Telepathy

Jim Hall and Ron Carter comprised one of Jazz's two greatest guitar and bass duos, the other one having been Joe Pass and Niels Henning Orsted Petersen. Lamentably, very few recordings of Jim and Ron's work together exist. Telepathy is actually a collection of two difficult to find live albums: Live at Village West and Telephone, and it's offered at a price far less than what you'll likely pay for either of the individual issues. If you love Alone Together, you'll certainly want these two albums in your collection.In their way, Pass and NHOP were the Bird and Diz of Jazz strings. Catch their virtuosity in Chops, Northsea Nights, The Joe Pass Trio and Oscar Peterson's The Trio. Hall and Carter, as a duo, are more in the cool jazz tradition. (Hall was a celebrated collaborator of Bill Evans, Paul Desmond and other stars of the cool school). Their live work on the Telepathy collection takes them into slightly more experimental territory than the material on Alone Together explores, but the Telepathy performances feature Jim and Ron's trademark telepathic connection and their uncanny ability to find original melody, harmony and rhythm in standards you might have thought had been explored to death.If you're getting hooked on jazz guitar and bass collaborations (or you already are and want to hear more), I also recommend the Pat Metheny/Charlie Haden collaboration Beyond the Missouri Sky as well as the Pat Metheny Trio albums Bright Size Life (with Jaco), Rejoicing (with Haden), Question and Answer (with Dave Holland), Day Trip (with Christian McBride).If you want more jazz guitar and bass duo, check out Jim Hall and Basses with Holland, Haden, McBride and others.

2 CD set. One is a more free form style of jazz, the other is more "mainstream" jazz. I will single out two tracks: St. Thomas which starts with (I assume) Ron Carter tapping out the intro on a glass with a spoon and then just lulls you into the tune, and an amazingly contratonal version of Blue Monk. Hall is Hall, mesmerizing, esoteric, and facile, and Ron Carter is , as always , percussive, melodic, and creative. My only complaint is Carter is harder to hear in the mix. Which is unfortunate because he drives the music in a lot of the songs.

Cd was in great condition, fast delivery and it’s awesome music

I've been on a Jim Hall kick this year. This duo is as good as it gets.

Haven't enjoyed a CD like this for a long time

Better on vinyl.

Two great music professionals - great music

Jim Hall is a musicians' musician, a guitarists' guitarist in this case. He's not really a household name like Miles or Ron Carter, which is hard to understand after hearing this recording. Hall's solos are compositional. His interaction with Carter is sublime and thoughtful, no rote licks here.

We got the poster; thought we'd try the album. Both are cool jazz.

La classe non è acqua!

Love it. Awesome sound and music

Quelle virtuosité partagée entre ces deux musiciens de haut niveau, une interprétation sans batterie ni cuivre amène ce jazz vers des sommets d'harmonie et d'onctuosité.Il existe d'autres duos contrebasse/guitare mais cet enregistrement en public est unique.

Tutto OK, come da aspettative.