Dan Gould Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 I think that's a paraphrase of the old commercial but you get the idea. Chocolate is great and so is peanut butter but it's even better together. So what are your two great musicians who sound even better together? Instead of a list, how about restricting it to a single pair, but no restriction to jazz - any genre counts. Mine would be Gene Harris + Stanley Turrentine. They only made two records together but whether its the mostly slow Blue Hour or the more uptempo live set put out by Concord, these two masters of the blues sound even better together. Yours? Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Greg Osby & Jason Moran. IMHO, nothing Obsy's done since Moran left his group around 2001 has quite rivaled what they recorded before (together). And Moran's own leader output was never better than during the time he was with Osby. I hope they record together again someday. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 I don't quite agree that Stanley sounds better than ever on those, but they're both super albums. Sometimes it's just on the day. Les McCann and Eddie Harris, to me, sound better than ever on 'Swiss movement' but not on 'Second movement', which is just the regular thing. I think Bill Doggett, Billy Butler and Clifford Scott sounded better together than any of them ever did without the others - but perhaps not always; I think there may have been some pretty ordinary sides I can't remember. Sometimes there's a perfect team and it doesn't really matter if not everything's up to the same mark. Same goes for Art Blakey and Horace Silver. Also Leon Spencer, Mel Sparks and Idris Muhammad. And McDuff, Benson, Dukes. But is this moving away from what you intended? MG Quote
erwbol Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 David Sánchez and Miguel Zenón. Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Posted October 27, 2014 Well MG to keep up the analogy I think you're slathering the peanut butter and chocolate onto a cookie. But it's cool. In Blues, how about Lowell Fulson & Maxwell Davis? Quote
jeffcrom Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Mississippi Fred McDowell and harmonica player Johnny Woods. They are almost telepathic in their responses to each other. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Well MG to keep up the analogy I think you're slathering the peanut butter and chocolate onto a cookie. But it's cool. Sorry, I'm a furriner In Blues, how about Lowell Fulson & Maxwell Davis? When were Lowell and Maxwell working together? Late 40s/early 50s? That's a hole in my collection that I've been meaning to close since the sixties - big mistake, eh? MG Quote
Dan Gould Posted October 27, 2014 Author Report Posted October 27, 2014 No, at that time it would be Lowell and Lloyd Glenn, who would be a good pair too. But Lowell and Maxwell Davis collaborated on all of his great 60s sides for the Biharis. (Parenthetically, Lowell's greatest hit of that era was "Tramp" and the story goes that because he knew that if he recorded it at a session being run by Maxwell Davis, he'd add a horn chart, Lowell recorded it when Maxwell was on vacation. And the rest as they say .... ) Quote
Jim R Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert Robert Cray and Curtis Salgado Charlie Baty and Rick Estrin Quote
Joe Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 3 come to mind; sorry, can't pick just one: Tina Brooks and Johnny Coles (only one recorded meeting, IIRC) - piquant! Steve Lacy and Charles Tyler (one date for Silkheart, right?) - so much tonal color... Monk and Rollins Quote
jlhoots Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) I like chocolate & peanut butter, but I like chocolate & lemon better - so Ornette & Don Cherry. Edited October 27, 2014 by jlhoots Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Kenny Dorham & Joe Henderson Hank Mobley & Lee Morgan Duane & Dickie Tommy Cogbill & Roger Hawkins Lester Young & Teddy Wilson & Jo Jones Muddy & Little Walter Wolf & Hubert Sumlin Magic Sam & Eddie Shaw Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 No, at that time it would be Lowell and Lloyd Glenn, who would be a good pair too. But Lowell and Maxwell Davis collaborated on all of his great 60s sides for the Biharis. (Parenthetically, Lowell's greatest hit of that era was "Tramp" and the story goes that because he knew that if he recorded it at a session being run by Maxwell Davis, he'd add a horn chart, Lowell recorded it when Maxwell was on vacation. And the rest as they say .... ) Oh, I think I have most of the Kent/Modern material. Didn't know the story about 'Tramp'. MG Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron. Richard Davis and everyone. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert Robert Cray and Curtis Salgado Charlie Baty and Rick Estrin Gotta say, I don't agree with Smith/Burrell. I think together they were pretty much the same as apart. And Smith couldn't have made an album like 'Up the street, round the corner, down the block', which is about my favourite Burrell. But they DID go together very well. Also Jaws and Griff... I have a marked preference for the two of them together over Griff alone, in general, but I think it's because Jaws is there There's a lot of Griff I like a lot, like 'Grab this', 'Big soul band', 'Soul groove' and 'Bush dance', but I think it may be who's with him, too. Often, he sounds a bit too much like a jazz musician for me. (A distinctly one-sided view, of course ) MG Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Jackie McLean and Grachan Moncur III Albert Ayler and Don Cherry Attila Zoller and Don Friedman Quote
Jim R Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Kenny Dorham & Joe Henderson Hank Mobley & Lee Morgan Duane & Dickie Tommy Cogbill & Roger Hawkins Lester Young & Teddy Wilson & Jo Jones Muddy & Little Walter Wolf & Hubert Sumlin Magic Sam & Eddie Shaw Nice list. KD and Joe occurred to me also. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 I KNEW there was a team I missed - Patton, Green, Dixon. MG Quote
Jim R Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert Robert Cray and Curtis Salgado Charlie Baty and Rick Estrin Gotta say, I don't agree with Smith/Burrell. I think together they were pretty much the same as apart. And Smith couldn't have made an album like 'Up the street, round the corner, down the block', which is about my favourite Burrell. But they DID go together very well. Also Jaws and Griff... I have a marked preference for the two of them together over Griff alone, in general, but I think it's because Jaws is there There's a lot of Griff I like a lot, like 'Grab this', 'Big soul band', 'Soul groove' and 'Bush dance', but I think it may be who's with him, too. Often, he sounds a bit too much like a jazz musician for me. (A distinctly one-sided view, of course ) MG Who gives a fuck? Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert Robert Cray and Curtis Salgado Charlie Baty and Rick Estrin Gotta say, I don't agree with Smith/Burrell. I think together they were pretty much the same as apart. And Smith couldn't have made an album like 'Up the street, round the corner, down the block', which is about my favourite Burrell. But they DID go together very well. Also Jaws and Griff... I have a marked preference for the two of them together over Griff alone, in general, but I think it's because Jaws is there There's a lot of Griff I like a lot, like 'Grab this', 'Big soul band', 'Soul groove' and 'Bush dance', but I think it may be who's with him, too. Often, he sounds a bit too much like a jazz musician for me. (A distinctly one-sided view, of course ) MG Who gives a fuck? Gawd blusher, Guv! MG Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Kenny G and Louis Armstrong Quote
xybert Posted October 27, 2014 Report Posted October 27, 2014 Off the top of my head, Joe Morris and Jim Hobbs. Love them apart, love them even more together. Quote
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