Peter Friedman

Ghost of Miles, Thanks for providing the link to that highly interesting article about Sonny Clark.

I can easily identify with many of the comments here. I just keep buying CDs regularly. In fact just ordered another one about 15 minutes ago. The truth is that I get great pleasure from the music. Not being able to add new music to my collection would be depressing.

Here are a few CDs by Guy Lafitte that I don't believe were mentioned?They are worth getting if you like his playing. The Things We Did Last Summer - Black & Blue Live '93 - CTPL (label)

As a number of people here have expressed their negative views on later Phil Woods, let me indicate that I do not share that opinion. I do agree that Phil's playing did change a bit over the years, but enjoy both his early and later recordings. Woods has focused on playing straight ahead swinging bop oriented alto sax throughout his entire lengthy career. That is a style of jazz that is near and dear to my heart.

I have both James Williams CDs with Coleman/Henderson/Pierce. Enjoy both of them quite a bit, though I would not consider either to be absolutely ESSENTIAL. It should be noted though that there are many many recordings that I like very much, even though I wouldn't consider them to be absolutely ESSENTIAL.

This thread got me thinking that it had been quite a few years since I did a count of my CDs and LPs. Spent the past week or so slowly counting everything. The results are below. Jazz and Blues CDs - 9,879 Classical CDs - 1,408 Jazz LPs - 155

Durium, I have the Rein De Graaf compilation titled "Now's The Time", and have just ordered "Ornithology". Not sure about the 3rd compilation CD? What is the title of that one? I have 6 other CD with De Graaf as leader, but wouldn't call any of them compilations on the order of "Now's The Time" or "Ornithology".

I have been a devoted reader of mystery novels for a long time. Here are some of the writers that I have found most interesting in recent years that have not already been mentioned. Peter Robinson - British police detective stories Karin Fossum - Norwegian police detective stories Tony Hillerman - Navajo Indian police stories Colin Cotterill - A coroner in Laos solves mysteries Robert Crais - Private detective mysteries Elmore Leonard - A variety of main characters over many books

I have some of the Blue Notes on XRCD and some on SACD. I haven't been able to compare them to each other as I don't believe the same sessions have been released on both XRCD and SACD. However, it's my opinion that both XRCD and SACD are superior to all other CD releases.

Kenny Dorham has long been one of my very favorite trumpet players. For me, his solos frequently follow the guidelines of Lester Young in that they tell a story. One album that isn't mentioned very often has some marvelous playing by Dorham. I am referring to - THE BARRY HARRIS SEXTET - BULLSEYE - PRESTIGE.

1984 - There were very few jazz CDs available. I did find a few Pablo (Japanese) CDs which were among the very first I acquired. There were many more classical music CDs around, and as I had just purchased my first CD player, I stocked up on those. This resulted in my re-awakened interest in classical music. I had listened to a lot of classical music in the 60's, but drifted away from it after that until the CD era came around.

Billy Taylor made a number of important contributions to jazz. Not only as a piano player, but as a commentator on the Sunday Morning television program, and as a key person behind the Jazz Mobile Program that took jazz to the people and provided great music at no cost to the listener. I recall seeing free Jazz Mobile Concerts in Rochester,New york a number of times and they all featured top level musicians from (primarily) New York City. i will play one of his CDs to honor him.

The Rushing / Brubeck session is a very good one. I like pretty much everything by Jimmy Rushing as well as Brubeck recordings on Fantasy and Columbia. Don't care much for most of the Brubeck things after Desmond was no longer part of the group.

A major contributor to recorded jazz. R.I.P.

Marcello, Were these from the gig at the Roundtowner Motel in Rochester, NY? I lived in Rochester at that time and heard this all women's group one evening at the Roundtowner Motel. The music was very good.

I had the opportunity to spend time with Jack Tracy while attending jazz events in California. Jack was a very nice guy and had been heavily involved in jazz as editor of Down Beat, jazz writer, and record producer. jack produced many many excellent recordings over the years. Jack was a regular contributor to the current Jazz West Coast List online. Peter F

I quite like the cd on Timeless of David Newman & Marchel Ivery.

Dave Brubeck & Jimmy Rushing

I like Sal Nistico a lot, but didn't care for this tune or solo. Much too frantic for my taste. Lacked musicality (whatever that is?). Just playing very fast with out telling a story. One man's opinion.

Pee Wee Russell & Thelonious Monk Pee wee Russell & Jimmy Giuffre Steve Kuhn with Pee Wee Russell & Henry "Red" Allen

Another elder statesman of jazz has left us. The numbers are shrinking rapidly. James Moody was a wonder jazz musician. I am glad I had the opportunity to see/hear him live a number of times. R.I.P.

A lot of very good ones have been mentioned already. Here is another trio date I especially like. Tete Montoliu Trio - The Man From Barcelona - Timeless with George Mraz & Lewis Nash

I agree that this is a good one. Coincidently I was just listening to "Art Tatum - I Got Rhythm,Vol.3 (1935-44) on a Decca CD. This CD has a mixture of solo, trio, and small group tracks. Two tunes that I especially enjoyed were by a small group consisting of Joe Thomas(tp),Ed Hall(clt),Tatum,Billy Taylor(b),Eddie Dougherty(dr) from January 1941. Both these tracks are good examples of Tatum fitting in well with horns.

My favorite Art Blakey and the Messengers band is the one with Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Horace Silver, and Doug Watkins. The runner-up choice would be the one with Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Jymie Merritt or Reggie Workman. The band with Jackie McLean and or Johnny Griffin and Bill Hardman is underrated. That band was hard swinging though a bit rough around the edges.

I was living in Detroit back in the late 50's and early 60's. Heard the George Bohanon / Ronnie Fields Quintet play quite a few times. I recall drummer Bert Myrick as a solid player. If I remember correctly (?) that group played for quite a while at a club called The Congo Lounge. Reading about this brings back many memories of listening to live jazz regularly back in that period in Detroit.