Albums without a chordal instrument to comp to?

**diode** · 04-16-2022, 02:04 AM

For the purposes of playing along, what albums do you like that don’t include a piano/organ/guitar in the recording?

I really like Two of a Mind by Paul Desmond and Gerry Mulligan.

I once saw Julian Lage talk about the benefits of playing along with albums and he demonstrated using A Night at the Village Vanguard by Sonny Rollins.

**Christian Miller** · 04-16-2022, 03:23 AM

Great idea!

Joe Henderson State of the Tenor?

**grahambop** · 04-16-2022, 04:36 AM

Motion by Lee Konitz.

Lullaby for a Monster by Dexter Gordon.

**Jonah** · 04-16-2022, 05:22 AM

Grant Greene... can't remember the title.
He plays lines there only against bass

There was Round midnight on it

**Jonah** · 04-16-2022, 05:26 AM

Gerry Mulligan has a bunch of records without harmonic instrument

**grahambop** · 04-16-2022, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by Jonah

Grant Greene... can't remember the title.
He plays lines there only against bass

There was Round midnight on it

This is a Grant Green trio record, not sure if it’s the same one.

Remembering (Grant Green album) - Wikipedia

**grahambop** · 04-16-2022, 07:00 AM

Jimmy Raney made some trio records, he does not tend to play chords much in a trio setting. E.g. Momentum, The Influence, But Beautiful.

**kris** · 04-16-2022, 07:16 AM

**Jimmy blue note** · 04-16-2022, 07:22 AM

Steve Lacy did a series of solo Monk recordings. Very challenging. If you can figure a way to comp these tunes (which is possible if your ear gets good), they're a master class in harmonic and melodic interplay.
Sonny Rollins's work in his latter years is also heavily steeped in the solo tenor genre.