Peter Friedman

While I wouldn't consider this one of Dexter's best recordings, this one has long had a special appeal for me. One reason is the very few sessions by Dexter in that time period. A second reason is Carl Perkins. Perkins unfortunately died much too soon and his recorded output is rather small. I always loved his playing. Finally I sense a 'mellowness" in this session that may be related to what Jim refers to as the Heroin influence. That feeling that comes through here is, for me, a nice one. I like this one.

Another Ben Webster recording I like a lot is: Ben Webster At The Renaissance - Contemporary with Jimmy Rowles, Jim Hall, Red Mitchell and Frank Butler. Don't recall it being mentioned in this thread.

It looks to me like there is a great amount of over interpreting Dr. J's post. He was in fact, giving his opinion on what he had been reading on this thread, and on the playing of Scott Hamilton. Rather than arguing against people expressing their opinions, my take is that he was , at least in part, saying it would be beneficial to get beyond a narrow set of preconceived ideas about styles, etc. Listen to the music with an open mind and then evaluate it and feel free to express your opinion.

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I have 5 CDs with Jack Wilson as leader. They are all enjoyable, but none of them are, in my opinion, outstanding. My favorite Wilson session is this one: Jack Wilson - In New York - DIW Recorded June 4, 1993

This is the one you may have been referring to above. Dick Berk and The Jazz Adoption Society - Bouncin' With Berk - 9 Winds 0142

"Back To The Land" by The Lester Young Trio with Nat "King" Cole and Buddy Rich - Verve

I think Bill's point above is well taken. During the period Bill mentioned it was possible to see and hear a very very large number of Jazz Giants from a broad range of different stylistic periods.

One of my favorites. Saw him live 3 times. Once in Detroit, and two different times in Toronto. I need to pull one of my numerous Dexter Gordon CDs off the shelf and play it in honor of his birthday.

I just acquired a copy of the cd "Brother Jack Meets The Boss" on Prestige. All the information on the back, the booklet, and the cd itself list 6 tracks. But when I played the CD this morning I discovered there was a 7th track that was a ballad. I checked LORD and saw that the same recording session produced a track titled "Ballad For Baby" not listed anywhere on the cd or packaging. It therefore seems highly likely that "Ballad For Baby" is the unlisted track 7. Wonder what happened that this error took place?

Nice one, I'll have to check out "Walk On The Water" then, sounds like it could be a good one. I consider it better than just good.

I am in full agreement. When one considers his longevity as a jazz musician, and the great respect he engendered, it is somewhat strange that he recorded so rarely as a leader.

The tune "Calgary" is on 2 CDs in my collection. Benny Golson - Disques Swing Ray Bryant is listed as composer James Williams Meets The Saxophone Section - DIW It is listed as "traditional" with no composer named. Can anyone clarify this?

Happy Birthday Michael!!! Just finished listening to this one with you on piano - Louis Smith - Bopsmith - Steeplechase. You sounded terrific!!!!!!!

I particularly like these 2 early Mal Waldron Prestige sessions. Mal-1 a quintet date with Idrees Sulieman , Gigi Gryce, Julian Euell & Arthur Edgehill Mal-4 a trio recording with Addison Farmer and Kenny Dennis

There is some very good playing by Zoot Sims on this one.

Though Mulligan himself is not present, this is an interesting CD. The Gerry Mulligan Songbook - Chiaroscuro with Bill Charlap, Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson & Ron Vincent

John Norris of Toronto, Canada died today of a stroke. John was the founder and first editor and publisher of CODA Magazine. John was also the owner and founder of Sackville Records. John was one of my closest friends for roughly 40 years. He spent almost his entire adult life in the jazz world in a variety of capacities. I had planned to visit him in Toronto this summer. I will miss him greatly.

The date with Ben Webster is ESSENTIAL, as are the Concert B recordings on Verve/ Mosaic. Some that I don't believe were mentioned in this thread are quartet dates with a piano player. I like these very much. Jeru - CBS (with Tommy Flanagan) Dream A little Dream - Telarc (with Ted Rosenthal) Midas Touch - Concord (with Ted Rosenthal)

Though Frank Wess is a good flute player, I prefer him on tenor. In the latter part of his career, his tenor playing has (in my opinion) gained greater depth. I saw him live in a quartet format a few years ago and his tenor sax playing was excellent. This is a very nice Frank Wess date. Frank Wess Quintet - Surprise! Surprise -Gemini with Joe Cohn, Norman Simmons, Lynn Seaton, Jackie Williams Some other Frank Wess CDs I like include: Frank Wess (Octet) - Trying To make My Blues Turn Green - Concord Jazz Frank Wess - Meets The Paris-Barcelona Swing Connection (11 piece group) - Fresh Sound New Talent Frank Wess - Opus De Blues - Savoy

Stan Getz / Kenny Barron - People Time Disc One

In the period from about 1953-1955 when I began to be interested in jazz my focus was on what was happening right at that time. Illinois Jacquet and Flip Philips on JATP recordings, and also the Stan Getz Quintet with Bob Brookmeyer, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the Dave Brubeck Quartet, and Shorty Rogers and His Giants. My next move was into both bop and hard bop so Bird, Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Miles Davis were in the forefront. It wasn't till a couple of years later that I became interested in the playing of Coleman Hawkins, Johnny Hodges, and Benny Carter,Duke Ellington, etc. It took perhaps another 15 years for me to appreciate the Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Hot Sevens and then eventually Eddie Condon, Pee Wee Russell.

"Romantic Love" by David Fathead Newman from his recent CD -. THE BLESSING Newman's tenor solo is pure delight. The solos of Steve Nelson and David Leonhardt are also very fine.

I never cared for "Satan In High Heels. The duos by Mundell with Tete Montoliu are far more to my taste. i need to check out Guitar Moods.

There are so many the list could be extremely long. Here's a few to get you started. Sonny Rollins -on Prestige or Blue Note Clifford Brown Thelonious monk Zoot Sims Stan Getz Sonny Stitt Count Basie Lester Young Horace Silver Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers