Peter Friedman

This was a surprise. Had he been ill? He was a very good drummer. Sad news.

The Basie Band when Pres there, Jones-Lewis, Clarke-Boland, various Ellington Bands.

I have had a pair of B & W DM 601 speakers in a second sound system in my bedroom for a number of years. i like them very much at that price range.

I just played my copy yesterday for the second time. This is a very good CD.

Couldn't figure out what prevented me from accessing various threads on the Forum. Glad things have returned to normal.

Some years ago my wife and i were on a vacation on the Caribbean Island of Jamaica. We were just getting ready to return to the airport for a flight home when Clifford Jordan arrived at the resort. I spoke to him briefly and was disappointed that he was arriving just as we were leaving.

I was fortune to see Rein play live at a couple of events put on by Ken Poston in California. Rein is a strong bebop oriented piano player who I like very much. I have most of his recordings on CD playing with a great variety of musicians.

Wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

All this discussion of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Band is interesting, but for me does not tell the story. I consider my self fortunate to have seen the Jones-Lewis Band live many times. At the Village Vanguard 2 or 3 times, in Rochester, New York a couple of times, and even twice in Oslo, Norway. With the exception of Basie and Ellington, that band was by far the most musically enjoyable I have heard. I preferred the Jones-Lewis band to the many others I have seen live including Gerald Wilson, Toshiko, Clayton- Hamilton, Bob Florence, FranKie Capp,and countless others. The Writing by Thad and Brookmeyer and the great soloists such as Pepper Adams, Roland Hanna, Billy Harper and Thad were marvelous. When that band performed there was an electricity in the air that permeated the room. Two bands that I also consider at the top of the "heap" - Kenny Clarke/ Francy Boland and The Gerry Mulligan Concert Band . I was never able to see either of them live, so my reaction is based solely on their recordings.

I have and enjoy single CDs of Haydn piano sonatas by the following: Anton Nel - MusicMasters Emanuel - Ax - CBS Gilbert Kalish - Nonesuch Zoltan Kocsis - Hungaroton Dezso Ranki - Hungatoton Ivor Gotovsky - Pyramid Not sure which if any are still available as I have had them for many years.

Pianist Gene DiNovi played with Bird. He also played and recorded with Lester Young and Benny Goodman. DiNovi currently lives in Toronto, Canada.

I agree that Piano and Pen is by no means a high energy session. However, for me there is a tasty low key elegance that make it quite enjoyable. My recollection is that the Katz Trio date on Reservoir is a more swinging session.

I agree that Dedicated To You is a good one, but prefer Any Old Time on Denon. The latter is one of my very favorite recordings by Carmen.

The Dick Katz on Atlantic is very good. I also highly recommend his trio session on Reservoir. There is also a nice quintet recording with Katz as leader on Reservoir

Hey, you can have Delmark instead of Deutsche Grammophon, which ain't a jazz label. Or I'm going to put Syllart back in I'm not familiar with the whole range of Rounder - only have a couple of jazz albums on that label. Oh, and Columbia (not your choice, I know, Bebop) is hardly a jazz label. Only a tiny proportion of its output has been jazz, compared to Atlantic, Savoy and Chess. MG Columbia may not be primarily a jazz label, but look what you get! ! Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Monk, Mingus, Stan Getz, Ellington, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith,Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and countless others. Also need to add Woody Herman, Bud Powell, Basie, Dexter Gordon, Brubeck, Jimmy Rowles & Bill Evans.

There are some piano players I like lalmost every time I hear them live or on recordings. There are others whose work never or only rarely appeals to me. Hersch is in the 3rd group. Some of his recordings are, for me, boring. Yet there are others that I do enjoy. Though impossible to actually quantify, I would say it is roughly a 50 - 50 split.

It is clearly just one persons opinion. There is no doubt that a list put forth by most posters here would be dramatically different from that of Burning Ambulance. If I was to make such a list of favorite - not greatest - saxophone players, it wouldn't be even close to the one here.

There is a third Steve Davis, a drummer who has played and recorded often with Lyne Arriale

I believe Jimmy Heath played with Bird. Not certain, but suspect Barry Harris may also have played with him once or twice? Dick Hyman definitely played with Bird as he is the pianist on the brief film clip of Bird and Diz.

I have the Howard McGhee on CD made by Century Records in Japan. On the front cover and the CD itself it is listed as a Felsted session. My Cecil Payne - Connection session is on a 1992 CD issue on Fresh Sound. The CD is titled Cecil Payne - Stop And Listen To .... There are 2 LPs of music on this CD.

I am able to watch youtube on my large flat screen tv and hear it through my audio system. That makes it , for me, a far more positive viewing and listening experience. This Dexter YouTube was highly enjoyable. The version of Society Red was particularly good in my opinion.

I originally had this on LP when first issued. Now have the earlier CD release. As has been said, one of the most appealing aspects of this recording is that it is very different from his countless blowing sessions on Steeplechase, Prestige and Blue Note. Though I like The blowing sessions, it is nice to see Dexter presented in a different manner.

I agree with Mom's that the Harold Mabern's are decent but not essential. Actually the CD on the list that I fand most appealing is the Cedar Walton. Though not my favorite Cedar Walton Trio CD, it is nonetheless quite good.

There are many many CDs on that label that I could recommend. Besides what has already been suggested, here are some musicians on Criss Cross who are , in my opinion, well worth checking out. Grant Stewart Peter Beets Joe Magnarelli John Swana Steve Nelson Peter Bernstein Also many earlier things on Criss Cross by: Cedar Walton Jimmy Raney Chet Baker Ted Brown Dave Pike Warne Marsh Clifford Jordan Slide Hampton

Here are some I like: Joe Cohn & Doug Raney - Two Funky People Todd Coolman Trio with Joe Henderson - Lexicon Mike LeDonne Trio - To Each His Own Mike LeDonne - Bags Groove (A Tribute To Milt Jackson) Frank Rosolino - Fond memories Of...