Name: Telepathy
Brand: Concord
SKU: 41377
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Telepathy

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Album: Telepathy
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Bag's Groove	More Info...
2)	All The Things You Are	More Info...
3)	Blue Monk	More Info...
4)	New Waltz	More Info...
5)	Down From Antigua	More Info...
6)	Summer Night	More Info...
7)	St. Thomas	More Info...
8)	Embraceable You	More Info...
9)	Laverne Walk	More Info...
10)	Baubles, Bangles And Beads	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Introductory Announcement	More Info...
2)	Telephone	More Info...
3)	Indian Summer	More Info...
4)	Candlelight	More Info...
5)	Chorale And Dance	More Info...
6)	Alone Together	More Info...
7)	Stardust	More Info...
8)	Two's Blues	More Info...

Album: Telepathy
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Bag's Groove	More Info...
2)	All The Things You Are	More Info...
3)	Blue Monk	More Info...
4)	New Waltz	More Info...
5)	Down From Antigua	More Info...
6)	Summer Night	More Info...
7)	St. Thomas	More Info...
8)	Embraceable You	More Info...
9)	Laverne Walk	More Info...
10)	Baubles, Bangles And Beads	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Introductory Announcement	More Info...
2)	Telephone	More Info...
3)	Indian Summer	More Info...
4)	Candlelight	More Info...
5)	Chorale And Dance	More Info...
6)	Alone Together	More Info...
7)	Stardust	More Info...
8)	Two's Blues	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Ron Carter (bass); Jim Hall (guitar).
Reissue producer: Nick Phillips.
LIVE AT THE VILLAGE WEST:
Producers include: Retrac Productions, Jim Hall.
Engineers include: Jim Anderson, Phil Edwards.
Recorded live at the Village West, New York, New York in November 1982. Originally released on Concord Records (CCD-4245). Includes liner notes by Jim Ferguson.
TELEPHONE:
Producer: Carl E. Jefferson.
Engineers include: Phil Edwards, Phil De Lancie, Jim Hilson.
Recorded live at the Concord Pavillion, Concord, California in August 1984. Originally released on Concord Records (CCD-4270). Includes liner notes by John S. Wilson.
Recording information: Concord Pavillion, Concord, CA (11/1982-08/1984); Village West, New York, NY (11/1982-08/1984).
Illustrator: Dennis Purcell.
Here are two duet albums, both recorded live within two years of each other between a pair of giants: bassist Ron Carter and guitarist Jim Hall. Hall, along with his former bandmates Jimmy Giuffre and the late Paul Desmond, is the consummate melodic improviser, and Carter, despite his tenures with Rollins and Coltrane, is adept at moving from one musical space to another -- either intervalically, modally, or stylistically -- without difficulty. The intimate interplay found on both Live at the Village West and its successor, 1984's Telephone (as in two-way conversation), is nothing short of remarkable. The setup is between two front line instrumentalists who are both rhythmnatists in their own right. Hall is a consummate rhythm guitarist and he gets a chance to display it on tunes such as "Down From Antigua," "Laverne Walk," "Indian Summer," and "Two's Blues." Carter, who is known for his unwavering rhythmic commitment, is deft as a lead man in such an intimate setting. Check out his solos on "Bag's Groove" and "Alone Together." Hall, however, is the greatest surprise. Despite the fact that this is, as one would expect, a fairly laid-back date, his intricacy of attack and his lofty, harmonic scalar heights are simply astonishing. In his solo ascent on Carter's "Telephone," he goes inside the rhythm and harmony of the tune and exchanges them interval by interval. On "St. Thomas" from the Village West album, he cops the three-string lead pattern he's so famous for, inverts the harmony and melody, and builds a new series of changes in the middle of the break. The gorgeous low-key swinging found here in this reissue proves one thing for sure -- that these two dates should have always been packaged together. These are indispensable guitar and bass duets by two masters of intimate musical discourse. ~ Thom Jurek