Here's an interesting drums/percussion & vibraphone pairing that got my attention featuring Chicago drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake and vibraphonist Pasquale Mirra:
I'm fascinated with the idea of a drums and vibraphone instrumental duet and have contemplated a project like this for some time (incidentally drummer Robin Tufts and I got into an interesting musical dialogue together during our show with the Jazz Winds Composers Collective at the Cliff Bungalow Jazz series concert on Wednesday night. I think I invented some new scales during that one!)
I first heard Karl Berger and Edward Blackwell do this on the album "Just Play" and it's a great percussion dialogue. I think there is a lot of sonic territory that could be covered here.
Any takers? (although I'm certainly open to any vibraphone + "other instrument" duo combinations these days!)
Just thinking out loud here, but here's a few drum & vibraphone duets/dream combinations that I'd like to hear someday (at the very least in my imagination):
Kenny Clarke/Milt Jackson
Joe Chambers/Bobby Hutcherson
(or Tony Williams...think of "Out to Lunch"!)
Buddy Rich/Terry Gibbs
Dafnis Prieto/Stefon Harris
(let's add Dave Holland on bass into that mix as well!)
Terry Clarke/Don Thompson
Steve Gadd/Matt Mainieri
Lewis Nash/Steve Nelson
Jack DeJohnette/Gary Burton