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11-05-2006, 11:51 PM
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I like Mac Rebennac (Dr. John) and George Porter; but recently I've been listening to a lot of Gene Harris who has done great work with Ray Brown (Ray Brown actually brought him back into touring after he married and 'retired' to Boise in the 1970s).
What is different about these pianists is that they not only make a space for their bassists (Mac Rebennac was originally a bassist before he had one of his fingers shot off) but that when both are playing, you feel the mutual support.
I compare Gene Harris with, for example, Oscar Peterson and Neils Pederson. Peterson is the better pianist technically and in interpretation-theory-voicing. But you get the feeling that Oscar Peterson would be happy to go solo (and did for some time ... I saw him at U Mich back in the 1980s on solo tour). I have a video of Peterson with both Ray Brown and Neils Pederson alternating on bass parts, and Ray Brown truly appeared a bit uncomfortable I felt. Oscar Peterson walks all over his bassist with roots and overlapping walking bass on the piano.
Gene Harris, on the other hand, is willing to do a lot of subtle hand-offs to the bass, and also has a blues-gospel style that just wants to be complemented with a strong bass counterpoint and rhythm
So what do forum members think? Are there other great piano-bass pairings that I should be listening to?  |
11-06-2006, 12:24 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I gotta go with Chick Corea / John Patitucci. I love when those two get together.
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11-06-2006, 12:38 AM
| | I don't think, but I still am. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: So. Cali | | | I'd go with the Jacques Loussier Trio. It's beautiful pianist, a great bassist and an accomplished drummer (snare and hi-hat). There is an album entitled "Jacues Play Bach" which has a beautiful balance of all three. It is one of my favorite cds.
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11-06-2006, 01:05 AM
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11-06-2006, 03:00 AM
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Check out the three duet albums by Carla Bley and Steve Swallow.  |
11-06-2006, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Wanderer81 I'd go with the Jacques Loussier Trio. It's beautiful pianist, a great bassist and an accomplished drummer (snare and hi-hat). There is an album entitled "Jacues Play Bach" which has a beautiful balance of all three. It is one of my favorite cds. | I've been a fan of Jacques Loussier since I first heard him play back in the mid-1960s. Coincidentally I've just finished watching "Play Bach …and more" which was recorded at St. Thomas, Leipzig in 2004. Music of J S Bach, Claude Debussy, Eric Satie and Maurice Ravel. The band in this recording (Jacques Loussier (pno), Benoît Dunoyer de Segonzac (db), André Arpino (dr)) was different to the original band of the 1960s and 70s, but both the bass player and drummer were incredible. The interaction of ideas and the communication between band members was very impressive. I think it doesn't get much better than this.
Fabulous music, and a great recording - beautiful accoustics and a very quiet and attentive audience. Very well produced, and includes an interview (in French with subtitles) given my M. Loussier on his approach to music. Fascinating stuff, and sublime music!
Back to the OP - George Shearing toured and made some some recordings with Brian Torff; I love George Shearing's playing, and Brian Torff is a pretty damned good bassist. Then there's Bill Evans and Scott Lafaro…
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11-06-2006, 07:42 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | There is a live album from the late-great Michel Petrucciani with bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen that is wonderful.
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11-06-2006, 06:10 PM
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11-06-2006, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia Water | | I know it's obvious, but Jaco & Zawinul 
and less obvious, Billy Gould and Roddy Bottum because I love faith no more than those fools were in it from the start |
11-06-2006, 08:09 PM
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11-06-2006, 08:18 PM
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11-06-2006, 08:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Syracuse, NY | | | There's an album by Charlie Haden & Hank Jones that I love called "Steal Away."
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11-06-2006, 08:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Keith Jarret and Gary Peacock/Charlie Haden
Depends which way you want to go. Haden is far more out there, whereas Peacock plays more traditionally. |
11-06-2006, 08:50 PM
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Check their album "Partners". It is amazing.
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11-06-2006, 09:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | It's not a pairing I'd have thought of, but I'm going to go see Chick Corea & Victor Wooten tomorrow night in Manhattan. Needless to say, I have very high expectations.
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11-07-2006, 05:10 AM
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11-07-2006, 05:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: London, UK | | | Just remember a beautiful album of duets by Charlie Haden and the British pianist John Taylor. The album is called 'Nightfall'. |
11-08-2006, 09:50 AM
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11-08-2006, 10:23 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bridgewater, CT | | | A big +1 on Evans and LaFaro. Also on Patitucci and Corea, though Chick can get just a touch cheesy sometimes.
I really like Patitucci's work with Michel Camilo as well.
OOOOOHH!! I forgot: Kenny Drew and NHOP. RIDICULOUS. |
11-08-2006, 11:15 AM
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