Peter Friedman

There are quite a few Xanadu LPs that have never made it to CD. Here are a few of them: Dolo Coker - Dolo (with Blue Mitchell ,Harold Land,Leroy Vinnegar, Frank Butler) Sam Noto - Notes To You (w. Joe Romano, Ronnie Cuber and Jimmy Rowles,Sam Jones,Freddie Waits) Sam Noto - Act One (w. Joe Romano, Barry Harris, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins)

Wow, where to begin. I could make a very long list. Here are a few to get me started. Dizzy Gillespie - The Greatest Trumpet Of Them All - Verve Brew Moore - Brew's Stockholm Dew - Sonet Tiny Grimes - Profoundly Blue - Muse Art Farmer (w. Jackie McLean) - Live In Tokyo - CTI (Japanese) Hank Jones Trio - Have You Met This Jones - MPS Gerry Mulligan Quartet - Spring Is Sprung - Philips Harry Edison All-Stars (w. Zoot Sims) - 'S Wonderful - Pablo Live

I am retired so I play music a great deal of the time while doing many different things. I put on a CD first thing in the morning while drinking a cup of coffee, eating a light breakfast and reading the paper. I put on a CD in the car while driving to and from the tennis court. A CD is playing while I am getting cleaned up after tennis. Music is playing while on the computer, paying bills, etc. Just about the only time I am not playing music is when watching some television after dinner in the evening, or when I am sleeping.

I agree with Mike. All the live Blakey sessions are essential. I would select the Bohemia sessions as my favorites by a slight matgin. They have a special place in my jazz memory as they were among the very first Hard Bop recordings I owned way way back when they were first issued on 2 LPs.

Among living vibes players, my favorite is Steve Nelson. His playing is very much in the "Bags" tradition. He has a number of terrific CDs out under his own name plus his sideman work. I saw Nelson live about a year ago in a trio with Lewis Nash and Peter Washington. Steve's playing was quite impressive. Here are a number of Steve Nelson's CDs that I very much like. Communications - Criss Cross Live Session Two - Red New Beginnings - TCB The Second Time Around - Sunnyside Full Nelson - Sunnyside

Miles with Bird & Rollins did "Round Midnight" on Jan.30, 1953 Bird with The Dizzy Gillespie Orch did "Round Midnight" in Aug. 1948 Miles did "Well You Needn't" March 6, 1954 Bud did "Epistrophy" for Verve Jan.13,1955 Blakey & Messengers did "Blue Monk" & "Evidence" July 29,1957 on Calliope Blakey & Messengers also did "Justice"(Evidence) for Fontana on Dec 17, 1958.

Sorry for sending the quote before I had a chance to comment. I find it very difficult to select just a few favorites by THE GREAT JAZZ TRIO. It is hard to go wrong with almost any of them. Hank Jones is such a marvelous piano player, and the sidemen he uses are with only a few exceptions first rate musicians. Many of these recordings are no longer available. My recommendation would be( if you like Hank Jones) to grab the ones that you are able to find while you have the chance.

Wow, didn't know there WERE that many! Which of them do you consider the standout discs? ←

Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet and the Count Basie/Verve

At last count I had 25 CDs by The Great Jazz Trio. The only constant on all of them is that the piano player is Hank Jones. Bass players have included George Mraz, Mads Vinding, Yosuke Inque, Eddie Gomez, Ron Carter, Buster Williams, John Patitucci and Richard Davis. The drummers have been Jimmie Smith, Roy Haynes, Billy Hart, Ben Riley, Jimmy Cobb, Al Foster, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Buddy Williams, and Elvin Jones.

Yes, that 3 CD set titled HUM is outstanding. Here are a few other good CDs (not mentioned) I like by Rene Urtreger as leader. Rene Urtreger Trio - Move - Black & Blue Rene Urtreger (solo) - Jazzman - Carlyne Rene Urtreger - Serena - Carlyne

I have both sets. I would recommend the set by Murray Perahia. My bias is toward the sound of the more modern piano. I enjoy hearing the fortepiano once in a while just for something a bit different, but the fullness and greater presence of the modern piano is one that I definitely prefer.

Interesting to find that 3 of my all time favoites drummers get blasted by some people. Art Blakey and Philly Joe Jones could kick and inspire a soloist wonderfully. These two great players along with Billy Higgins are my idea of the perfect Hard Bop drummers. Ben Riley gets my award for the drummer with the most taste. I have heard him both live and in person many times with the Kenny Barron Trio. Riley constantly knocks me out with his subtle yet very swinging playing. He gets that tap dancing feeling at times that only very few drummers are able to achieve. Listening to Ben Riley has brought more smiles to my face than perhaps any other drummer.

Here are my favorite Roland Hanna CDs At Maybeck (solo) - Concord Trbutaries: Reflections On Tommy Flanagan Solo) - IPO Duke Ellington Piano Solos (solo) - Jazz heritage society Plays Gershwin (quartet) - LRC Play For Monk (duo) - Musical heritage society Glove (trio) - Storyville Apres Un Reve (trio) - Venus Milano, Paris, New York, Finding John Lewis (trio) - Venus

There are many many drummers I like. here are some of my favorites tht quicky come to mind. Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Billy Higgins, Lewis Nash,Shelly Manne, Leroy Williams, Tony Williams, Mel Lewis, Jeff Hamilton

Can someone please share some information on how to order this CD from redoctopus. the website is not in English and I haven't been able to figure out how to place an order for the Kleinschuster CD.

If you like the "early" Tristano-Konitz-Marsh style I suggest you look into a number of recordings by Swedish musicians. Rolf Billberg has two CDs available that I like quite a bit. Darn That Dream - Dragon 369 Rare Recordings By A Swedish Jazz Legend - Storyville 101 8369 There are also a number of other CDs on the Dragon label which show a definite Tristano influence. See recordings by Niels Lindberg and Lars Gullin to mention a few.

Gene Ammons has that quality that is lacking in so many players today - a unique sound that is readily identifiable. Ammons has a big sound and is certainly a soulful player. Among my favorite Ammons CDs are: Boss Tenor The Gene Ammons Story - The 78 Era Gentle Jug The Happy Blues Gene Ammons All Star Sessions With Sonny Stitt

Some of my favorite playing by George Coleman is on the 3 CD series under Chet Baker's leadership on Prestige. Lonely Star Stairway To The Stars On A Misty Night

I didn't see any mention of the other CD by James Clay on the Antilles label. James Clay - Cookin' At The Continental - Antilles 314-510 724-2 with David Newman, Roy Hargrove, kirk Lightsey, Christian McBride, Winard Harper Look for this one if you are a James Clay fan.

No one has mentioned my favorite recording under Tom Harrell's name. Tom Harrell Quintet - Moon Alley - Criss Cross 1018 with Kenny Garrett, Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ralph Peterson Recorded December 22, 1985 Peter Friedman

Three of my favorite compers are: Horace Silver Wynton Kelly Sonny Clark Peter Friedman

I don't recall seeing Ira Sullivan or Jay Thomas mentioned. They both play trumpet and saxophone well. Don Thompson plays bass, piano, vibes, drumes. Dan Barrett plays trombone and cornet. Peter Friedman

I am also a fan of Chet Baker. A session not mentioned that I enjoy is "Chet Baker & Crew" with Phil Urso and Bobby Timmons. I have long dug the Prestige recordings already mentioned with George Coleman and Kirk Lightsey. Perhaps one of the things that may have hurt Chet's reputation was that he recorded far too often. It seemed that there was a period when a new Chet Baker recording was being issued just about every other week. Not all of them were of a high quality. Peter Friedman

Another one I like with Bennie Green is as follows: Sonny Stitt - POW - Prestige 7459 with Kirk Lightsey, Herman Wright, and Roy Brooks I had this on a Prestige LP and now have a CD re-issue which is on Roulette. Peter Friedman