Peter Friedman

My favorite Sonny Criss recording is SATURDAY MORNING. This is a quartet date with Barry Harris on piano. It is probably hard to find, but if you can locate a copy be sure to grab it.

This thread has been interesting to me. The general thrust seems to have been to be rather negative toward Verve, Pablo and Norman Granz. While I can agree with some of the criticisms, for me the more important factor is the number of treasured recordings I have in my collection on Verve and Pablo. To identify them all would make for an extremely lengthy list. The many gems by artists such as Zoot Sims, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Sweets Edison, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Tal Farlow, Lee Konitz, Milt Jackson, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer and Sonny Stitt are recordings that have afforded me a great amount of musical pleasure over many many years. I would have hated to have been without them.

I never cared much for PC's bowed solos. They often seemed to me to get in the way of the flow of the music. They struck me, most of the time, as similar to a speed bump in the road. In general, bowed bass solos are not something I usually like, though every so often I come across an exception. Recently I have heard John Clayton play some bowed bass solos that I found appealing.

I never cared for European Windows. It always struck me as simply dull. On the other hand, I enjoy The Modern Jazz Society session.

Bev, doesn't Peter Friedman's post #2 say that he does have it on CD? And his follow-up says it was on Horizon itself, not another label. Perhaps Peter can give some catalog numbers for that issue... Jim Hall - Commitment - A & M CD 0811

Very sad news indeed. I have long enjoyed the piano playing of Dick Katz. Three recording with Katz as leader are all very good. Three Way Play - Reservoir (with Steve LaSpina and Ben Riley) The Line Forms Here - Reservoir (with Benny Golson,Ryan Kisor,LaSpina,Riley) Piano & Pen - Atlantic with Chuck Wayne or Jimmy Raney, Joe Benjamin, Connie Kay Jazz Piano International - Atlantic (Katz plays 4 trio tracks with Ralph Pena & Connie Kay) These last 2 have been reissued on CD on Collectables. Piano & Pen with The John Lewis PIano Jazz Piano International with Dave pell Octet-Love Story

I do have both the Paul Desmond "Live" and the Jim Hall "Live" on CD. The Desmond is with my Verve CDs and the Hall with my Horizon CDs. The 10 I listed in a prior post are all straight A & M issues.

I have 10 CDs on the A & M label : Brubeck & Desmond - 1975 - The Duets The Dave Brubeck Quartet - 25th Anniversary Reunion Jim Hall - Commitment Mel Lewis And Friends Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Quartet Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - New Life Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - One For All Don Cherry - Art Deco Gerry Mulligan - Lonesome Boulevard The Paris All-Stars - Homage To Charlie Parker

The Pepper Adams - Live In Europe with Georges Arvanitas mentioned above was issued on the Improv label. My CD copy is on Improv.

Philly Joe can also be heard a number of sessions by Bill Evans. "Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section" on Contemporary is also a terrific recording that has Phiily Joe, Red Garland and Paul Chambers.

It's very hard to limit myself to 5, but here goes: Mingus Ah Um Blues & Roots Oh Yeah Mingus - Candid Tijuana Moods OK, I will cheat. Some others I also would not want to be without. East Coasting Mingus Dynasty Mingus Plays Mingus Jazz Portraits At Antibes The Clown Interesting that I don't believe THE CLOWN was even mentioned once in this thread.

Looking forward to the CD re-issue of the Frank Rosolino and the Sal Nistico sessions.

Not sure if these Joe Harriott CD's that I own have been mentioned? The Joe Harriott Quintet - Swings High - Cadillac with Stu Hamer(tp), Pat Smythe(p), Coleridge Goode(b), Phil Seaman(dr) Recorded June 20, 1967 Joe Harriott - Killer Joe - Giant Steps (2 CD set) This 2 cd set is a compilation of material (35 tracks) by Joe as leader or sideman from 1954-1956

I grew up in Detroit and recall watching the Soupy Sales TV show frequently. His show had jazz musicians on regularly. Whoever was in town playing at clubs such as The Rouge Lounge would be invited to make an appearance on the show. Over the years I saw many top level jazz musicians on Soupy's show.

I like Eric Alexander's playing and have a large collection of CDs with him as leader or sideman. The one criticism I have of his playing is in line with the comments by John Tapscott. He at times plays too much. I wish he would play fewer notes in some of his solos. He does what many players do which is double the time in parts of his ballad solos. In many ways it seems more difficult to play a ballad slowly than to speed up during the solos. Nonetheless, I do consider Eric Alexander to be among my 10 or 15 favorite living tenor players. Grant Stewart is also among my favorites and generally prefer his playing over Eric's.

I am with Mike. I like this one a lot. Though when I first bought it on LP when first released I was not crazy about it. Over time I grew to very much enjoy it . Clare Fischer's arrangements provide Dizzy with a different setting than is typical for him. On the other hand PERCEPTION is not to my taste and I sold my copy long ago.

Not sure the year it was written, but LOVE DANCE by Ivan Lins seems to have made it as a "standard" even though Lins is from Brazil.

This Clifford Jordan date was issued on CD in Japan. I have a copy. Don't know if it currently available.

Chewy, The one you are asking about is: Kenny Dorham - The Shadow Of Your Smile - West Wind 2049 It has Sonny Red, Cedar Walton, John Ore, and Hugh Walter on drums. It's too bad the sound quality is so poor though I kept it because I like K.D. Sonny Red, and cedar so much. The drummer Hugh Walter is not someone I ever heard of other than on this CD.

Kenny Dorham is one of my alltime favorite trumpet players. Definitely looking forward this one!

This one grew on me. The first time I heard it I considered it just ok. After some time passed I went back and listened to it again a few times and began to like it very much. Ray Bryant's piano playing adds a lot to the session.

Bill Perkins was a wonderful tenor player when he played in the "Brothers" Lester Young style. It was very disappointing to me when in later years his playing changed significantly. His attempts at melding the influence of Coltrane and others in the harder toned style into his playing were not ,in my opinion, successful.

I agree with Chuck. This has long been among my favorite Lee Morgan sessions.

CSB046 - There are many many good examples of West Coast Jazz, but I will just list a few that come quickly to mind. Shorty Rogers - Cool And Crazy - RCA Bud Shank And Trombones - Fresh Sound Bill Perkins And Richie Kamuca - Tenors Head On - Pacific Jazz Art Pepper - The Artistry Of Pepper - Pacific Jazz Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - Contemporary Pete Jolly Trio & Sextet - Jolly Jumps In - RCA Mel Lewis Sextet - VSOP / Mode Stan Levey - Grand Stan - Bethlehem Jim Hall - Jazz Guitar - Pacific Jazz Bob Cooper - Coop - Contemporary Chet Baker & Art Pepper - Playboys - Pacific Jazz Shelly Manne - The West Coast Sound - Contemporary Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars, Vol.6 - Contemporary I believe all of those I listed were recorded in the 1950's which was the heyday of West Coast Jazz.

Some I would add to my earlier list include: John Williams Eddie Costa Duke Jordan George Cables Steve Kuhn Jimmy Rowles Roger Kellaway Wynton Kelly Kirk Lightsey Kenny Drew Ray Bryant Dave McKenna Mulgrew Miller Bill Cunliffe Frank Strazzeri Phineas Newborn,Jr. I like so damn many piano players that with little effort I could keep expanding my list to 50 or 75.