Jazz Recommendations

Ray, these 2 were recorded in '97 and'94, respectively,and both are Telarc Jazz Series,and are very good recording quality.I will have to give the 'Jazz Cello' a listen.

Ray,P.S.,I just noticed you are in Bradenton.I lived there for about 5 years.My ex was from there.

Double4w,I am a huge Ray Brown fan!He has released so many recordings!!!His ,,Some of my Best Friends are....,series are very good too! Ive been in Bradenton for 16 years now,i have a job int. in Boca Raton next week,,so i may be down there soon.I noticed in another thread that u still live in fl..Ray

if u like ray brown, highly recommended: The Ray Brown Trio: Live At the Lola w/ Gene Harris and Jeff Hamilton is incredible and a lot of fun: SACD version is better yet.

Henryhk,Even though you asked the question more than 2 years ago,since it is nevertheless out there,I was a rocknroll junkie.Did all the concerts possible,Led Z,Jethro T.,Grateful D,Steve M,Rod S,etcetera,etcetera.,.I went to more than I can remember.However all the time,even as a small child I loved 'jazz'.Back in the 'day' you could catch a glimpse of the hot artists on such shows as Ed Sullivan,Merv Griffin,Johnny Carson,Mike Douglas,etc.I loved them all,even as a 6,7,8 year old on up.What I would give now for copies of those times on dvd.Anyway,over the last 20 years or so r&r just began to fail doing anything for me.Now I have really re-discovered 'jazz' to the point that I am spending piles of cash stocking up on such as Oscar Peterson, Junior Mance,Ray Brown,Gene Harris,George Cables,and lots of younger 'bebop' artists.I can hardly seem to get enough of this 'stuff'.At 52,I guess I have become an old f--- or something.But my tastes in food and other things have taken sharp turns over the past several years also.I don't remember making decisions to make these changes,they just happened.Strange! Of course I still listen to my Herb Alpert and TJB collection.Can't part with that.