clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Beb Guerin-Francois Mechali 'Conversations' (NATO) Aha, yes - the bass duo LP. Another elusive beast. That one's good. Also much love for the Peter Kowald bass duos - Barre Phillips, Maarten Altena, and Barry Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 A good bass duo is The Marks Brothers (Mark Dresser & Mark Helias) on Dewerf. Also, the classic Music from Two Basses (Dave Holland and Barre Phillips) on ECM (or was it JAPO?). Joelle Leandre has recorded with other bassists quite a bit, the one I like a lot is Hunting the Spirits Inside Them (on Music & Arts) with Ken Filiano and Vinny Golia. And yeah, Peter Kowald's duo with Damian Smith on balance point acoustics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Ah yes, Music from Two Basses. That was an Early ECM. For some reason I've never heard the Kowald/Damon Smith disc. I'll ping Damon about it. He gave me a lock of Peter K's bow hair for Christmas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Duke Ellington!! He used the two bass configuration in the '30s and the '40s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Duke Ellington!! He used the two bass configuration in the '30s and the '40s Thanks, brownie! How could all of the rest of us forgotten that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Group feat two bassists : Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy Clint Houston - Ron Carter Contemporary For the purists : Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Sam Jones Duo Steeplechase And even more than 2 bassplayers : Bass Violin Choir - Bassically yours Fred Hopkins, Phil Bowler, Gregory Maker, Rufus Reid, Brian Smith and Bob Cunningham Black Saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Stanley Clark and Cecil McBee on Norman Connors' Dance of Magic - partly in the wake of Black Unity on which Connors played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Has Joki Freund's "Yogi Jazz" been mentioned already? wonderful album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 According to what I've read, Duke Ellington used bassists Billy Taylor and Jimmy Blanton together for a short period of time until Billy Taylor no longer wanted to be "outplayed" by the new addition of Blanton in the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 And even more than 2 bassplayers : ... Well, then there is no way to avoid these here - excellent sound, and lots of fun! Another track in this vein with Milt Hinton is on one of McBride's Verve LPs: Some unreleased material was included on the bonus CD of the last Ray Brown album on Telarc: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Bass – Harry MillerBass, Tuba – Peter Kowald ...and two of everything else too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Oscar Peterson And The Bassists - Montreux '77 - Pablo Live w. Ray Brown & N.H.O. Pedersen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Slam Stewart & Major Holley - Shut Yo' Mouth _ Delos with Dick Hyman and Oliver Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mracz Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Duke Ellington!! He used the two bass configuration in the '30s and the '40s Thanks, brownie! How could all of the rest of us forgotten that? IIRC, so did Hamp in the late 40s. The parts were written, as with Ellington, both players usually on the same part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Seem to recall two basses on this one. This suggests track 3 only: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Brass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell on Archie Shepp: Live in San Francisco (Impulse) Peter Ind and Rufus Reid: Alone Together (Wave) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) Mention of Peter Ind reminds me that he made an album with fellow bassist, the late Bernie Cash. I was invited along one evening in the sixties to hear them play in the Leeds home of pianist Brian Layton. It was great to hear music like that in the confines of a small room in a suburban house! Edited February 27, 2013 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 David Friesen and Glen Moore recorded an LP of bass duos (with other instruments played by them as well) for Vanguard. I was going to mention the Slam Stewart & Major Holley albums but was interrupted. There is a second one on Black & Blue, "Two Big Mice" which has George Duvivier in the rhythm section behind them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Ornette Coleman, "Sound Grammar" -- Greg Cohen & Tony Falanga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Has Joki Freund's "Yogi Jazz" been mentioned already? wonderful album! Ah yes, that is an excellent record. I had forgotten it has two bassists: Eberhard Weber and Karl Theodor Geier (who's on some Gruntz records IIRC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Lee Morgan's last one, IIRC, electric & acoustic, Jimmie Merit & ?Bitches Brew, or at least parts thereof, Dave Holland & Harvey Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 IIRC, ron carter had a few recordings with him playing a 'piccolo' bas and there was someone else playing a regular bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 IIRC, ron carter had a few recordings with him playing a 'piccolo' bass and there was someone else playing a regular bass. That was Buster Williams. Very nice album, played it continuously back then. On Sam Jones' three Riverside albums, there often is a second bass player, mostly when Jones grabs a cello, but a few tracks have two basses. Ron Carter, Keter Betts, Israel Crosby - great choices indeed for the second bass part. Lee Morgan's last one, IIRC, electric & acoustic, Jymie Merritt & ? Reggie Workman! Merritt played the "electric" instrument, i.e. an Ampeg baby bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yusef Lateef used multiple bassists and keyboards on sessions for the Gentle Giant album, Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones, and Bill Salter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Bass – Harry MillerBass, Tuba – Peter Kowald ...and two of everything else too. ...just like Noah heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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