Two daring duos (Frank Carlberg/Noah Preminger, Anat Cohen/Fred Hersch CDs reviewed)

Whispers and Cries (Red Piano Records) Frank Carlberg and Noah Preminger
Live in Healdsburg (Anzic Records) Anat Cohen and Fred Hersch
If you want to hear brilliant cases for staying focused on the basics of jazz, then you could not do any better than listen to the above two albums.
The duet records, which respectively feature pianist Frank Carlberg with tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger and clarinetist Anat Cohen with pianist Fred Hersch, are glowing examples of remarkably personal musicians exh