Jazz trio
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A jazz trio is a group of three
Variants and examples
Famous examples include the Bill Evans Trio with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums; and the Vince Guaraldi trio, featuring Fred Marshall and Jerry Granelli.
Nat King Cole formed a piano/guitar/bass trio in 1937. This format was also used by Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano, Ahmad Jamal, Vince Guaraldi, and Oscar Peterson. Tristano, Jamal, Guaraldi, and Peterson all later led trios with the traditional format of piano, bass, and drums.
Another variant is the
Some other jazz trios include:
- Brad Mehldau Trio – Mehldau piano, Larry Grenadier bass and Jeff Ballarddrums.
- Keith Jarrett Trio – Jarrett piano, Gary Peacock bass and Jack DeJohnette drums.
- Eddie Gomezbass, and John Mosemann drums.
- Dave Kingdrums.
- Medeski Martin & Wood offers an organ trio variation whereby the guitarist is replaced by a bassist (Chris Wood).
- Marin Wasilewski Trio – Wasilewski piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz bass, and Michal Miskiewicz drums.
Less common formats
As early as 1935,
In 1948, pianist Herman Blount (later known as
In 1949, Red Norvo formed a trio consisting of himself on vibraphone, plus guitar and bass; the best-known line-up featured Tal Farlow and a young Charles Mingus.
In 1957, saxophonist
The free jazz guitarist
The early-80s group
From the 1980s, drummer Paul Motian frequently recorded in a trio with Bill Frisell (guitar) and Joe Lovano (saxophone). Saxophonist and composer John Zorn released recordings in a trio with Frisell and George E. Lewis on trombone.
The 1990s trio Clusone 3 comprised
In the 2000s and since, three members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, trombonist George E. Lewis and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, have concertized and recorded together.