Peter Friedman

Here some that I enjoy. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto - Stern/Ormandy - Sony Bruch - Violin Concerto - Heifetz/Sargent - RCA The 5 Beethoven Piano Concerts - Fleisher/Szell - Columbia Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 & Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 - Van Cliburn/Kondrashin/Reiner - RCA Brahms Piano Concert No.1 - Rubinstein/ Reiner - RCA Chopin Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Rubinstein/Skrowaczewski/Wallenstein - RCA

I read this while enjoying Willis's "Bar Wars". A favorite around here. I made an interesting (maybe only to me) discovery a few minutes ago. My listening was interrupted by a call for help with yard work and when I returned and heard the music I had forgotten what was on the player. For an instant I thought the radio was on and identified the players as Guy Lafitte and Wild Bill! They were playing "The Breeze and I" (alt) and within a couple of seconds I knew reality, but the connection was surprising. Now Peter is going to have to reconsider his Lafitte recordings. Ok, I have to admit it has been a long long time since I heard anything by Willis Jackson. I will have to go to Amazon and listen to some segments of his recordings to refresh my memory.

The Mainstrean sessions being issued on CD are not the ones that interest me. I would like to see the Sonny Red, the 2 Charles McPherson's and the Harold Land Bobby/Hutcherson for starters.

Personally, I would rather buy "Full House" 5 or 6 times than buy one Willis Jackson recording. Different strokes....

Larry, Would you define what you mean by "shaggy".

I am with Garth on this one. It is a good one, but I would not consider it to be among the very best MJQ recordings. My advice would be to get this one after you have most of the other MJQ recordings.

This is a very good 2 CD set. I read a post from Laurie Pepper on another site that explained why Billie's Bounce was not included. She indicated that the sound quality on that track was sub-par so decided to leave it off. That was not a big deal for me as the material on this set is first rate for "late period' Art Pepper. Not only does Art play very well, but George Cables is also terrific. Laurie has more Art Pepper material that she hopes to eventually release.

I remember buying this when it was first issued on LP. Have always liked it. Now have the Japanese CD re-issue.

Kyo, This one has been issued on CD. I have a copy on Savoy/Denon. The spine says: The Trio / Kenny Clarke - SV-0184 The front of the booklet says: "The Jazz Trio of HANK JONES Wendell Marshall, Bass Kenny Clarke, Drums"

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.