> With regards to piano players and guitar players comping at the same time,
> it can be done, just listen to any Oscar Peterson Quartet record. Both
> players need to know each other's style really well and they need to each
> fullfill specific roles at specific times but it can be done. For myself,
> I'd rather not comp when a piano is comping unless it's a Pop tune or an
> older idiom where Freddie Green style is *NEEDED*. I'm sick of everybody
> maligning Freddie Green style. It is extremely difficult to do well and is
> often the right thing to do.
Not to slam anyone, because guitarists are certainly guilty as well, but
a
lot of piano players don't know (and maybe don't care) how to play with
another harmonic instrument. In jam sessions I usually lay out unless
I'm
in a grumpy mood, because your average pianist will comp until the cows
come home. A pianist who's a good buddy of mine used to get on my nerves
when he comped, because he was so busy I never had any breathing room
in my solos. Later he complained to me that I played too loud, so we
were
even. I think we both play a lot better now.
Clay