quiet, but busy or harmonically complex guitar trio dates (or similar)

[BillF]

[StarThrower]

Ben Monder is about as harmonically complex as it gets.

Here's the title track from Oceana.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvSueVPRrYY

[A Lark Ascending]

A live, hard boppish date with familiar tunes. Definitely busy but not as 'modern' as Metheny. Lots of other great Stewart dates out there.

An Irishman who doesn't seem that well known outside of guitar circles. But George Shearing valued him enough to use him for years.

[king ubu]

This thread should be moved to recommendations, here it will quickly vanish amongst ugly album covers.

Those who enjoy the two Milestones by Don Friedman with Attila Zoller should also look for this one:

Reissued on CD by ACT some years ago, no idea how hard it is to find.

And yes, that Joe Puma album Larry mentioned is wonderful. It was reissued in Japan in 2011 - had to get it as a fan of Eddie Costa's, but I've heard Puma before (amongst other things on his own "Wild Kitten") and it's definitely worth getting for him as well.

[mjazzg]

A live, hard boppish date with familiar tunes. Definitely busy but not as 'modern' as Metheny. Lots of other great Stewart dates out there.

An Irishman who doesn't seem that well known outside of guitar circles. But George Shearing valued him enough to use him for years.

beardless Jimmy Hill, surely?

[A Lark Ascending]

You are showing your age!

What my history teacher years ago used to refer to as a Habsburg Chin.

Edited September 8, 2013 by A Lark Ascending

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Those who enjoy the two Milestones by Don Friedman with Attila Zoller should also look for this one:

Reissued on CD by ACT some years ago, no idea how hard it is to find.

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This looks very nice! Thanks for the recommendation!

[mjazzg]

You are showing your age!

What my history teacher years ago used to refer to as a Habsburg Chin.

and my Medieval History tutor had such a chin - I always slightly disppointed that his specialism didn't match his chin

[JSngry]

Try that Don Freidman Prestige date w/Atilla Zoller, Richard Davis, & Joe Chambers

Definitely!!! -- I actually have all the Freidman Prestige dates now (including both Metamorphosis (i.e. the date you mentioned above), and also Derams and Explorations -- also with Freidman & Zoller). Great stuff!!

Do you have the Zoller Embryo date...

Don't know what I was thinking of when I put that album in this category, but...ooops, never mind.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A really nice Grant Green trio session (one of my most favourite GGs) is

That's the original Japanese LP sleeve. Reissued on CD as 'Standards'

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Oh, a nice Jimmy Ponder album is 'Something to ponder' - Muse.

How many jazz musicians have recorded 'The creator has a master plan'?

MG

[Sundog]

Philip Catherine- Moods (Volumes 1 & 2)

[CJ Shearn]

Not trio but both Metheny/Mehldau albums are great quiet harmonically busy. Both Day Trip albums too (the live Tokyo Day Trip is excellent). Kenny Burrell 12/15/78, Roni Ben Hur, "Fortuna" (a quartet)