Larry Coryell / Miroslav Vitous Quartet


System build winding down finally and I’m back to enjoying music…after all that’s what it’s ultimately all about!
Letting Roon pick some good stuff for me with the Roon Radio feature, I recently discovered a very cool recording by Larry Coryell and Miroslav Vitous. Has some familiar classics as well as some new to me music. Highly recommend it. Recording quality is great as well…check it out and recommend your favorite guitar and bass duos!

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@audphile1 Thanks for the recommendation. I just enjoyed the album on Qobuz. They only have it in CD quality, but it still sounds great.

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Thanks for the suggestion.  I’ll be sure to add it to tomorrow’s playlist.

Great stuff on here. Thanks for this post. I’m a Roon user, too. It’s found some good music for me. +1 Jim Hall and Ron Carter. Hall made playing the guitar sound SO easy. Mark of a true master…

Some of the albums mentioned are not available for streaming. Checking others out. Jim Hall and Charlie Haden “Live from Montreal International Jazz Festival” is great. 
 

thanks again for the recommendations guys!

@stuartk 

Thank you. I am very happy with the vibe and atmosphere of my listening space. The Coincident Total Eclipse II continues to serve me well after all of these years.

Charles

@charles1dad 

Great ambience in your room and those Coincident floor-standers look to be very high bang-for-the-buck! 

I’ve had this CD for quite some years. Very good 2 musician interaction. Straight ahead jazz genre.

https://www.discogs.com/release/9308661-Red-Mitchell-Joe-Beck-Live-At-Salishan
 

Also agree with the Ron Carter/Jim Hall duos, very good.
Charles

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I just remembered another: the two J. Hall/R. Carter duo recordings available as a 2 CD set titled "Telepathy" :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfqLxxXLM-4

 

 

 

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You’re welcome. That’s an easy recommendation because it’s so damned good! It’s out of print but you should be able to find a copy if you’re patient.

I’ve never heard/heard of Joel Xavier -- will check it out.

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I saw K. Jarrett in late 70’s and it seemed he could do anything -- the crowd worshipped him as if he was a god. When he began grunting and plucking the piano strings, I walked out. Not to say there wasn’t plenty of great music back then (there was) but it was also a very self-indulgent era. 

 

Heard Larry Coryell at Grinnell College in 1980.  Just him and a piano, a 6 string and a 12 string acoustic guitars and an electric guitar.  He finished the show by pounding on the piano and getting feedback going then grabbed the electric guitar and started banging on it and the shoved on top of the strings in the grand piano and walked away

@stuartk "The Unforgettable NHOP Trio Live"

Excellent album and great recording quality! Thanks for this!!!

@stuartk thanks! I’ll check those out. I have heard the Charley Haden albums you mentioned but not the others. 

I had one more cool guitar / bass recording come up on the feed. This one was by Ron Carter and Joel Xavier, the track name is “Silence”:

@stuartk 

Thank you for the recording recommendations. I love jazz guitar and jazz double bass (Plucked and con arco). I’ll hunt these down.

Charles

@audphile1 

I'm a big fan of Coryell's post Fusion recordings but I haven't heard this one. 

I can only think of a small handful of other guitar/bass duos... 

Ralph Towner and Gary Peacock: "A Closer View" and "Oracle"

"Haden and Hall"  Charlie and Jim, of course. 

"Beyond the Missouri Sky" -- Metheny and Haden 

Pass and NHOP -- "Northsea Nights" 

Then, there are trios where the bass is a lead instrument as much as the guitar.

The first one that comes to mind is "The Unforgettable NHOP Trio Live" -- a killer record. I believe it's on Spotify. Don't know about the others on the list. 

That's all I got.