Peter Friedman

One of the times I was in Bradley's I was fortunate to sit at a table with Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan and Sadik Hakim. Needless to say it was a memorable evening for me.

I was there about 4 times. Saw Jimmy Rowles one evening, Kenny Barron another time, and Tommy Flanagan a couple of times. It could be noisey on a busy night, so it was very helpful to sit as close to the piano as possible.

I have 4 CDs on the MM label that include all 91 tracks of the great RCA Hampton small group material.These French CDs released in 1990 & 1991 have very good sound. Don't overlook the Impulse recording titled "You Better Know It!!!" that has Hampton joined by Ben Webster, Clark Terry, Hank Jones, Milt Hinton, and Osie Johnson. There is also a Hampton Japanese CD that was released not too long ago on the FOA label called "Mack The Knife". On this one the sidemen are Gene Harris, Ron Eschete, Ray Brown and Grady Tate. My CD copy of the Hampton session with Lucky Thompson, Jimmy Cleveland, Ray Copeland, Oscar Dennard, Oscar Pettiford and Gus Johnson is on the Excelsior label and titled "My Man". It has 10 tracks.

These are some excellent Ray Bryant CDs that have not been mentioned in this thread. Now's The Time - Doctor Jazz WK 40525 Ray's Tribute To His Jazz Piano friends - JMI/JVC 7503-2 Alone At Montreux - Atlantic Hot Turkey - Black & Blue 233089 Plays Blues and Ballads - jazz Connaisseur Inimitable - Jazz Connaisseur

Elvin was already with Coltrane (and had made some recordings with him for Atlantic and Impulse) when the Riverside date titled "Elvin" was recorded in 1961. After becoming associated with Trane, it is interesting to hear him with his two brothers Thad and Hank, as well as the two Franks - Wess and Foster. I find this session highly enjoyable.

Was that in the fall of 1986 perhaps? I caught that group In New York at the Mark Morganelli club on 23rd Street. Must have been in the early '80s. Walter Bishop was on piano, Leroy Williams on drums. Can't remember who was on bass! Very nice band. The Hardman-Cook group were regulars at the place! And I was privileged to enjoy the brand new Horace Silver group with Cook, Blue Mitchell and a very young Louis Hayes when they played at the Club Saint-Germain in 1959. Cook and the Silver bandmates were really cookin'... Interesting coincidence Brownie. As best I can recall I saw Junior Cook twice, and they were almost identical to the two situations you mentioned above. I caught the Horace Silver Quintet with Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell at the Sutherland Lounge in Chicago in 1957. I saw the very same Cook/Hardman Quintet in NYC that had Leroy Williams and Walter Bishop,Jr in the group. The bass player may have been Paul Brown? The night I saw them Bill Hardman was especially impressive! Junior Cook was a very good tenor player. I can't think of any recordings with him that are less than enjoyable.

I suspect you are thinking of tenor player Frank Haynes. He plays on some tracks on the Walter Bishop, Jr. album on Xanadu.

Another Red Garland CD I especially like is the quartet date with Kenny Burrell joining Red, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. It is called "Red Garland Revisited". Kenny's presence adds a different feeling to the session.

as a trio. But it's Garland, Watkins & Wright who back up Hawk on Swingville 2001 MG Doug Watkins and Specs Wright also back up Red on one track - "A Little Bit Of Basie" - on the Garland CD titled "Soul Burnin'". This CD has 2 tracks with Oliver Nelson and Richard Williams joining Red, Peck Morrison and Charlie Persip. Two additional tracks feature the trio of Garland, Sam Jones, and Art Taylor.

I am a big fan of Joe Temperley and I have many of his albums. There are several fine sessions from him found on the Hep label, but one his best is a duo album with Dave McKenna on Concord, "Sunbeam and Thundercloud" ... highly recommended. He is one of the "gentle school" of bari players ... more Mulligan than Adams.

I have just about all of the VSOP releases available on CD. Here are some that I don't think have been mentioned on this thread. Art Pepper Quartet - Val's Pal (with Russ Freeman) Gabe Baltazar Quartet - Back In Action Leonard Feather Presents Bop (with Idrees Sulieman or Thad Jones, Phil Woods, George Wallington) The Mike Barone Big band - Live At Donte's, 1968 The Lanny Morgan Quartet Ralph Pena - Master Of The Bass The Claude Williamson Trio - Hallucinations Dempsey Wright - The Wright Approach

I have a memory from many decades ago of attending a Jazz At The Philharmonic concert in Detroit. My best guess would be that it was in the mid 1950's. The two trumpet players were Charlie Shavers and Roy Eldridge. As was typical at JATP concerts, the two trumpet players engaged in a musical battle. Charlie Shavers demonstrated great chops, but Eldridge came through in my view as the better JAZZ player. Roy's solos were less concerned with technique, and more focused on musical depth. They both played great, but (in my opinion) it was Eldridge who emerged the winner. At that same concert Flip Phillips and Illinois Jacquet also had a tenor battle. I don't recall who came out on top in that one.

Budd Johnson made a very good album for Felsted in 1958 called "Blues A La Mode". It has just been re-issued on CD by Lonehill. The LP had Budd playing in 2 different settings. Three tunes have Budd with Charlie Shavers, Vic Dickenson, Al Sears, Bert Keyes, Joe Benjamin and Jo Jones. The other three tracks have Budd with Shavers, Ray Bryant, Benjamin and Jo Jones. The Lonehill CD reissue also includes 4 tracks with Budd, earl Hines, Bill pemberton and Oliver Jackson.

Walter on Symphony No.4 Marin Alsop on Symphony No.1 Hahn, or Szeryng or Stern on the Violin Concerto Stern & Rose or Heifetz & Piatgorsky on Violin & Cello Concerto Gilels/ Jochum on Piano Concertos Rubinstein/ Reiner on Piano Concerto No.1 Rubinstein or Beaux Arts or Domus on Piano Quartets Rubinstein/Szeryng/Fournier or Istomin/Stern/Rose on Piano Trios Tokyo, or Prazak or Takacs on String Quartets Boston Symphony Chamber Players or Prazak on String Quintets Raphael Ensemble on String Sextets Csaba/Heisser on Violin Sonatas Klansky/Prazak on Piano Quintet

I very much enjoy these two Stuff Smith Quartet CDs from 1965 in Copenhagen. Stuff is joined by Kenny Drew, N.H.O.P, and Alex Riel. Stuff Smith - Live At The Montmartre - Storyville 4142 Stuff Smith - Swingin" Stuff - Storyville 101 8397

I have heard quite a few pianists play the Mozart piano concertos. I personally find the Perahia recordings my favorites overall. There is an elegant quality to the way Perahia approaches the Mozart concertos that for me speaks to the times and environment during which these pieces were composed and performed. Some might think the forte-piano would be a better choice, but I have never developed a taste for the sound of that instrument as compared to the modern piano.

Here is what I discovered are the piano trio recordings by Jack DeJohnette excluding the Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans sessions. The ones I have on CD are marked with an *. Cedar Walton/Ron Carter/ Jack DeJohnette - Limetree (1983) * Niels Lan Doky - The Target - Storyville (1986) * Elaine Elias - Cross Currents - Denon (1987) * Laurent De Wilde - Odd And Blue - Ida (1989) * Elaine Elias - Plays Jobim - Blue Note (1989) * Harold Mabern - Straight Street - DIW/Columbia (1989) * Joanne Brackeen - Where Legends Dwell - Ken (1991) Lyle Mays - Fictionary - Geffen (1992) Marian McPartland - Piano Jazz - The Jazz Alliance (1992) Harold Mabern - Lookin' On The bright Side - DIW (1993) * Richie Beirach - Trust - Transheart (1993) Kenny werner - A Delicate balance - RCA (1997)

These are the Paul Bley recordings as leader that I most enjoy. Early Trios - Fresh Sound Footloose (trio) - Savoy If We May (trio) - Steeplechase The Nearness Of You (trio) - Steeplechase Bebop (trio) - Steeplechase My Standard (trio) - Steeplechase Live Again (duo) - Steeplechase Solo Piano - Steeplechase

Here are a few more that I forgot to include on my previous list. Bud Shank And Lou Levy - Lost In The Stars - Fresh Sound Frank Morgan / George Cables - Double Image - Contemporary Art Pepper / George Cables - Goin' Home - Galaxy

Just pulled this Joe Newman CD off the shelf. I don't believe it has been mentioned in this thread. Joe Newman at the Atlantic playing with the Ove Lind Quintet featuring Lars Erstrand - Phontastic NCD 8810 It was recorded in August 1977 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Everything that has been mentioned is well worth getting. Here are some others I enjoy. Benny Golson - In Paris - Disques Swing Benny Golson - Live - Dreyfus Benny Golson Quartet - LRC Benny Golson,Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw - Time Speaks - Timeless Curtis Fuller - Blues-ette Part II - Savoy This one was recorded many many years after the original Blues-ette session. It has the same personnel except for Ray Drummond replacing Jimmy Garrison on bass who had died.

In that case, here are a few more off the top of my head: Coleman Hawkins / Buck Washington Coleman Hawkins / Freddy Johnson Bob Wilbur / Dick Wellstood Kenny Davern / Dick Wellstood Houston Person / Bill Charlap Joe Temperley / Dave McKenna Dick Johnson / Dave McKenna Gary Foster / Alan Broadbent Paul Desmond / Dave Brubeck Here are some more that I like: Charles McPherson / Don Friedman - A Salute To Bird - Zoot (Japanese) Johnny Griffin / Martial Solal - In & Out - Dreyfus Stan Getz / Kenny Barron - People Time - Verve Al Cohn / Jimmy Rowles - Heavy Love - Xanadu Alan Barnes . David Newton - Summertime - Concord Alan Barnes / Brian Lemon - A Sleeping Bee - Zephyr Rich Perry / Harold Danko - Canoes do Brasil - Steeplechase Warne Marsh / Joe Albany - Live At Dana Point - VSOP Warne Marsh / Susan Chen - Ballad For You - Interplay Bud Shank / Rein de Graaf - Now Is The Time - Timeless Herb Geller / Rein de Graaf - Nows The Time - Timeless Charles McPherson / Rein de Graaf - Duets - Timeless

Is the Storyville the same as the Spotlite lp? Chuck, the answer is yes. In fact the booklet notes for the Storyville CD include the original notes that appeared on the Steeplechase LP. The CD also has some additional tracks that are untitled. They are a mystery. The tape marked "Faberge" was found in Ben's position. It is thought to be of early European vintage based upon Webster's tone. The rhythm section were not identified. SteepleChase is not Spotlite or Storyville. Good to hear more music was found in "Ben's position". Which position was that? Sorry for 2 errors in one post! It should have been Spotlite not Steeplechase,and possession not position.

A Wardell Gray CD worth seeking out is titled "Light Gray' on Cool N' Blue 116. It has 24 tracks and includes material from Sittin' In With Records, Apollo Records, Seeco Records, New Jazz and Prestige.

Is the Storyville the same as the Spotlite lp? Chuck, the answer is yes. In fact the booklet notes for the Storyville CD include the original notes that appeared on the Steeplechase LP. The CD also has some additional tracks that are untitled. They are a mystery. The tape marked "Faberge" was found in Ben's position. It is thought to be of early European vintage based upon Webster's tone. The rhythm section were not identified.