So, yeah, you put Cedar Walton & Billy Higgins together on ANYBODY'S record and shit starts happening. I don't mean from the soloists per se, but behind the soloists. Those two have their own conversation going all the time, and no matter who's on top, they'll have THAT to work with, a truly mind-melded harmonic/rhythmic synergy of perpetual pocket.
Just want to call out how so many times, what the soloist is doing that sounds so good is because those two are doing their thing.
"Accompaniment" is not the right word for it. "Infrastructure Creation", maybe?