Peter Friedman

I have these 3. Danny Moss at Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 1999 Danny Moss returns To Bob Barnard's Jazz party 2000 Danny Moss Swings Again at Bob Barnard's Jazz Party 2003 I enjoy all 3. Most of the other musicians on all 3 CDs are Australians who are not well known here in the USA. On the 1999 date Ralph Sutton and Marty Grosz play on some tracks. Pianist John Sheridan plays on some of the tunes on the 2003 session. If you like Danny Moss, you will most likely enjoy all of these CDs.

To be honest, I never thought Herman Foster was anything more than mediocre as a jazz piano player. I much prefer Lou Donaldson's recordings with pianists such as Horace Silver, Elmo Hope, Sonny Clark, and Horace Parlan. They all provide far stronger solo's than Herman Foster.

I have this one: Charles Davis / Barry Harris - Reflections - Red 123247-2 It's a quartet with Peter Washington and Ben Riley. Charles Davis plays tenor on this one. His playing is ok, but it is the playing of Barry Harris that makes this a good session. I find Charles baritone playing much much more interesting than his tenor work.

I find Randy Weston to be a "mixed bag". Some of his recordings I like very much, but others don't do much for me. "Little Niles" is one I do like quite a bit.

Yes, some of it is on TOMMY POTTER'S HARD FUNK on Lonehill A few tracks are also on the box set called JAZZ IN SWEDEN : THE LEGENDARY YEARS ON WEA / METRONONE.

That RCA small group set is terrific. It definitely contains my favorite recordings by Benny Goodman.

The article by Mark was excellent. It brought back many memories of the times I have seen Tommy Flanagan. I grew up in Detroit and had the great fortune to develop an interest in jazz in the 1950's when so many great players were living in The Motor City. Tommy was one of them and I quickly became a major fan of his playing. From about 1953 till he left for NYC in 1956 I saw him play numerous times. In later years I have seen him play at a small private concert in Toronto, at Bradley's in NYC among other venues. I even recall seeing him play with the Oscar Pettiford Big Band in NYC at (what I think was) Town Hall in about 1956. My collection of Tommy Flanagan's recordings as both leader and sideman is close to complete. On my shelf there are also a large number of private recordings by Tommy that I have acquired over the years. One of the great things about Tommy's playing is how well it fits with such a diverse range of musicians. He sounds great with Sonny Rollins, Pee Wee Russell,Gerry Mulligan,Budd Johnson, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Benny Wallace, Kenny Dorham, Milt Jackson, Joe Newman,Johnny Griffin, Zoot Sims, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Gene Ammons, Illinois Jacquet, Phil Woods,Buck Clayton, JJ Johnson, Pepper Adams,Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Heath, Booker Little, Scott Hamilton, Art Pepper, Thad Jones, Kenny Burrell, Donald Byrd, J.R. Monterose and many many others.

Louie Bellson shows how tasty he can play on these two lovely sessions. The Count Basie Trio - For The First Time - Pablo Count Basie:Kansas City 3 - For The Second Time - Pablo

I lived in Rochester,NY for many years and saw Gerry Niewood perform there numerous times with Chuck Mangione and in other contexts. A sad loss.

Many people are highly positive about the Captain Marvel album, but I am not one of them. The electric piano is a big turn off for me. Also many of the tunes on this recording such as"La Fiesta", "Five Hundred Miles High" and the title tune "Captain Marvel" are not to my taste. This is among my least favorite Stan Getz albums. I much prefer the wonderful Getz recordings that came later with Lou Levy or Kenny Barron playing acoustic piano.

Dana, I agree with your comments. For some reason this one gets overlooked.

A very good though brief session. Just about everything by Art Pepper from this period is well worth hearing.

The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings Of Jimmy Giuffre

Elmore James - King Of The Slide Guitar - Capricorn/Warner Bros

I agree with Mike. The two he mentioned are favorites of mine. These are also Dave Pike CDs I like. Dave Pike with The Cedar Walton Trio - Pike's Groove - Criss Cross Dave Pike/Charles McPherson - Bluebird - Timeless Dave Pike - Bophead - Ubiquity Most of the other Dave Pike recordings are not to my taste.

Just pulled this box set off the shelf to play. The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams Studio Sessions

Here is a list of some CDs in my collection by European piano players. These are CDs not already mentioned to the best of my recollection. I am just listing one CD by each of these pianists though for some of them I have many additional CDs. Andrei Kitaev Trio - Live At Vartan Jazz - vartan Jazz (Russian) Franck Avitabile Trio - Right Time - Dreyfus Jazz (French) Marco Di Marco Trio - In New York - Modern Jazz Record (Italian) Fritz Pauer Trio - Blues Inside Out - MPS (Austrian) Martin Sasse Trio with Peter Bernstein - A Groovy Affair - Nagel-Heyer (German) Vladimir Shafranov Trio - Portrait In Music - Atelier Sawano (Russian) Michel Sardaby Trio - Night Blossom - DIW (French) Brian Dee Trio - Second Sight - Spotlite (British) Guido Manusardi Trio - Down Town - Soul Note (Italian) Egil Kapstad Trio - Cherokee - Gemini (Norwegian) Nils Lindberg (solo piano) - Alone With My Melodies - Dragon (Swedish) Dado Moroni Trio - Insights - Jazz Focus (Italian) Laurent De Wilde Trio - Odd And Blue - IDA (French) Stefan Karlsson Trio - Live At Vartan Jazz, Vol.1 - Vartan Jazz (Swedish) Peter Beets Trio - New York Jazz - Criss Cross Oliver Antunes Trio - Introducing Oliver Antunes - M & I (Danish) Knud Jorgensen Duo - Bojangles - Touche ( Swedish) Mick Pyne Trio - Live At Ronnie Scott's - Spotlite (British) Kasper Villaume Trio - Estate - M & I (Danish) Joe Haider Trio - One For Klook - Sound Hills ( German) Cees Slinger Quartet - Sling Shot - Timeless (Dutch) Jesper Thilo Meets Jake Hanna (Quartet) - Music Mecca [with pianist Soren Kristiansen] (Danish) Thomas Clausen Trio - She Touched Me - M.A. Music (Danish) Ake Johansson Trio,Quartet & Solo - The Spinning Top - Dragon (Swedish) Red Mitchell Trio - Evolution - Dragon [with Lars Jansson on piano] (Swedish) Dexter Gordon & Atli Bjorn Trio - Cry Me A River - Steeplechase (Danish) Dexter Gordon - After Hours - Steeplechase [with Lars Sjosten] (Swedish) Phil Woods / Franco D'Andrea Duo - Our Monk - Philology (Italian) Johnny Griffin Quartet - Night Lady - Philips [with Francy Boland,piano] (Belgium) Derek Smith Quartet - The Man I Love - Progressive (British)

I have a third Elliot Lawrence CD in my collection. Jazz Goes Broadway - RCA This one has 10 Broadway tunes arranged by Elliot Lawrence (4), Al Cohn (3) or Manny Albam (3). Two slightly different octets play the arrangements. Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and the rhythm section of Elliot Lawrence, Chubby Jackson and Don Lamond perform in both octets. Art Farmer or Nick Travis, Jimmy Cleveland or Urbie Green, Gene Quill or Hal McKusick fill out the remainder of the octets.

This was a shock. I was unaware that he was ill. Glad I had an opportunity to hear him live at a Jazz party about 5 years ago. Will play something by him today to reflect on how good a player he was.

MG MG, this information should be what you wanted. Mainstream Jazz - RCA 74321 21832 2 My copy is a CD made in Germany Track #1. Blueprint Andy Gibson and His Orchestra Includes musicians such as: Paul Gonsalves, Hilton Jefferson, Prince Robinson, George Dorsey, Vic Dickenson, Dickie Wells, Jimmy Nottingham, Emmett Berry, Jimmy Jones, Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Jimmie Crawford N.Y.C. December 1, 1959 The Mainstream Sextet Tracks 2, 3 & 4 I Got Nothing But You, Bedroom Eyes, Give The Lady What She Wants Most Jimmy Forrest, Vic Dickenson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Jimmy Greene (p), Francesco Skeets(b), Oliver Jackson N.Y.C. October 14, 1959 Thanks Peter. When I'm doing a search eg on Amazon, should I look for Andy Gibson? MG MG, Not sure what will work best. I would suggest trying Andy Gibson first. If that does not work you might try The Mainstream Jazz Sextet, or just Mainstream Jazz. Peter

MG MG, this information should be what you wanted. Mainstream Jazz - RCA 74321 21832 2 My copy is a CD made in Germany Track #1. Blueprint Andy Gibson and His Orchestra Includes musicians such as: Paul Gonsalves, Hilton Jefferson, Prince Robinson, George Dorsey, Vic Dickenson, Dickie Wells, Jimmy Nottingham, Emmett Berry, Jimmy Jones, Kenny Burrell, Milt Hinton, Jimmie Crawford N.Y.C. December 1, 1959 The Mainstream Sextet Tracks 2, 3 & 4 I Got Nothing But You, Bedroom Eyes, Give The Lady What She Wants Most Jimmy Forrest, Vic Dickenson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Jimmy Greene (p), Francesco Skeets(b), Oliver Jackson N.Y.C. October 14, 1959

Dick Johnson plays on this this one, Woody Herman Presents , Volume 1...A Concord Jam - Concord Jazz CCC-4142 and on this one, Dave McKenna - Cookin' At Michaels Pub - Prevue 26 (CD), was originally on a Halcyon LP

A lot of good recordings featuring Jimmy Forrest have been mentioned. Here are some others that I like quite a bit. Mainstream Jazz - RCA This one has one lengthy tune by Andy Gibson, and three tunes by a sextet with Jimmy Forrest. Al Grey featuring Arnett Cobb and Jimmy Forrest - Black & Blue This CD has some nice Jimmy Forrest on just 2 of the ten tracks. Jimmy Forrest gets very good solo opportunities on many of the Pablo recordings by Count Basie and his Orchestra. Waymon Reed - 46th & 8th - Artists House Unfortunately this very good session has not been re-issued on CD.

I believe that the JVC XRCD may well be the best sounding version of this session.

I always liked this one. Stanley and Thad fit well together. Had it on LP and now on the Mosaic CD box.