A typical jazz piano trio consists of an acoustic piano, bass and drums. The pianist usually serves as the leader, and often composes most of the songs the players perform, but that in no way ...

When one talks about "jazz piano music," it is almost taken for granted they are talking about jazz piano trio music. The trio is and has been most jazz pianists' favorite format, and with good reason ...

We're still wandering all over the place here; from abstract to groovy and back again, or sometimes some of both at once. This Scandinavian outfit figuratively wanders farther into the wilds every ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz. You know, it's always amazing to me how different a piano, a bass, and a set of drums can sound when they're played by different ...

Piano Trios, Movements: No. 9 in B flat, WoO39 Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Piano Trios, Movements: No. 1 in E flat, Op. 1/1 Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch Piano Trios, Movements: No. 5 in D, Op. 70/1, ...

Fifty years after his classic recordings with Jacqueline du Pre, Barenboim joins with his violinist son and cellist Kian Soltani to bring nuance and thoughtfulness to these seven piano trios Daniel ...

The Czech trio deliver two great works with freshness, energy and maximum intensity This is the Trio Bohémo’s first CD, and it’s an immensely promising debut. Schubert’s great E flat Piano Trio D929 ...

Trio Wanderer celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and this survey of all the Beethoven piano trios testifies to the ensemble’s communicative panache and to its confident handling of the ...

Jeremy Nicholas talks to Trio Con Brio Copenhagen about one of the finest of all piano trios ‘Personally I think it is one of the greatest pieces for this combination because of both the scope and the ...

It is half a century since Vladimir Ashkenazy played Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No.2 for the composer in his apartment. Neither the music nor the performance has lost its immediacy since then. Composed ...

An intuitive collaboration between Alexander Melnikov, Isabelle Faust and Jean-Guihen Queyras brings sensitivity and lyricism to Beethoven's Piano Trios, says Geoffrey Norris Piano Trios: Isabelle ...

With their meaty parts for each player Brahms’s three piano trios have long attracted star performers. The combination of pianist Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma is as ...