I'm looking for recommendations for jazz albums with a lineup similar to the one on Sonny Rollins's classic album
, which has tenor sax + guitar + bass + drums and that's it. (
.) I love how Jim Hall's guitar takes on the usual role of the piano since it's the only instrument in the ensemble that can play whole chords.
My 3 must-have criteria:
(1) The lineup must include guitar, bass, and drums.
(2) There must be at least one other instrument that typically plays just one note at a time (for instance, any brass/wind instrument -- sax, trumpet, clarinet, etc.).
(3) Guitar must be the
only instrument that typically plays multiple notes at a time. No piano, keyboard, vibes, etc.
Other points:
- The guitar playing should be prominent and interesting at least some of the time. (Again, Jim Hall's brilliant playing in
The Bridge is a good example.) So if there's a rhythm guitar strumming away in the background but never really taking the spotlight, that wouldn't count.
- Any time period, any sub-genre of jazz. No need to apologize if it's super-famous or super-obscure.
- In case this is useful: my tastes tend to favor jazz that's jagged, dissonant, unsentimental, outside-the-box, but not to the point of free jazz -- good examples are Mingus, Monk, Brad Mehldau, and the above YouTube clip. But please suggest any music you like that fits the 3 criteria.
(Bonus points if you can recommend albums that are on
emusic, since that's where I buy most of my music. But of course, it's no problem if they're not.)
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I can't think of anything off the top of my head. Oscar Peterson's trio was piano, guitar, drums. Ornette Coleman's double quartet had two bass players, two drums, no piano, and no guitar. I an think of other groups without bass, like Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio and Motian/Frisell/Lovano but not groups that also have bass.
posted by billtron at 1:45 PM on January 21