Duo collaborations are pretty common in jazz. Think Monk and Coltrane, Getz and Gilberto, and more recently the guitarists Julian Lage and Nels Cline. Such pairings can be a performance peak for the artist and the listener. New albums from a couple of duos with California roots could fit right into that lineage. Jazz critic Andy Gilbert and director Suzie Racho take a listen to new records from pianist Vijay Iyer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, and from guitarist Ross Hammond and tabla player Sameer Gupta.
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