Peter Friedman

I originally had the Hines/Hawkins/Eldridge material on 2 Limelight LPs when they were first released. I now have the 2 CD set. There is one track - "Just One More Chance" - that was not on either of the two LPs. This is a very nice set, but not one I would call essential.

I also am a big fan of John Lewis. Here are some other CDs (not previously mentioned) I have by him that I would readily recommend. Improvised Meditations & Excursions - Atlantic Slavic Smile - Baystate Mirjana - Black & Blue The John Lewis Piano - Collectables Midnight In Paris - EmArcy The Garden Of Delight: Delaunay's Dilemma - EmArcy Kansas City breaks - Finesse Sensitive Scenery - Jazz Heritage Not sure which of these are still available?

This Jazz Prophets album originally on ABC says Vol.1 on the cover. I was always disappointed that no Vol.2 ever surfaced. Not sure if it was recorded but never released?

Don't remember if this CD recorded in 1991 was mentioned earlier in the thread? Martial Solal / Toots Thielemans - Erato 2292-45795-2 It's a duo session that is one I have enjoyed for a number years. The 11 tracks include 7 standards, plus "Solar" by Miles, "Waltz for Sonny" by Thielemans, "Valse a 3 temps" by Solal, and "Erato Blues" by both Solal and Toots.

All the Jaws and Griffin sides are good. If forced to choose, I would probably pick these two CDs. Tough Tenor Favorites - Jazzland OJC Blues Up And Down - Milestone (Includes two Jazzland LPs that were originally issued as "Blues Up and Down", and "Griff & Lock".)

Just finished listening to the latest Zoot Sims release. Zoot Suite - High Note with Jimmy Rowles, George Mraz and Mousey Alexander. Louise Sims allowed this to be released after sitting in the can for about 30 years. Another volume is expected to come out sometime soon as well. Everyone plays beautifully, and the sound, while less that perfect, is quite acceptable. The booklet notes suggest it may have been recorded somewhere in the Carribbean.

There are 2 Chiaroscuro CDs that feature Joe Venuti and Zoot Sims together. Joe Venuti And Zoot Sims - CR 142 Joe & Zoot & More - CR 128 Joe and Zoot play together on all 14 tracks on the first one listed above. Joe and Zoot play together on 9 tracks out of 17 on the second CD listed above. The remaining 8 tracks have Venuti in 3 different settings. Another very nice Chiaroscuro CD is: Joe Venuti and Dave McKenna - Alone At The Palace - CR 160 All three of these Chiaroscuro CDs are well worth picking up.

Kenny Dorham is one of my very favorite trumpet players. He adds something special to almost every recording on which he plays. As a few others have mentioned, his Cafe Bohemia dates with Blakey are great. Here are some of the many other sessions on which he plays (not yet mentioned) that I like a lot. Sonny Rollins - Movin' Out Tadd Dameron - Fontainbleau Presenting Ernie henry Herb Geller - Fire In The West Kenny Dorham - Blue Spring Milt Jackson - Invitation Kenny Dorham Memorial Album - Jaro/Xanadu/Fresh Sound Clifford Jordan Starting Time Barry Harris - Bulls-Eye Cedar Walton - Trio/Quartet/Quintet

Curious about why none of you heavy grease lovers did not mention any Groove Holmes recordings???

There are a couple of interesting CDs that I don't recall were mentioned. Sarah Vaughan/Lester Young - One Night Stand : The Town Hall Concert 1947 - Blue Note This one has 7 tracks by the Lester Young Sextet, 8 tracks by Sarah Vaughan and her Quartet, and 1 track where Sarah and her quartet are joined by Pres and Shorty McConnell. **************************************************************************************** Sarah Vaughan - Jazzfest Masters - Scotti Bros. Recorded at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in June 1969. 9 tracks have Sarah joined by Jaki Byard, Milt Hinton, Alan Dawson, Zoot Sims, and Clark Terry. Sarah sings with the University Of illinois Big band on 3 tracks. 1 track has Sarah with an unidentified chorus and unidentified musicians.

It's good one. Get it while it's available.

This is one of three later-period Farmer gems with Clifford Jordan, the other ones being Something to Live For, a tribute to Billy Strayhorn, and Ph.D., which features Kenny Burrell. Blame It on My Youth, with Jordan, James Williams (piano), Rufus Reid (bass) and Victor Lewis (drums), is the masterpiece of the three in my opinion. Get them while you can, before they are deleted by Concord. It all depends how you define "later-period". I have a number of other CDs by Art Farmer with Clifford Jordan that should also be mentioned. Art Farmer Quintet - At Boomers - East Wind (1976) Art Farmer Quintet - At Boomers #2 - East Wind (1976) Art Farmer Quintet - Mirage - Soul Note (1982) Art Farmer Quintet - You Make Me Smile - Soul Note (1984) Art Farmer Quintet - Live At Sweet Basil - Sweet Basil/Alfa (1992) In my view, there is not a weak one in this bunch!

Some other Savoy reissues on CD that I like very much. These 3 I have on Japanese LP facsimiles: Introducing Lee Morgan Gigi Gryce - Nica's Tempo Curtis Fuller - Blues-ette This one is a 1993 CD release on Savoy by Nippon Columbia. Curtis Fuller - Blues-ette Part II The personnel on Blues-ette Part II (1993), is identical to the original Blues-ette recording from 1956 with the exception of the bass player. Jimmy Garrison was no longer alive when Part II was recorded. Curtis Fuller, Benny Golson, Tommy Flanagan, Ray Drummond, Al Harewood

The early Brubeck Quartet recordings on Fantasy and the sessions on Columbia are the ones I like. Once Desmond was no longer in the group, my interest waned greatly. I would not consider Brubeck to be among the piano players I like best, but nonethless do enjoy hearing him play.

"Functional" is definitely one of my favorite Monk solos.

I also have just about all of them. The Milt Jackson sessions, especially the ones with Lucky Thompson are among my favorites.

For later day Sarah I would recommend this one: Crazy And Mixed Up - Pablo It's a beauty, and the backup group is first rate - Roland Hanna, Joe Pass, Andy Simpkins, and Harold Jones.

Late, You didn't indicate which Joe Newman recordings you have? I agree with Brownie that the Joe Wilder/Joe Newman CD is a good one. I also like the sessions he did for RCA that Brownie mentioned. I have all the RCA material on a French RCA 2 CD set titled "The Basie Days". Two others I strongly recommend are: Joe Newman with Frank Foster - Good 'N' Groovy - Prestige/Swingville The Joe Newman Quintet (with Frank Wess) - Jive At Five - Prestige/Swingville Both these sessions have Tommy Flanagan on piano and Eddie jones on bass. Billy English is the drummer on the date with Frank Foster, while Oliver Jackson is on the session with Frank Wess. Also enjoyable is "The Joe Newman Quintet - At Count Basie's - Mercury" with Oliver Nelson on tenor.

Is it possible to attach a year for this event? Chuck, I really can't recall the year. I attended this event with John Norris of Sackville Records. Perhaps he will be able to recall the year? I just read on a website that Jimmy Raney suffered from Minieres Disease which eventually led to complete deafness in both ears.

These came in the mail Saturday. Both have already exceeded my expectations, particularly the session with overdubbing. Nice! I imagine that Locking Horns with Joe Newman is also good. Anyone here have it? The only label to purchase it from is (perhaps unfortunately) Fresh Sounds, but their website says it's out-of-stock. Does Fresh Sounds let their inventory go out-of-print? I have "Locking Horns". It is not among my favorite Zoot Sims recordings. It is certainly ok, but it is just that there are many many others I would rank above that one. My recommendation would be to leave that until you have just about everything else by Zoot.

It is a shame that Allen Lowe feels the need to be so childishly nasty in his comments about O.P. It is one thing to indicate that you don't like a musician's playing, but the hatred he spews is unnecessary. If you don't care for Oscar's playing, then don't buy his recordings or attend his performances. It seems to be fashionable these days for some jazz fans to emphasize their dislike of Oscar Peterson's playing. That has always struck me as a bit strange. Oscar may not be everyone's cup of tea, but why does this one person bring out all that hostility? Over my 50 plus years of listening to jazz both live and on record there are certainly quite a few musicians whose playing I don't care for. We all have our own individual taste which is as it should be. If I was to list the jazz musicians whose playing I don't like very much, Oscar Peterson's name would NOT be on that list. I happen to very much enjoy Oscar's piano playing. One of the great pleasures I find in jazz is the diversity of styles and individual approaches to the music. My favorite jazz pianists include Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, Hank Jones, Sonny Clark, Bill Evans, Horace Silver, Bud Powell, and a few others. While I wouldn't place Oscar among my top level favorites, I do find his playing can be highly exciting and can swing like mad. I have a large number of his recordings and wouldn't want to be without them.

I had a strange experience listening to Jimmy Raney live late in his life. It was at a weekend jazz party in Harrisburg,PA The lineup was fantastic with players such as Jackie McLean, Ira Sullivan, Barry Harris, Arthur Taylor, George Mraz, Jay McShann, Shirley Horn, and quite a few others. Raney was very very hard of hearing at that point, so when he played with various other musicians over the weekend, his playing seemed to almost always be a bit "off" from what the other musicians were playing. It was clear that he wasn't hearing the other players properly which caused him to play in such an "off' manner.

I wouldn't say that there was really much direct copying of Raney in Grant's playing, just the general approach of playing the guitar like a horn (not often playing chords except when comping). To me, the only guitarist that really sounds much like Jimmy (even including his direct descendants who were contemporaries, such as Rene Thomas) is his son, Doug. At any rate, I don't think it's widely known outside jazz guitar circles, but Grant did specifically acknowledge Raney as an important influence on his playing. brownie, thanks for the heads up. That looks intriguing. I wonder if that's a typo in the personnel: "Eric" Diehl? I would have thought Eddie... I always thought the guitar player that was most influenced by Jimmy Raney was Jimmy Gourley. Gourley spent most of his career in Paris, but can be heard on quite a few recordings.

I still love that well known quote by Brew Moore. This may not be the exact wording, but it's close enough. "Anyone who does not play like Pres is wrong."

Here are some things from the 70's and 80's with Freddie Hubbard as a sideman that I like. Mel Lewis and Friends - A & M (1976) The Trumpet Summit Meets Oscar Peterson Big 4 - Pablo (1980) The Alternate Blues - Pablo (1980) Count Basie - Kansas City 7 - Pablo (1980) Oscar Peterson/Freddie Hubbard - Face To Face - Pablo