Peter Friedman

A number of the Great American Songbook composers can also be considered fine melodists.

I have a number of recordings by Argerich. Some of my favorites include. Mozart Piano Concerto No.18 with Jochum. Chopin - The legendary 1965 recordings Chopin - 26 Preludes, etc Bach - Toccata BWV 911, Partita No.2, English Suite Her playing is often fiery and captivting and has excellent technique.

Last evening was the final concert of the season by the Arizona Friends Of Chamber Music . The Berlin based Artemis Quartet performed. I was unfamiliar with this group prior to last nights performance. They began with an excellent performance of Beethoven's String Quartet Op18/1. It would be difficult to imagine that this delightful piece could be played any better than last nights version by the Artemis Quartet. Next came Quartet No.5 by the Latvian composer Peteris Vaska. Though I am not a fan of most contemporary classical music, this piece composed in 2006 was more enjoyable to me than many other modern pieces I have heard. After the intermission the Artemis played Quartet No.1 " From My Life" by Smetana. Listening to the Artemis Quartet do their magic with the deep emotional content of this magnificent piece was a thrilling experience that almost brought tears to my eyes a few times. The Artemis Quartet played each piece with a combination of great technique, sensitivity, and serious intensity. It is a group I hope to have an opportunity to hear again. I also plan to look for recordings by this steller string quartet.

Has anyone compared the audio quality of the Fantasy (Prestige, Riverside, Contemporary) K2 20 bit recordings with the SHM-CD series?

The tune "Silver's Blue" from the CD of the same title on Epic. Horace Silver's solo is a knockout.

A wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it. Long ago when I was a college student I had a summer job with the Detroit Dept. Of Parks and Recreation. I was working at a recreation center not far from where Charles McPherson lived. i remember a couple of times Charles And his good friend trumpet player Lonnie Hillyer came to the center to check out a basketball and shoot some hoops. We spoke a bit and of course part of the discussion had to do with Barry Harris. By the way, Charles McPherson has a new CD out. It it titled "Journey" and on the Capri label. I have heard the first 4 tracks so far, and it is excellent.

When I arrived home this morning after playing tennis I found a box had arrived from CD Japan. The following SHM-CDs were in the box. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers At Cafe Bohemia, Vol.1 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Free For All Clifford Brown Memorial Album Freddie Hubbard - Here To Stay Horace Silver - Song For My Father Ike Quebec - Easy Living JJ Johnson - The Eminent, Vol.1 Jackie McLean Quintet Larry Young - Unity Milt Jackson Sonny Clark - Mt Conception Sonny Clark - Leapin' and Lopin' Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Jazz, Vol.1 Thelonious Monk - Genius Of Modern Jazz, Vol.2 Tina Brooks - True Blue

You Don't Know What Love Is by Mike Melito Quintet - The Nest Step - Weebop Terrific solos by Grant Stewart, Joe Magnarelli, Dino Losito, Mike Melito

I too have always enjoyed Gibbs playing. His series of Dream Band albums on Contemporary are marvelous.

Just played my new SHM-CD copy of "When Farmer Met Gryce". Outstanding audio quality. Encourages me to get some more Prestige SHM-CDs.

Back in the 50's I had a Bird LP on Dial with a great album cover. Sold it long ago.

I saw Lew at The Paradise Valley Jazz Party a couple of years ago.He played well.

Which titles? These are the ones I have ordered. If I like them as much as I hope I do, I will probably order some more. Monk, Vol1 Monk Vol.2 Art Blakey - Free For All JJ Johnson Vol.1 Sonny Clark My Conceptiopn Tina Brooks True Blue Ike Quebec Easy Living Hank Mobley Roll Call Sonny Rollins Vol.2 Jackie McLean Quintet Larry Young Unity

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It depends on how long you microwave it. The math is the important element !

I have not posted to this thread, but have been following it for some time. Finally decided to place an order yesterday for a bunch of Blue Note SHM-CDs from CD Japan.

What a treat! I bought J.R.'s Blue Note LP when it first came out and became an instant fan. After that I sought out the various other recordings with him as a sideman and then later as leader. I dug his Blue Note album so much, was disappointed that he only recorded that one as leader on that label.

Last evening attended a concert by the Auryn Quartet. They played Beethoven's Op.18/5 in the first half ot the program. following the intermission they played Beethoven's Op.130 and Op.133. They were at their very best in Op.130. The small Louis Rich Theatre was completely filled, and extra chairs were added on both sides of the stage to allow more people to attend. The audience response was highly enthusiastic and the Auryn Quartet responded with an encore of an Andante from a Quartet by Haydn. I was unable to hear which specific Haydn quartet it was from. This was another fine concert in the series put on by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.

Here is my list of many of the jazz books I have enjoyed. I am certain to have forgotten some others. Jazz On Record : A Critical Guide To The First Fifty Years - McCarthy, Morgan, Oliver, Harrison The Essential Jazz Recordings : Vol.2 Modernism to Postmodernism - Harrison, Thacker, Nicho;son Bill Evans : How My Heart Sings - Pettinger Loose Shoes : The Story of Ralph Sutton - Shacter Take Five : The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond - Ramsey Before Motown : A History of Jazz in Detroit 1920-1960 - Bjorn with Gallert Ten Modern Jazzmen - M. James Jazz Masters of The Forties - Gitler Swing To Bop - Gitler Jazz Masters of the Fifties - Goldberg Rat Race Blues : The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce - Cohen & Fitzgerald An Unsung Cat : The Life and Music of Warne Marsh - Chamberlain The Jazz Tradition - Williams Where's The Melody - Williams Jazz Panorama - Williams Thelonious Monk : The Life and Times of an American Genius - Kelley Norman Granz : The Man Who Used Jazz For Justice - Hershorn Drummin' Men : The Heartbeat of Jazz : The bebop Years - Korall The Song of the Hawk - Chilton Roy Eldridge : Little Jazz Giant - Chilton Pee Wee Russell : The Life of a Jazzman - Hilbert Too Marvelous For Words - The Life & genius of Art Tatum - Lester Good Vibes : A Life in Jazz - Terry Gibbs with Ginell Raise Up Off me - Hawes

Thanks T.D.

This may have been clarified before? I am interested if John Meyers who is listed as the pianist on 3 tracks on Jackie Mclean's - Strange Blues - album is the same person as pianist Jon Mayer ?

We have lost another important link to the past. One of the very few to have spent time in both the Basie and Ellington Band. He will be missed. R.I.P.

I do tend to hear a closer relationship to jazz small groups in chamber music as compared to large symphony orchestras. For me personally, the intimate setting of a small venue for both jazz and classical music is very important. I much prefer to be close to the musicians and that way feel more directly involved in the music when attending a live performance. I do not, with only very very rare exceptions attend jazz concerts in large halls or go to huge festivals. I prefer clubs or the Jazz Party experience where the room and size of the audience is usually no more than two to three hundred and fifty people. I don't care to listen to a symphony concert in a hall that hold 2 to 3 thousand people. The chamber music series I attend typically has an audience of about 4 hundred people and is in a very nice small auditorium. Music by symphony orchestras is something I prefer to hear at home with my good quality sound system with me sitting about 10 feet away from the speakers. I usually have a cup pf coffee at my side.

Jim, though my experience is very different than yours, and I am one of the "Traditionalists" you mentioned, one point you made is one I can identify with very well. One reason I "stayed away" from classical music for many years was my frustration that classical music received so much institutional support in a variety of ways, while jazz was ignored by the political and economic power groups. Though you did not mention this, the formality of sitting stiffly with a suit on in a very large concert hall was a turn off. I found sitting in a smoke filled jazz club, dressed more casually with a drink on the table far more pleasant. When I returned to classical music in the mid 80's and began to attend concerts I found chamber music especially more to my taste. Not only did I really like the string quartets, piano trios, etc., but the much much smaller venues provided an intimacy that was more in line with the way I preferred to listen to jazz.