Great collaborations.

[Hardbopjazz]

The first that comes to mind is Bird and Diz.

Then Staryhorn and Ellington.

Any others you can think of?

[Alexander Hawkins]

I'd say Monk and Rollins, but I don't know if they were long term enough to count as a 'collaboration' as such?

[brownie]

Miles and Gil Evans

Miles and Coltrane

Monk and Coltrane

Lucky Thompson and Oscar Pettiford

Cecil Taylor and Jimmy Lyons

[John L]

King Oliver and Louis Armstrong

Billie Holiday and Lester Young

Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke

John Coltrane and Elvin Jones

Miles, Wayne, Herbie, Ron, and Tony

[Dan Gould]

Mobley and Morgan

Gene Harris and Ray Brown

Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown

[jazzbo]

Albert Ayler and Sunny Murray

Ornette Coleman and Don Cherry

Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines

Bix and Tram!

[couw]

Roland & Kirk

[garthsj]

How about:

Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond

Jay and Kai

Lennie Tristano and Lee Konitz

Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh

Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh

Jimmy Giuffre and Paul Bley

Phil Woods and Gene Quill

Slim Galliard and Slam Stewart

Bill Evans and Scott Lafaro

Count Basie and Freddie Green

Count Basie and Oscar Peterson

etc. etc ....

... And then there are "strange" combinations (which sometimes actually work!) ... starting with:

Thelonious Monk and Pee Wee Russell

Dave Brubeck and Anthony Braxton

or "made in Heaven .... " such as this one ....

Edited April 7, 2004 by garthsj

[jlhoots]

Excellent choices above.

Others:

Jarrett, Peacock, Dejohnette

Dave Douglas & everybody

Monk & Rouse

Mingus & Dannie Richmond

[Chrome]

Clifford Brown/Max Roach

[Joe G]

Shorter/Zawinal

Metheny/Mays

[Rooster_Ties]

Greg Osby and Jason Moran B)

[brownie]

Sidney Bechet and Tommy Ladnier

Hank Jones and Barry Galbraith and Milt Hinton and Osie Johnson

Al Cohn and Zoot Sims

John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy

[John L]

Walter Page and Jo Jones

Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones

Reggie Workman and Elvin Jones

Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke

William Parker and Hamid Drake

David Holland and Jack DeJohnette

Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell

Curtis Counce and Frank Butler

Mel Lewis and any big band

Sidney Catlett and any small band

[catesta]

Duke and Louis

Duke and Coltrane

[chuckyd4]

My favorite Monk collaboration of all is with Blakey - drummer on both his first and last sessions. Bu seemed to understand Monk's rhythmic sense and what his music needed more than most.

[Stefan Wood]

Damn straight! Monk and Blakey were a GREAT combination.

[Rooster_Ties]

Andrew Hill and Richard Davis B)

[vibes]

Bobby Hutcherson/Harold Land

[vibes]

Grant Green/Larry Young/Elvin Jones

(I suppose that's a collaboration, no?)

[Sundog]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Joe Henderson & Kenny Dorham yet. A few more below...

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Stanley Turrentine and Kenny Burrell

Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Smith

[Jazzmoose]

I don't know if this really qualifies in the sense we're talking here, but how about Frank Sinatra/Nelson Riddle?

[Z-Man]

I don't know if this really qualifies in the sense we're talking here, but how about Frank Sinatra/Nelson Riddle?

Damn right it qualifies.

And don't forget the six-stringers:

Wes Montgomery/Melvin Rhyne

Jim Hall/Bill Evans

[Chuck Nessa]

Roscoe Mitchell/Lester Bowie

Roscoe Mitchell/Malachi Favors

Roscoe Mitchell/Phillip Wilson

Bird/Diz

Herbie Nichols/Max Roach (Max made Herbie happy, but I preferred Bu. What do I know.)

Chet Baker/Russ Freeman

I may have more to follow, but am hung up on these at the moment.

[Spontooneous]

Monk and Milt Jackson.

Billy Higgins and everybody.