As a reviewer, you sometimes run across records and players that just kind of make you sigh and realize there's so much guitar that you know nothing about. This is one of those. It features Bob Sneider on guitar and Paul Hofmann on piano. That's all, no other instruments. But, you never miss any sounds. The two carry the all music without any problem at all. The songs are full and complete, whether they're originals or covers.

Sneider has toured as Chuck Mangione's guitarist, but his skills go way beyond that gig (no offense Chuck). On pretty much every cut and on interplay with Hofmann, he proves to be a fantastic soloist, a fine composer, and an interpreter of high level. Check out "Rumblin'", a guitar tour de force, with its bluesy opening and nice unison playing with Hofmann. The sound of the tunes captures your ear immediately with finely-placed dissonance. Their take on "Desafinado" should rank as one of the best covers of that old warhorse. Both players solo brilliantly and meet in the middle for a unison flourish that will leave you smiling and shaking your head.

Don't think two people with no drummer or bass can swing? Give a listen to Gershwin's "Bidin' My Time". They open the CD with four interwoven songs and call it "Jazz Suite for Guitar and Piano." It's an amazing piece for a number of reasons. The playing is always fantastic, the piece is contemplative and meditative at times and frisky and playful at others. It's an ambitious piece (as is the whole record) and it works amazingly well.

Duo work is nothing new in this setting. In the past couple of years, Benny Green and Russell Malone have done a couple of fine records. Then there's Jim Hall and Bill Evans' Undercurrent and Intermodulation (which this record obviously tips its cap to, given its title). Interconnection must be placed with those records. It's an impressive, extremely listenable piece of work.

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Vintage Guitar August, 2004