http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/arts/music/on-piano-and-bass.html 2014-10-19 06:46:20 On Piano and Bass This has been a season of plenty for New York jazz fans drawn especially to the piano-bass duo as a unit of exchange. === This has been a season of plenty for New York jazz fans drawn especially to the piano-bass duo as a unit of exchange. Last month brought the opening of Meanwhile, this week at Birdland, the pianist Kenny Barron and the bassist Dave Holland settle in for their own brand of duologue, as on an impeccable new album, “The Art of Conversation” (Impulse!). Mr. Barron, 71, and Mr. Holland, 68, share an aesthetic of grounded elegance and dapper clarity. Their repertory runs from Thelonious Monk to Billy Strayhorn, but the best stuff happens on their own compositions, pared down to the absolute essentials, and missing nothing. (8:30 and 11 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton; 212-581-3080,