Alone Together (1990)

The reissue of the 1972 performance of Alone Together by Jim Hall and Ron Carter, the team that put modern guitar-bass duets on the map makes for enlightening comparison with ''In a Different Light,'' the Harvie Swartz album. It even has versions of some of the same songs — ''Alone Together'' and ''Softly as in a Morning Sunrise.'' Hall, in contrast to Swartz's partners, has perfected a sound as concise and radiant as candlelight. At times he and the agile Carter seem to merge — it's as though one musician were playing all 10 strings. A-

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