If I never heard another cymbal for the rest of my life...

[BickertRules]

...that would be just fine with me.

Do you have any favorite jazz guitar albums without drums?

[neatomic]

explore the great jimmy giuffre trios...jimmy with jim hall and a bassist or valve trombone man bob brookmeyer...also giuffres later long time trio with paul bley on piano and steve swallow on bass

trav'lin light

cheers

[Lobomov]

How can you live without the holy grail of cymbals .. Behold in all it's beauty!!!

[Lobomov]

But more seriously ... There are always the classic drummerless albums


Hall and Evans "Undercurrent"

"The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow"

And then there is the more modern "Hall Metheny" record

[BickertRules]

It’s like you’re slowly and gently hammering a beautiful brass nail into my forehead...

How can you live without the holy grail of cymbals .. Behold in all it's beauty!!!

[grahambop]

[grahambop]

[neatomic]

the fantastic trio of chet baker. doug raney and nhop...all rip!

the blue room

cheers

[Lobomov]

Oh just remembered now that you mention NHØP .. Jeff's first jgbe jam thread with Whisper not made me look for recorded vesions of the tune and this one is absolutely stellar imo

[sgcim]

Jim Hall and Ron Carter- Alone Together
Ed Bickert Rob McConnel and Neil Swainson- Trio Sketches
All the Jimmy Giuffre albums with Jim Hall
Alabama Concerto feat. Barry Galbraith- over 40 minute piece with no drums!
Howard Alden and Kenny Peplowsky- Encore!
Joe Puma- Shining Hour
Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, Don Thompson- Three For the Road
Ed Bickert, Don Thompson
Lennie Breau Dave Young Live at Bourbon St.

[sgcim]

Oh just remembered now that you mention NHØP .. Jeff's first jgbe jam thread with Whisper not made me look for recorded vesions of the tune and this one is absolutely stellar imo

No guitar- disqualified!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sgcim]

Harry Leahey - Silver Threads

[rpjazzguitar]

George Van Eps, My Guitar

If I recall, the drummer played brushes on a catalog (magazine style). Brushes, no drums. The liner notes named the catalog, which I thought was wry humor. It said that it gave him "the drier sound he wanted".

[grahambop]

Kenny Burrell - A La Carte (with Rufus Reid). Nice duo album, I can’t find any clips online though.

A la Carte (Kenny Burrell album) - Wikipedia


edit: I think this was originally one of the tracks from the album:

[Gilpy]

Ha, I know what you mean about drummers. When I'm recording my own material, I usually forbid the drummer to use his ride cymbal. I mean, sometimes it's nice to hear the air between the notes. Amazingly, I've never had a drummer get upset about my request.

[Sam Sherry]

the fantastic trio of chet baker. doug raney and nhop...all rip!

"It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer." -- Chet Baker

I'm partial to Abercrombie & Towner's "Sargasso Sea." It's pay-blocked on YouTube but here's a fine stand-in:

[neatomic]

"It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer." -- Chet Baker

but nothin beats playin with a great drummer!

cheers

[guido5]

Listen to Paul Motian or Joey Barron. They will cure your drum problems.

Now if we can just get more drummers to listen to them...

[Sam Sherry]

but nothin beats playin with a great drummer!

Yes. I'm lucky to play in a seventeen-piece band with a drummer who is just a great fit . . . really a great musician.

There's no feeling like a big-band with a musical, ass-kicking drummer. And in this time of CoViD I sure do miss it.

[jameslovestal]

[Greentone]

Don't forget the great Oscar Peterson Trios that featured guitar instead of drums.

OP, Ray Brown, and Barney Kessel, or Herb Ellis, or Joe Pass.

[BickertRules]

I love Abercrombie’s little electric mandolin.

"It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer." -- Chet Baker

I'm partial to Abercrombie & Towner's "Sargasso Sea." It's pay-blocked on YouTube but here's a fine stand-in:

[wintermoon]

[wintermoon]

[wintermoon]