top 10 duo albums

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what are your top 10 duo albums ?

[stonemonkts]

Paul Bley/Gary Peacock - Mindset
Bill Charlap/Warren Vache - 2Gether
John Coltrane/Rashied Ali - Interstellar Space
David Murray/Milford Graves - Real Deal
Abdullah Ibrahim/Johnny Dyani - Echoes From Africa
Steve Lacy/Mal Waldron - Sempre Amore
Evan Parker/Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall
Enrico Rava/Ran Blake - Duo en Noir
Sam Rivers/Dave Holland - s/t Vol. 1
Irene Schweizer/Pierre Favre - Ulrichsberg
Cecil Taylor/Tony Oxley - Leaf Palm Hand


Oops I went one over.

[SilentKnowledge]

Hmm...

John Coltrane & Rashied Ali-Intersteallar Space
Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost-Most Material
Derek Bailey & John Butcher-Vortices & Angeles(On the first half of the album)
Mats Gustafsson & Paal Nilssen-Love-I Love It When You Snore
Assif Tsahar & Hamid Drake-Soul Bodies
Steve Beresford & Han Bennink-B + B
Wolfgang Fuchs/Hans Koch/Evan Parker/Louis Sclavis-Duets, Dithyrambisch(Would this one count? The musicians exclusively performs a duet with one another)
John Butcher & John Edwards-Optic
Steve Noble & Alex Ward-Ya, Boo, Reel & Rumble
David Rothbaum & Harris Eisenstadt-10/21/03

There is just so many great duo albums...

[Steve Reynolds]

Eddie Prevost/Evan Parker: Most Materiall
Myra Melford/Han Bennink: Eleven Ghosts
Ellery Eskelin/Han Bennink: Dissonant Characters
Keith Rowe/Evan Parker: Dark Rags
Mats Gustaffson/Paal Nilsson Love: I Love It When You Snore
Peter Brotzmann/Hamid Drake: The Dried Rat Dog
John Coltrane/Rashied Ali: Interstellar Space
David Murray/Randy Weston: The Healers
David Murray/Milford Graves: Real Deal
Abdullah Ibrahim/Johnny Dyani: Echoes from Africa

Silentknowledge has good taste.....

I only included one that might be considered eai - that would be a whole different thread, I think

[Dan G]

Some favorites:

Art Pepper & George Cables - Goin' Home
Lee Konitz & Red Mitchell - I Concentrate on You
Evan Parker & Eddie Prevost - Most Materiall
Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley - Leaf Palm Hand
Joelle Leandre & Tetsu Saitoh - Joelle et Tetsu
Derek Bailey & Jamie Muir - Dart Drug
Muhal Abrams & Malachi Favors - Sight Song
Raymond Boni & Claude Tchamitchian - ke gats
Keith Rowe & Burkhard Beins - Grain
Fred Van Hove & Ivo Vander Borght - Lust

[SilentKnowledge]

Originally Posted by Steve Reynolds

Silentknowledge has good taste.....

That is very kind of you Mr.Reynolds! Thank you.

Regards,

Alexander

[Joey X]

The finest duo CD I've heard lately is "Hues of Blues" (Concord) w/ Walter Norris and George Mraz.
Joey X

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

John Coltrane/Rashied Ali -- Interstellar Space
Don Cherry/ Ed Blackwell -- El Corazon
Anthony Braxton/ Evan Parker -- Duo (London) 1993
Tim Berne/ Hank Roberts -- Cause & Reflect
Billy Bang/ Dennis Charles -- Bangception Willisau 1982
Keith Rowe/Evan Parker -- Dark Rags
Mal Waldron/ Steve Lacy - Sempre Amore
Joelle Leandre/ Rudiger Carl -- Blue Goo Park
Ralph Towner/ Peter Erskine -- Open Letter
Charles Lloyd/ Billy Higgins -- Which Way Is East
Cecil Taylor/ Han Bennink -- Spots Circles and Fantasy
Ellery Eskelin/ Han Bennink -- Dissonant Characters
George Lewis/ Roscoe Mitchell -- Voyager
Don Cherry/ Ed Blackwell -- Mu 1&2
Derek Bailey/ Noel Akchote -- Close To The Kitchen
Ian & Sylvia -- Best of The Vanguard Years

(recent, with a bullet!)
•Mark Feldman/ Sylvia Courvoisier -- Masada Recital


(these are albums of duos with a variety of artists)
Fritz Hauser -- Zwei
D. D. Jackson -- Paired Down


(two that are not entirely duos)
Jeanne Lee/ Ran Blake -- The Newest Sound Around (mostly duos)
Shelly Manne/ Russ Freeman -- The Two and The Three (half are duos)


And I've got to get that Cecil/ Oxley album!

[Richardo Caerleoni]

And ...Interseller Space !


RC.

[Frisco]

Originally Posted by SilentKnowledge

Steve Noble & Alex Ward-Ya, Boo, Reel & Rumble

Alexander, what is this recording like? Ward on clarinet? What label? I'd like to hear more of his clarinet work. Look out for a nice new CD by the Simon Fell Quintet on Red Toucan. Four Compositions by Fell on two discs.

[Pete C]

Not an album, but the alpha & omega of duos is Weather Bird.

Too many great piano duos to mention, but Kenny Drew & NHOP was about as good as it gets, and Red Mitchell did great albums with Jimmie Rowles & Kenny Barron.

Some favorites of mine have already been listed: Rivers & Holland, the Healers, Sempre Amore, Leaf Palm Hand, Mu.

I prefer Rava with Bollani to Blake (Montreal Diary B, Rava Plays Rava).

For Feldman & Courvoisier I find Music for Piano & Violin MUCH better than Masada Recital.

Manne & Freeman, The Two, counts as a full album since it was originally released alone as a 10-inch.

I haven't heard it in years, but I remember Roach & Shepp, The Long March being excellent.

Best Brazilian jazz duo - Cesar Camargo Mariano & Romero Lubambo - Duo.

Both Bill Evans/Jim Hall albums.

Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Crystal Silence.

[Richardo Caerleoni]

[QUOTE=Pete C]Not an album, but the alpha & omega of duos is Weather Bird.

Too many great piano duos to mention, but Kenny Drew & NHOP was about as good as it gets, and Red Mitchell did great albums with Jimmie Rowles & Kenny Barron.-----

.Manne & Freeman, The Two, counts as a full album since it was originally released alone as a 10-inch.

I haven't heard it in years, but I remember Roach & Shepp, The Long March being excellent.

----QUOTE]


Agree with all...And............Braxton and Roach? A joy. And the Art Pepper/George Cables two albums ...sorry if this has been mentioned.

RC.

[SilentKnowledge]

Originally Posted by Frisco

Alexander, what is this recording like? Ward on clarinet? What label? I'd like to hear more of his clarinet work.

Yes, Ward is on Clarinet & on Alto Saxophone. But he is performing on clarinet a majority of the album. It was on Incus, but I believe it is unavalible now. It is a quite a quirky album, Mr.Noble definetly displays his Han Bennink influences.


Regards,

Alexander

[Pete C]

Not a full album, but the 2 McCoy Tyner / George Adams duets on Things Ain't What They Used to Be are magical.

[Gordon B]

Two not mentioned:

Burkhard Stangl and Dieb 13- eh



DD Jackson- Paired Down, Vol. 1

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Actually, I did mention that DD Jackson disc.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

I wish there were a Volume 2 of this -- this is my favorite DD Jackson-led disc (although I like his playing on Billy Bang's 'Bang On!' best of all).

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

Years

(recent, with a bullet!)
•Mark Feldman/ Sylvia Courvoisier -- Masada Recital

You have to get their other duo album before DIW/Avant becomes unavailable in the U.S.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

I will, Pete! I saw your earlier post. The Masada was my first exposure to Sylvia's playing.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

The Masada was my first exposure to Sylvia's playing.

Sylvie.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

Originally Posted by Pete C

Sylvie.

Her, too.

[Gordon B]

Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

I wish there were a Volume 2 of this -- this is my favorite DD Jackson-led disc (although I like his playing on Billy Bang's 'Bang On!' best of all).

That one's also good.

[frankiepop]

braxton|roach duos are the bomb

i would add ellery eskelin and andrea parkins....green bermudas

[michaelr]

Willem Breuker/Han Bennink -- New Acoustic Swing Duo
Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl -- The very centre of middle Europe
Bill Dixon/Tony Oxley -- Papyrus volume I
Peter Kowald -- Europa · America · Japan 3 LP set
Günter Christmann/Thomas Lehn -- Temps durée
Toshinori Kondo/Paul Lovens -- The last supper
Derek Bailey, Evan Parker -- The London Concert
Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron -- Snake Out
Anthony Braxton/George Lewis -- Elements of Surprise
Conrad Bauer/Johannes Bauer -- Bauer Bauer

[SilentKnowledge]

Originally Posted by michaelr

Derek Bailey, Evan Parker -- The London Concert

The London Concert rules. It is much better than Arch Duo.

[Dan G]

Originally Posted by michaelr

Irène Schweizer/Rüdiger Carl -- The very centre of middle Europe
Günter Christmann/Thomas Lehn -- Temps durée
Toshinori Kondo/Paul Lovens -- The last supper

The Kondo/Lovens LP is great! I wasn't thrilled with the Schweizer/Carl album though, maybe I need to listen again - its been a few years since I listened to it last.

WHat label is the Christmann/Lehn one on? Lp or CD? And seeing it mentioned reminds me how much I like the Christmann duo with Mats Gustafsson on Okka (can't remember the title).

And, in that strange way that brains make connections - Christmann recorded a couple of discs on Concepts of Doing - I also remembered that there is a great duo album of Alexander Fragenhein and Phil Durrant called Duo Lock.

[MRS]

My Bennink duo appraisals (obviously of those with which I'm familiar):

w/Melford Eleven Ghosts--pretty much sublime start to finish, a big favourite since its release, "Which Was Is That" tears the walls down

w/Eskelin Dissonant Characters--never liked this at all, I find it quite dull but I can't imagine a horn would make an easy (and sole) foil for Han

w/Douglas (forgot the name, off Songlines)--ancillary to the above, not a good pairing on a couple levels, but the "Too Close for Comfort" take is priceless

w/Cecil Spots, Circles and Fantasy--never liked this at all, listen to it rarely, really crappy sound, too

w/Nabatov Chat Room--really effective pairing, recommended (thanks Dan G!)

[MRS]

w/Schweizer s/t (I think)--awesome, genuine manipulation of standard material, wonderful sound, unpretentious Monk work, great fun

[stonemonkts]

Can't forget these two (seeing Schaumann's name in this thread jogged my memory):

Schlippenbach/Sunny Murray - Smoke

Sclippenbach/Tony Oxley - Digger's Harvest

[Dan G]

Originally Posted by Michael Schaumann

My Bennink duo appraisals (obviously of those with which I'm familiar):

w/Melford Eleven Ghosts--pretty much sublime start to finish, a big favourite since its release, "Which Was Is That" tears the walls down

w/Eskelin Dissonant Characters--never liked this at all, I find it quite dull but I can't imagine a horn would make an easy (and sole) foil for Han

w/Douglas (forgot the name, off Songlines)--ancillary to the above, not a good pairing on a couple levels, but the "Too Close for Comfort" take is priceless

w/Cecil Spots, Circles and Fantasy--never liked this at all, listen to it rarely, really crappy sound, too

w/Nabatov Chat Room--really effective pairing, recommended (thanks Dan G!)

Jeez, I could have written this - its dead on with my opinions of these albums. Have you heard MiHa, the duo with Misha M from mid-90s? Its ok, but the animosity between the two is obvious and Han keeps wanting to mess with Misha. Typical. I haven't heard the Schweizer, really should get more of her stuff.