Jim Hall & Ron Carter: Alone Together
Track
Alone Together
Artist
Jim Hall (guitar) and Ron Carter (bass)
CD
Alone Together (Milestone 9045)
Recorded: The Playboy Club, New York, August 4, 1972
Rating: 94/100 (learn more)
The very title to the song and CD -- "Alone Together" -- promises an intimate duet. And the two musicians in question, guitarist Jim Hall and bassist Ron Carter, are a perfect pairing. This is chamber jazz of the highest order. Carter takes the opening melody statement and spins it out with a lazy elegance. Hall follows with a tasty solo that moves from smart single note lines to succinct chords. Then he shifts into a four-to-the-bar accompaniment to Carter's melodic improvisation. There were many far more boisterous bands during this Age of Fusion, but Carter & Hall were one of the best match-ups of the era, and this recording captures them at top form.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
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"Alone Together/ Jim Hall, Ron Carter" is one of my jazz-listener-debut albums, I started listening along with a few jazz-rock albums at the time (1974), such as "Like Children/Jerry Goodman-Jan Hammer", "School Days/Stanley Clarke", Chicago 1 thru 7, a couple of Blood, Sweat & Tears albums, V.S.O.P by Herbie Hancock, and friends, Chick Corea's Return to Forever, Flora Purim, Miles Davis and many more. Needless to state; it did work out for me very well! I adore jazz classics. And this one is a true classic for me. And I thank my friend Orhan for making me start listening to jazz with such terrific musicians & and their tunes.