Double Bass Bass and vocal duos

[jazzkid17]

Any standards you'd recommend that are cool to do as bass/vocal duos?

Something like this
Kurt Elling - The Waking (special version with T.Roethke's text) - YouTube

 

[petesenkowski]

Two that I've heard:

"Crazy"
Lari White and (I think) David Hungate

"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe"
Nancy LaMott and Jay Leonhart

Thanks,
Pete

 

[PickerB]

Audra McDonald sings "Eat my Frog" by Jay Leonheart. Pretty sweet.

 

[j.stemmler]

just about any standard could work in this configuration. Ive done gigs with just myself and a vocalist. You just have to adjust your playing a bit (adding double stops, walking more often, etc.). Also, if you plan on soloing, you rly have to adjust so that youre more or less comping for yourself. So i tend try to establish the groove, and throw in some roots on the downbeats, and play fills throughout. It also doesnt hurt if your playing with a vocalist who listens well, and is sensitive to make sure youre not over exposed for too long. IME, fast swing tunes work really well.

Heres a great example. Larry does a great job of mixing up his rhythms and using the triplet to give the song some forward momentum. He also does a great job of comping for himself while he solos. Rebecca Martin & Larry Grenadier - YouTube

 

[Michael Eisenman]

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[Calebmundy]

"Key Largo" as done by Sarah Vaughn has a little guitar, but is mostly just bass and vocal. It's one of my favorites.

 

[ethnotime]

Michel Donato, a great bass player in Montreal, has a few duo cds with a vocalist, Karen Young. They do a mix bag of stuff but for standards they do killer versions of "Fever" and "I loves you Porgy".