Jan Lundgren Trio - Cookin" At The Bakery - Fresh Sound Sonny Red - Red, Blue & green - Milestone Count Basie and Kansas City 8 - Get Together - Pablo Andy Simpkins Quintet - Comin' At Ya - Mama Herb Geller - That Geller Feller - Fresh Sound Marchel Ivery - Marchel's Mode - Leaning House Dado Moroni - Out Of The Night - Jazz Focus Herb Ellis & Stuff Smith - Together - Koch Jazz Bob Mover Quintet - Television - DSM Cedar Walton Trio - Cedar - Timeless Stu Williamson Plays - Fresh Sound Paul Quinichette - Like Basie - Mighty Quinn Duke Jordan Trio - Two Loves - Steeplechase Jay Thomas - Live At Tula's - McVouty Hal McKusick - Now's The Time - Decca Frank Strazzeri Trio - I Remember You - Fresh Sound Benny Bailey - For Heaven's Sake - Hot House Arranged/Played/Composed By Jack Montrose - Koch Jazz J.R. Monterose - T.T.T. - Storyville Don Sickler - Night Watch - Uptown Jimmy Raney - Complete In Tokyo - Xanadu Dave Glasser - Dreams Askew, Dreams Anew - Aremis Horace Parlan Trio - No Blues - Steeplechase Flip Phillips - Swing Is The Thing - Verve Dolo Coker - California Hard - Xanadu Dizzy Gillespie - A Portrait Of Duke Ellington - Verve Bob Rockwell - Born To Be Blue - Steeplechase Eddie Higgins - Haunted Heart - Sunnyside James Moody - And His Hip Organ Trio - Xanadu Hugh Lawson Trio - Prime Time - Storyville Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band - On The Roll - Steeplechase Doug Raney - Cuttin' Loose - Steeplechase Sir Charles Thompson - His Personal Vanguard Recordings - Vanguard Howard McGhee - Jazz brothers - Storyville Kenny Barron Trio - The Only One - Reservoir Peter Leitch - Red Zone - Reservoir Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra - The Magic Touch - Riverside Cees Slinger - Sling Shot - Timeless Dave Pike - It's time For Pike - Riverside Steve Kuhn Trio - Dedication - Reservoir Ed Bickert - Out Of the Past - Sackville Lin Halliday - Delayed Exposure - Delmark Charles Thomas Trio - The Finishing Touch - Space Time Harold Danko - Oatts & Perry - Steeplechase Donald Byrd - Au Chat qui Peche - Fresh Sound The Ballad Artistry Of Buddy Tate - Sackville Tardo Hammer Trio - Look, Stop Listen - Sharp 9 Tad Shull Quartet - In The Land Of The Tenor - Criss Cross Bertha Hope Quintet - Bertha's Fire - Steeplechase Barney Kessel - Let's Cook - Contemporary Barry Harris - Luminescence - Prestige Danny D'Imperio - The Outlaw - Sackville Doug Lawrence - Soul Carnival - Fable Walter Davis, Jr. - Scorpio Rising - Steeplechase Alvin Queen & Dusko Goykovich - A Day In Holland - Sound Hills Nils Lindberg - Sax Appeal & Trisection - Dragon Rob Schneiderman - Keepin' In The Groove - Reservoir Richie Vitale Quintet - Dreamsville - TCB Dave McKenna - Handful Of Stars - Concord Jazz Coleman Hawkins - Rainbow Mist - Delmark

Paul, Thanks for the interesting list. I have many from your list, but there are at least a few you mentioned that I want to check into a bit.

Just dug out a somewhat obscure Art Farmer CD titled "A Sleeping Bee". It is a 1974 session recorded in Stockholm, Sweden on the Sonet label. Farmer is joined by Red Mitchell and a mixture of Swedish and American musicians. Art sounds very good here.

I have 32 from the complete list. "Jazzman" by Rene Urtreger was mentioned in a previous post. It's a good one. Urtreger is a pianist who deserves far more attention than he usually gets.

Jack, I have a copy of "The Time and The Place" on a Collectables CD. Art Farmer's "Baroque Sketches" is also on that same Collectables CD. I am assuming that what I have is an exact reissue of the Columbia Lp of "The Time and The Place" ? Can you clarify that for me?

I too have been waiting for a long long time to see this one re-issued on CD.

My favorite recording by Jerome Richardson is the one on the TCB label titled JAZZ STATION RUNAWAY. He is joined by Russell Malone, David Hazeltine, George Mraz, and Lewis Nash. I prefer this to all the other recordings he made as leader.

Just checked and discovered that I have a very extensive collection of Sonny Stitt CDs as leader, and many many more where he is a sideman. I always enjoy listening to him, but don't often play more than one album of his at a listening session. I recall seeing Sonny Stitt long long ago playing in Detroit with a number of young local musicians. The drummer was very nervous and didn't want to play anything ultra fast and mentioned that to Sonny. Stitt nodded and then counted off a tune at a very fast speed. I guess he could be a jerk at times.

If all the negative comments are not just people trying to be funny, then another view is needed. This is a marvelous Sonny Rollins record. It is one I would definitely not want be be without!!!!!!!!

Along with the Mingus already mentioned, I would put the Art Tatum/Ben Webster on the list of essential recordings.

The Danny Moss CDs mentioned - "Weaver Of Dreams" and "Keeper Of The Flame" are both good ones. Here are some other worthy CDs by Danny Moss as leader: Steamers - Nagel Heyer Steam Power - Nagel Heyer At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 1999 - Nif Nuf Returns To Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 2000 - Nif Nuf Swings Again At Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 2003 - Nif Nuf

Received this one in the mail yesterday. Sam Yahel on organ and Paul Wetico on drums join Larry Coryell on this brand new Chesky session. This trio blends together perfectly. Both Coryell and Yahel play top quality solos, and the tunes are first rate as well.

Also, Johnny Griffin's Griff 'n' Bags is available and Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz is forthcoming (though there is a huge amount of duplication between those 2 titles). There is also a lot of duplication on the Shihab title with what was previously issued on CD as "And All Those Cats" on Rearward 102

You're the piano man, Peter. I like all of those Riverside trio albums you mentioned. What don't you like about the Prestige ones? MG MG, Haven't heard them in quite some time. But as I didn't think much of them when I first acquired them, I disposed of them. My recollection, though admittedly a bit vague, is that they were attempting to "cash in" on the popularity Timmons gained via his" jazz hits" with Cannonball. They seemed to lack a coherent trio feeling and had a sort of less than "authentic" feeling to them. By contrast, the Riversides had strong rhythm sections and , to my taste, swung more and with a greater sense of unity. Now, it is possible that if I heard them again today, my opinion might be different.

The booklet indicates the concert was held in the Jubilee Auditorium.

Not sure if there has been a thread on this CD? It is a previously unissued quartet session that features Desmond with Ed Bickert, Don Thompson, and Jerry Fuller. Some may resist because it is on the Gambit label. The music is, in my view outstanding. Desmond plays beautifully, and the 3 Canadians are also excellent. To top things off, the audio quality if first class. This CD gets my strongest recommendation. Those who are fans of Paul Desmond won't want to be without it.

"This Here' is a nice session, but is not one of my favorite Timmons albums. The one's I like best are, with one exception, on Riverside. In Person Easy Does It Born To Be Blue Sweet And Soulful Sounds Soul Time (with Blue Mitchell) I don't care much for most of Timmons Prestige albums. However that one exception I referred to above is "The Soul Man" which happens to be on Prestige. This one also includes some of my favorite playing by Wayne Shorter and Ron Carter.

Also check out this CD on the Swedish Dragon label. Rolf Ericson & The American Stars 1956

There is a very nice Charlie Rouse CD on Landmark titled "Epistrophy". It was recorded at a Thelonious Monk Birthday Tribute concert in 1988 , only 7 weeks before Rouse died of Lung cancer. Listening to this recording, I am unable to detect any evidence that Rouse was so ill. Don Cherry plays on 2 tracks, George Cables plays great piano on 6 tracks and Jessica Williams is on 1 track. Buddy Montgomery plays vibes on 3 tracks, and the rhythm section includes Jeff Chambers on bass, and Ralph Penland on drums. I find this to be a most interesting and enjoyable recording.

Blue Head, Fire, and Head's Up are all damn fine David "Fathead" Newman CDs. Thankfully I have all 3 and got them when they were first available.

$3.98 was the norm, IIRC. Maybe $4.98 for stereo. Or maybe at one (earlier) point, a dollar less both ways. I bought my first LP in 1968, and that's what prices were then. I began buying LPs in the mid-50's when they first came out. The prices were what Jim said above. In the 60's one could find LP cutouts for $1.69 to $2.50 each. I recall going to a discount dept. store in Detroit in about 1964 and buying a large number of EmArcy LP cutouts for $1.69 each. Another time I went to an electronics store and found a bunch of original Blue Note LPs for $2.00 each. Typically on a saturday I would make the rounds of a number of discount stores and invariably come home with anywhere from 2 to 8 LPs I had bought at bargain prices.

In my view, you are not likely to go wrong with any of Braff's recordings. He was a highly consistent player. His Arbors and Concord recordings are all very good. The things on Vanguard are also terrific. I also agree that his Sackville date with Ed Bickert is excellent. Braff has been one of my favorite trumpet (actually cornet) players for many years. He was overlooked by many listeners who tended to focus on the bop and hard bop trumpet players while ignoring Ruby's outstanding contributions.

A really fine session. Purchased the LP when it was first issued, and now am extremely happy to have a CD copy. Has there ever been a thread that focuses on the one and only album by a leader that turned out to be very very good? This one certainly is a prime example.