Albums with Guitar comping instead of Piano

[supersoul]

Lee Konitz "Tranquility" from 1957, quartet with Bill Bauer. One of my favorite albums that I don't hear much about.

Joe Puma "East Coast Jazz" Quintet, Joe Puma is a guitar player and is backed by Barry Galbraith on guitar, and Don Elliot on vibes.

[grahambop]

Jimmy and Doug Raney comping for each other:

[Christian Miller]

Adam Rogers why David Binney (R’n’B)


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[frabarmus]

(From Mick Goodrick's albums "In Passing" and "Sunscreams")

[twtunes]

Scofield with Joe Lovano:
ScoLoHoFo
Past Present

With Kenny Garrett:
Works for Me

[jameslovestal]

Something Different by Dexter Gordon. The title is because a guitar is used instead of piano. Catherine plays some great comping on the entire album.

[frabarmus]

With Bobby Broom on guitar.

[Bob_Ross]

Pat Martino album intitled "The Visit!"; reissued as "Footprints" and "Alone Together".

Rhythm guitar: Bobby Rose

Interesting choice. (fwiw I have and love that album; I also saw Pat and Bobby live as a duo a couple times back in the 1970s.)

But when I think of guitar "comping" the last thing I think of is the sort of guitar playing Bobby Rose does on that record.

As you noted, he's playing "rhythm guitar" ...very active, almost non-stop strumming that's all groove-oriented, more locked into the bass & drums than it is to the soloist. He's not so much providing harmonic coloration and atmosphere, as he is supplying harmonized percussion.

He's a great player, no argument, and what he's doing he does quite well...but to my mind the whole concept of "comping" is less about grooving with the rhythm section and more about provoking, cajoling, inspiring, and/or dialoging with the soloist. It's usually much more rhythmically free (or unpredictable) than anything Rose does on that recording.

[Johnpiazza]

I’m glad to keep this conversation going. As for reviving old threads, what can I say? I’m a Latin teacher. I’m always reading very old stuff, which has not lost its interest or relevance despite being 2000+ years old. As far as I’m concerned, a recording from the 50’s of a song written in the 20’s is basically current events. This group will not cease to become useful or relevant just because time passes. JazzPadd said it best, and I agree: “it makes a forum like an archive, a repository of shared wisdom and our mutual learning experiences.”

[Johnpiazza]

Lee Konitz "Tranquility" from 1957, quartet with Bill Bauer. One of my favorite albums that I don't hear much about.

Joe Puma "East Coast Jazz" Quintet, Joe Puma is a guitar player and is backed by Barry Galbraith on guitar, and Don Elliot on vibes.

Thanks for this. I’ve been exploring Konitz’s catalogue since I heard him play with Frisell (Angel Song) and then on Jakob Bro’s recordings in the early 2000’s, as well as Bro’s documentary Music For Black Pigeons which features Konitz. He has always worked well with guitarists, even though he hasn’t recorded with them very often.

[JazzerEU]

Kristin Korb "What's Your Story", herself on bass and vocals, Jeff Hamilton on drums, Bruce Forman on guitar

Shiela Jordan "Portrait of Shiela"

Julie London "Julie is her Name"

Sarah Vaughan "Sarah + 2" and "After Hours"

some of Diana Panton's albums and tracks have her accompanied by guitar

as my teacher Bruce Forman told me, there's no such thing as rhythm and lead guitar, if you think of "rhythm guitar" as just harmonized melodies your comping will be much better off

[jameslovestal]

Kristin Korb "What's Your Story", herself on bass and vocals, Jeff Hamilton on drums, Bruce Forman on guitar

Shiela Jordan "Portrait of Shiela"

Julie London "Julie is her Name"

Sarah Vaughan "Sarah + 2" and "After Hours"

some of Diana Panton's albums and tracks have her accompanied by guitar

as my teacher Bruce Forman told me, there's no such thing as rhythm and lead guitar, if you think of "rhythm guitar" as just harmonized melodies your comping will be much better off

Nice to see Kristin Korb receive a mention. Korb was in the So California area a lot, so I saw her often at small, nice venues. Also have seen Bruce Forman many times (he is also a CA guy), but never with Korb.