Are we living in the Golden Age of the Jazz Piano Trio?

[JoseL]

On 3/15/2018 at 5:32 PM, JoseL said:

Hi, 

Here is a Spotify playlist of selected tunes from many of the albums recommended on this thread. It is limitted to European jazz and some are not piano trios.

Thanks and enjoy,

https://open.spotify.com/user/joseldls/playlist/5mCzf0iUZL3GBW9kXKjPqr?si=SO2Hl31CQEK-k-MBK7b6Ng

 

20 new trios added:

 

https://open.spotify.com/user/joseldls/playlist/5mCzf0iUZL3GBW9kXKjPqr?si=xhOGMnFYRpa44ZaItihUkg

 

[JoseL]

Highly recommended:

 

Bobo Stenson Trio: Contra La Indecisión (ECM)

 

 

[JoseL]

ECM Jazz Piano Trios: A Playlist

Here is a playlist of selected tracks (one per album) from all the jazz piano trio albums released by ECM to date.  To the best of my knowledge they are in (close) crhonoligic order.  Only piano, bass and drums trios are included.

Please let me know if you find that I missed any.

Enjoy,

ECM Jazz Piano Trios

[AnotherSpin]

17 minutes ago, JoseL said:

ECM Jazz Piano Trios: A Playlist

Here is a playlist of selected tracks (one per album) from all the jazz piano trio albums released by ECM to date.  To the best of my knowledge they are in (close) crhonoligic order.  Only piano, bass and drums trios are included.

Please let me know if you find that I missed any.

Enjoy,

ECM Jazz Piano Trios

 

I see 30 songs in your list. If this is all, then ECM has many piano trios which are not included in your list. It might be an effort to name all. Just a few pianists who recorded in trio format from a head - Masabumi Kikuchi, Julia Hulsmann, Tord Gustavsen, John Taylor, Stefano Battaglia, etc., etc. You may want to look on a complete list of ECM releases.

[JoseL]

Quote

I see 30 songs in your list. If this is all, then ECM has many piano trios which are not included in your list. It might be an effort to name all. Just a few pianists who recorded in trio format from a head - Masabumi Kikuchi, Julia Hulsmann, Tord Gustavsen, John Taylor, Stefano Battaglia, etc., etc. You may want to look on a complete list of ECM releases.

I am not sure why you are seeing only 30 songs. The list contains 86 tracks and the artists you mentioned are included. That is a very close to all the jazz piano trios that ECM has released to date, number that I have checked agaist a few on-line, seemingly complete ECM discographies. Give or take three or four albums, I happen to own all of them.

[AnotherSpin]

7 hours ago, JoseL said:

I am not sure why you are seeing only 30 songs. The list contains 86 tracks and the artists you mentioned are included. That is a very close to all the jazz piano trios that ECM has released to date, number that I have checked agaist a few on-line, seemingly complete ECM discographies. Give or take three or four albums, I happen to own all of them.

 

Your link opens a web page which lists 30 songs – see picture below. Ok, 86 tracks would include more trio recordings. 

[JoseL]

7 hours ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

Your link opens a web page which lists 30 songs – see picture below. Ok, 86 tracks would include more trio recordings. 

The link works fine on my end. Perhaps an account is necessary. Do you have a Spotify account? What about Apple Music? I can post a link to the playlist on that too. On the other hand I don’t have a Tidal account.

[AnotherSpin]

18 minutes ago, JoseL said:

The link works fine on my end. Perhaps an account is necessary. Do you have a Spotify account? What about Apple Music? I can post a link to the playlist on that too. On the other hand I don’t have a Tidal account.

 

I do not have Spotify account, but I guess with list of 86 items you should have most if not all of ECM trios listed. At least those which are available now.

[JoseL]

1 hour ago, AnotherSpin said:

 

I do not have Spotify account, but I guess with list of 86 items you should have most if not all of ECM trios listed. At least those which are available now.

 

Here is the albums list. To the best of my efforts I think is complete. It only include piano, bass and drums combos. Please let me know if any is missing. 

Thanks.

 

ECM JAZZ PIANO TRIOS

 

*MAL WALDRON TRIO: FREE AT LAST (ECM 1001)

*PAUL BLEY TRIO: PAUL BLEY WITH GARY PEACOCK

    (ECM 1003)

*COREA/HOLLAND/ALTSCHUL: A.R.C. (ECM 1009)

*PAUL BLEY: BALLADS (ECM 1010)

*STENSON/ANDERSEN/CHRISTENSEN: UNDERWEAR (ECM 1012)

*STANLEY COWELL TRIO: ILLUSION SUITE (ECM 1026)

*STEVE KUHN: TRANCE (ECM 1052)

*RICHARD BEIRACH: EON (ECM 1054)

*GARY PEACOCK: TALES OF ANOTHER (ECM 1101)

*RICHARD BEIRACH: ELM (ECM 1142)

*GARY PEACOCK: SHIFT IN THE WIND (ECM 1165)

*MIKE NOCK: ONDAS (ECM 1220) (LP)

*CHICK COREA: TRIO MUSIC (ECM 1232/33)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STANDARDS – Vol.1 (ECM 1255)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: CHANGES (ECM 1276)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STANDARDS – Vol.2 (ECM 1289)

*CHICK COREA: TRIO MUSIC, LIVE IN EUROPE (ECM 1310)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STANDARDS LIVE (ECM 1317)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STILL LIVE (ECM 1360/61)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: CHANGELESS (ECM 1392)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: TRIBUTE (ECM 1420/21)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: THE CURE (ECM 1440)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: BYE BYE BLACKBIRD (ECM 1467)

*ERSKINE/DANIELSSON/TAYLOR: YOU NEVER KNOW (ECM 1497)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: REFLECTIONS (ECM 1516)

*JARRETT/PEACOCK/MOTIAN: AT THE DEER HEAD INN (ECM 1531)

*ERSKINE/DANIELSSON/TAYLOR: TIME BEING (ECM 1532)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: STANDARDS IN NORWAY (ECM 1542)

*STEVE KUHN: REMEMBERING TOMORROW (ECM 1573)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: AT THE BLUE NOTE – THE COMPLETE      

     RECORDINGS (ECM 1575-80)

*ERSKINE/DANIELSSON/TAYLOR: AS IT IS (ECM 1594)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: WAR ORPHANS (ECM 1604)

*CRISPELL/PEACOCK/MOTIAN: NOTHING EVER WAS,      

    ANYWAY (ECM 1626/27)

*ERSKINE/DANIELSSON/TAYLOR: JUNI (ECM 1657)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: TOKYO ’96 (ECM 1666)

*BLEY/PEACOCK/MOTIAN: NOT TWO, NOT ONE (ECM 1670)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: WHISPER NOT (ECM 1724/25)

*TSABROPOULOS/ANDERSEN/MARSHALL: ACHIRANA (ECM 1728)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: SERENITY (ECM 1740/41)

*CRISPELL/PEACOCK/MOTIAN: AMARYLLIS (ECM 1742)

*JOHN TAYLOR TRIO: ROSSLYN (ECM 1751)

*ARILD ANDERSEN W/VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS AND JOHN    

     MARSHALL: THE TRIANGLE (ECM 1752)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: INSIDE OUT (ECM 1780)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: ALWAYS LET ME GO (ECM 1800/01)

*TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: CHANGING PLACES (ECM 1834)

*MARILYN CRISPELL TRIO: STORYTELLER (ECM 1847)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: UP FOR IT (ECM 1860)

*WASILEWSKI/KURKIEWICZ/MISKIEWICZ: TRIO (ECM 1891)

*TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: THE GROUND (ECM 1892)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS (ECM 1900)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: GOODBYE (ECM 1904)

*TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO: BEING THERE (ECM 2017)

*MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO: JANUARY (ECM 2019)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: MY FOOLISH HEART (ECM 2021/22)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: CANTANDO (ECM 2023)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: YESTERDAYS (ECM 2060)

*JULIA HÜLSMANN TRIO: THE END OF A SUMMER (ECM 2079)

*STEFANO BOLLANI: STONE IN THE WATER (ECM 2080)

*MASABUMI KIKUCHI TRIO: SUNRISE (ECM 2096)

*ANAT FORT TRIO: AND IF (ECM 2109)

*STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO: THE RIVER OF ANYDER (ECM 2151)

*JULIA HÜLSMANN TRIO: IMPRINT (ECM 2177)

*VALLON/MORET/ROHRER: RRUGA (ECM 2185)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: SOMEWHERE (ECM 2200)

*MARCIN WASILEWSKI TRIO: FAITHFUL (ECM 2208)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: INDICUM (ECM 2233)

*BENEDIKT JAHNEL TRIO: EQUILIBRIUM (ECM 2251)

*STEVE KUHN TRIO: WISTERIA (ECM 2257)

*GIOVANNI GUIDI TRIO: CITY OF BROKEN DREAMS (ECM 2274)

*STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO: SONGWAYS (ECM 2286)

*CRAIG TABORN TRIO: CHANTS (ECM 2326)

*COLIN VALLON TRIO: LE VENT (ECM 2347)

*GIOVANNI GUIDI TRIO: THIS IS THE DAY (ECM 2403)

*VIJAY IYER TRIO: BREAK STUFF (ECM 2420)

*JARRETT/HADEN/MOTIAN: HAMBURG ’72 (ECM 2422)

*GARY PEACOCK TRIO: NOW THIS (ECM 2428)

*STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO: IN THE MORNING (ECM 2429)

*WOLFERT BREDERODE: BLACK ICE (ECM 2476)

*AARON PARKS, BEN STREET, BILLY HART: FIND THE WAY (ECM 2489)

*COLIN VALLON TRIO: DANSE (ECM 2517)

*BENEDIKT JAHNEL TRIO: THE INVARIANT (ECM 2523)

*GARY PEACOCK TRIO: TANGENT (ECM 2533)

*DJANGO BATES: THE STUDY OF TOUCH (ECM 2534)

*JULIA HÜLSMANN TRIO: SOONER AND LATER (ECM 2547)

*BOBO STENSON TRIO: CONTRA LA INDECISION (ECM 2582)

*KEITH JARRETT TRIO: AFTER THE FALL (ECM 2590/91)

 

[AnotherSpin]

I would not help you here. First, I am not a completist in most of the cases, second - life is short, decide what is your best trio or two, or three, and devote your time and attention to your personal selection. Imho.

[Nikhil]

 

[Nikhil]

 

[elcorso]

On 12/19/2018 at 7:01 AM, Nikhil said:

 

 

Extraordinary Latin Jazz !!!

 

This is also very good :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1SSJstXoA

 

Roch

[Nikhil]

1 hour ago, elcorso said:

Extraordinary Latin Jazz !!!

 

This is also very good :

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1SSJstXoA

 

Roch

 

 

Absolutely ... these guys are fantastic!

They take their piano players seriously in Cuba.

 

[sphinxsix]

Quote

The career of pianist/composer Kari Ikonen is full of contrast. Following the ‘ultra-positive’ afro-pop-jazz project Trio Troffa and the space fusion of Ikonostasis he returned last year with an album closer to his Finnish roots: Wind, Frost and Radiation, in which he conveys the biting cold and the inhumanity of the threatened Finnish landscape. Still, the music is less unforgiving than the title suggests, with room for melody and beauty.

 

Enjoy the video

 

 

[Gary.D.Olson]

Esbjörn Svensson Trio (e.s.t.) is still one of my all-time personal favorite artists, and I have this old thread to thank. 

 

T H A N K S !

 

 

 

 

[oso]

   https://naturalmusic.es/music/585813906/rain-feat-n-h-rsted-pedersen-thomas-clausen

 

Superb Scandinavian trio

[oso]

and a superb international trio, Sound Liaison recording, optimal SQ. 

24/96 flac or DSD

https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/390-atzko-kohashi-lujon

 

[Nikhil]

 

 

[Nikhil]

 

[sphinxsix]

There are no really interesting videos of Emil Viklicky Trio on Youtube so check out his duet with Miroslav Vitouš, guys.

 

 

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/emil-viklicky-mn0000253054

 

[oso]

On 1/15/2019 at 9:23 PM, oso said:

and a superb international trio, Sound Liaison recording, optimal SQ. 

24/96 flac or DSD

https://www.soundliaison.com/index.php/390-atzko-kohashi-lujon

 

Kohashi is also on the https://trptk.com/shop/elegy/ label, very nice album;

 

[Dave G]

On 4/23/2019 at 3:07 PM, oso said:

Kohashi is also on the https://trptk.com/shop/elegy/ label, very nice album;

 

Listening to this now on Qobuz.  Very, very nice.  

[alsterfan]

On 5/3/2017 at 5:02 PM, Nikhil said:

Great to see that they will be back.

Exactly after 2 years of waiting I once again contacted Paolo Paliaga. Unfortunately I had to learn that problems with a new release still exist, as ACT (whom I contacted as well) doesn´t seem to be interested in more releases by Alboran Trio. 

I the suggested Paolo to contact ECM what he said he would do. After that I have not heard anything from him again.

I admit, that I am no longer happily waiting.

Regards,

Uwe

[sphinxsix]

19 minutes ago, alsterfan said:

ACT (whom I contacted as well) doesn´t seem to be interested in more releases by Alboran Trio.

They must be deaf.