i have been listening to some of my favorite duo (sax & piano) jazz albums lately. i know the classical idiom has its own library.
Wayne Shorter/Herbie Hancock "1+1"
Stan Getz/Kenny Baron "People Time"
Joel Frahm/Brad Mehldau "Don't Explain"
Lee Konitz/Stefano Battaglia "Parlami D'Amore Mariu'
Lee Konitz/Michel Petruccini "Toot Sweet"
Lee Konitz/Martial Solal "Star Eyes"
Phil Woods/Jim McNeely "Flowers For Hodges"
Do you have some other favorites of this genre that i should check out? The spectrum of beauty and variation possible with this simple instrumentation, (in the hands of these Grandi Maestri), is truly amazing. And if there are any on this list you have not heard, i suggest that they are all worth the trouble.
This one i have, and you are right, they do more than fine. i have several recordings of sax/bass duos, but they deserve their own thread. The Huston Person/Ron Carter duets are priceless.
Jerry Bergonzi and Andy LaVerne's recording "intuition" is fantastic. The title track is a nice ballad with Jerry on soprano (which he doesn't play often enough). I've never cared much for his ballad playing - but that track gives me shivers every time . . .
And though it's not sax and piano, I'd recommend the much over-looked recording of Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli. It sure has a number of special moments.
i have this one too, and is great. i guess the whole topic of duets: sax/ piano, sax/bass, sax/guitar, sax/? is quite interesting. Something about duos is very nice to listen. i have heard that Dave Holland and Sam Rivers made an album together as a duo. But i have not heard it yet.
Zoot and Joe Pass made a duo album called "Blues for Two". It is one of my all-time favorites
I know the focus has been entire albums, but there are brilliant individual performances as well on albums, this being an outstanding example of one of them:
Jamie Oehlers with Sam Keevers recording called Grace is good. Also Karl-Martin Almqvist has a recording called Double Door that features him and Mathias Landaeus.
of theses three the only one i have is "Two For Duke" and it very nice. Max Ionata has a sound (tone quality) quite similar to George Garzone. i will look for the other two because Phil Dwyer and George Coleman are two players i really admire.
It's the great Ron Carter, Mascio. And it is originally a track from the Joe Henderson trio Blue Note live at the Village Vanguard recordings that also featured Al Foster on drums. It was included on the Verve Henderson Lush Life album as you see.
Good, then i am not losing my mind. i saw his name on the album cover, but it did not sound like him to me, but i am no expert. Yes Ron Carter, he is very good in a duo.
Small's also has a great streaming program you can sign up to view, free. Not sure if that concert will be available, but it's a great way to see some music if you can't make it to the Big Apple.
You gotta good set of ears there Mascio! Henderson is one of my faves and Carter can definitively make a solo/duet thing really work on bass. I highly recommend the State of the Tenor albums if you haven't heard much of them.
Debber and Mascio, thanks for catching my mistake. I checked the credits on 2 Verve releases and it is McBride on both. The playing is so Carter-like that I was thrown for a loop.
1. Archie Shepp and Mal Waldron: "Left Alone Revisited"
2. Archie Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim: "Left Alone"
3. Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan: "Goin' Home" (makes me cry)
Great Thread! I love listening to duos. Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell - I Concentrate on You- is fantastic, though again not piano.
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