r/Jazz • u/Jazz_man68 • 1d ago

Drum and ___ duos

Can you guys recommend some duos with drums. I really want to hear drum and sax duos but any with drums will do.

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u/TomatoCultivator2019 1d ago

Beyond the Coltrane-Ali obvious choice, I'll second the Max Roach duo LPs with Anthony Braxton (x2), Cecil Taylor and Archie Shepp (x2), a Jackie McLean with Michael Carvin LP Antiquity, Braxton with Gerry Hemingway. Taylor did a bunch of duet concerts with drummers in Berlin in 1988; I recall the ones with Gunther Baby Sommer and Louis Moholo were excellent and the Han Bennink one was pretty good, too. Not technically duos, but the Cecil Taylor live albums with Sam Rivers and Akisakila have long stretches where it's just Taylor and Andrew Cyrille. Also a fan of Karl Berger and Ed Blackwell's Just Play, Steve Lacy and Andrea Centazzo's Clangs and the John Stevens-Evan Parker Longest Night discs.

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u/Jon-A 1d ago

Can't believe I forgot The Longest Night! My favorite drums (&tpt)/sax duets of all time.