Peter Friedman

I will be getting a copy.

I had the original LP issues of both that I bought when they were first released. Sold them years ago when I switched to CDs. Currently have the Fresh sound of "The Message", and a Bainbridge copy of "In Action".

"Paradise Squat" by Count Basie from the 1950's Verve Studio Recordings reissued on Mosaic

I have quite a number of CDs with Bernt Rosengren as leader or sideman. As Leader Summit Meeting - Dragon Late Date : A Tribute To Lars Gullin - Mirrors Inside Pictures : A Tribute To Lars Gullin, Vol.II - Mirrors Surprise Party - Steeplechase As A Sideman with a Significant Role Maffy Falay Sextet - Hank's Time - Liphone Doug Raney Sextet - Meeting The Tenors - Criss cross Doug Raney Quintet - Cuttin' Loose - Steeplechase Doug Raney Quartet - Listen - Steeplechase Doug Raney Quintet - I'll Close My Eyes - Steeplechase Doug Raney Quintet - Lazy Bird - Steeplechase Arne Domnerus - Face To Face - Dragon Sideman with a Small Role Nils Lindberg - Saxes Galore/Brass Galore - Bluebell Lars Gullin - Bluesport - EMI Odeon Lars Gullin - Aeros Aromatic Atomica Suite - EMI Odeon

Yes, Starker' s Bach Cello Suites and Sonatas are very good. His recordings of Cello Concertos by Schumann, Lalo, and Saint-Saens are also top notch.

I checked a wide variety of albums where he is either leader or sideman. They all referred to him as Sonny Red. Perhaps you are thinking of the two d's in the female alto sax player Vi Redd?

Am currently listening to Yevgeny Sudbin playing Haydn on a recently acquired disc on the BIS label. So far, I find it highly enjoyable.

I have two SACDs by the Amsterdam String Quartet playing Haydn on historical Instruments on the Channel Classics label. Both of these discs are, to my ears, very very good.

I have long enjoyed Jack Montrose's Pacific Jazz and Atlantic albums, but never cared for this RCA session. Found it rather dull. Montrose made a much later CD on the Holt label. He is joined on this one by Bill Watrous, Pete Jolly, Chuck Berghofer and Nick Martinis. All the tunes on this 1990 date were written by label owner David Jack Holt. It is ,in my view, an interesting CD.

I have a cd of George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra playing great orchestral highlights from the Ring series. Though I am no Wagner buff, I like this disc very much.

I bought my Grumiaux / Klien box quite a few years ago when the price was very reasonable. I just checked Amazon and see what you mean about the crazy prices for that set. Have not heard the Grumiaux / Haskil set so am unable to make a comparison.

I have the Grumiaux /Walter Klien 4 CD Box on Philips It would be difficult, in my opinion, to find a better set than that.

I need to put in a good word for a trumpet player I greatly admire - Bill Hardman. The vast majority of his recordings were on other labels, though he was sideman on a Hank Mobley and a Lou Donaldson session on Blue Note. Hardman's playing on the Mobley album, which also includes Sonny Clark, is particularly good. But if forced to select my one favorite on Blue Note, it would be Kenny Dorham.

I like Clifford Jordan a lot. He has made a great many fine recordings. Here are some of my favorites. The Adventurer - 32 Jazz Mosaic - Milestone Live At Ethell's - Musical Heritage Two Tenor Winner - Criss Cross Cliff Craft - Blue Note

Think that was "Red Alert." Nice one. I also like that one. It was back in the period when I found Chris Potter's playing to my taste. That is rarely any longer true.

Someone needs to present the other point of view. I have heard most of the "so-called younger" tenor players mentioned above and don't care for any of them except for Grant Stewart , Harry Allen and Eric Alexander and a very few recordings I have heard by Joshua Redman (not most of his output). They may not be breaking any new ground, but I am not looking for the newest, most innovative player. We all have our musical taste, and clearly mine is very different from many who posted on this thread.

I have these two CDs with Derek Watkins as leader or co-leader on The British Zephyr label. Both are, for me, quite enjoyable. Warren Vache meets Derek Watkins - Stardust Derek Watkins & The Brian Lemon Trio - Over The Rainbow

AREN'T WE AFTER MORE CREATIVE AND LESS RETRO DIRECTIONS? Try guys like Samo Salamon, Julian Lage, etc. All I have to say is OY. FWIW, Eubanks' latest is excellent, and if you want to hear some creative guitar playing from years past from him, just pick up any of the ones where he appears with Dave Holland. "Extensions" comes immediately to mind. Whether Malone is "at the top" depends wholly on your definition of that phrase. There are several guitarists out there who are at the top of their games, for instance. I don't know.........someone named "Metheny" comes to mind! Guys like Eubanks and Juris smoke both of these guys IMHO of course. Juris has a lovely soft approach to some very advanced Post-Coltrane modalism for sure (a bit like the Liebman school of Saxophanists), but he's hardly what I'd call a commanding player. Now Malone on the other hand, doesn't really suffer from that problem Eubanks I haven't heard in years though. Please take this within the spirit with which it's intended: you are out of your mind! Not sure who "we" are in the above comment about being "after more creative ... directions". But it sure does not include everyone here in the way you mean it. None of the guitar players you refer to in a positive way appeal to me.

I have this one and am in complete agreement with what King Ubu said.

Wow, Peter, I'm surprised to hear that -- it was from you to John Norris to me that I started on Oz wines 20 years ago. I remember you choices at some dinners in Lewiston during the Artpark Jazz Festivals. I'm with you, though: I think success led to a lot of people jumping into th Oz wine biz, though there are still some Barossa Valley shirazes that are good drinking. Ted, Australia makes a lot of wine and no doubt some of it is apt to be very good. There was a period when wines from Australia were available at good prices for better than average bottles. But things took off and a lot of mass produced wines from Australia started to inundate the marketplace. They became big sellers and were not to my interest. Also wines from Argentina and Chile began to come into the market with many high quality wines at decent prices. So while on the whole I tend to not buy much wine from Australia, with care it is unquestionably possible to locate some Australian wines that will be highly pleasing.

When I lived in the East I drank a lot of French wines. i recall the days when I could get many very very fine Bordeaux's at very reasonable prices - under $20. A bottle. Many of these were classified growths. Here in the West the selection of French wines is very limited. So since living here I have focused more on wines from California, Oregon and Washington State. There was a period when I drank a lot of Zinfandels. But the high alcohol and jammy quality turned me away from that varietal. I drink very few white wines. I have become a serious Pinot Noir lover. My favorites come from the Willamette Valley of Oregon. I also enjoy Pinots from Sonoma and the San Luis Obisbo regions in California. New Zealand is also coming out with some nice Pinots. Along with Pinots, I also like Cabernets very much. Wines from Argentina, especially Malbecs are a good value, as are wines from Chile. There are many wines from Spain and Italy I like, but don't drink many of them. Wines from Australia have disappointed me lately so I tend to stay away from them for the most part. We drink wine with dinner every night, and it is always fun to pick out what bottle to open depending on the food.

Looking forward to comments from those who have a copy.

I read this book a few years ago and thought it to be one of the best jazz biographies out there. I did not find it a bit "plodding".

Mel Rhyne was one of my favorite organ players. His recordings with Wes and the numerous things he did on Criss Cross are all music I defintely have enjoyed. R.I.P.

Joe Pass / JJ Johnson - We'll Be Together Again - Pablo Zoot Sims / Joe Pass - Blues For Two - Pablo Scott Hamilton / Bucky Pizzarelli - The Red Door - Concord Jazz