Saxophone Trio Recordings

[jmjk]

Can anyone suggest some recordings? Over the past few years I've really warmed to the sax-bass-drums format. I have many of the "well known" dates like:

Ayler - Spiritual Unity

Rollins - Live at the Vanguard

Coleman - Golden Circle, I and II

Garbarek - Triptykon

Sam Rivers - Streams

Taylor - Nefertiti

and some more recent dates from Greg Osby and Kenny Garrett.

Who else might I explore?

Also, I'm curious to hear any trumpet-bass-drums recordings. Any out there in this format?

Thank you for any direction on this.

Edited December 2, 2006 by jmjk

[DukeCity]

There's Joe Henderson The State of the Tenor with Ron Carter and Al Foster:

[Chas]

Joe Daley Trio at Newport . >> You can listen to the whole album here .<<

[brownie]

Another Rollins trio classic:

[.:.impossible]

One of my favorites from recent years that immediately came to mind:

William Parker .:. Painter's Spring (Daniel Carter, William Parker, Hamid Drake)

Give it a listen, even if you have made decisions against Parker/Drake.

[Dmitry]

There's Joe Henderson The State of the Tenor with Ron Carter and Al Foster:

Hell, yeah!!!

and these -

Booker T - Go Tell It On The Mountain

Brian Barley - Brian Barley Trio 1970

Arthur Blythe - Bush Baby [alto-tuba-conga coupling, but nevertheless - a trio]

Thomas Chapin - Sky Piece

Clusone Trio - I Am An Indian

Kahil El'Zabar - Renaissance of the Resistance

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Dance With The Ancestors

Vyacheslav Ganelin - ...Old Bottles

Julius Hemphill - Raw Materials And Residuals

Elvin Jones - The Ultimate Elvin Jones

Lee Konitz - Motion

William Parker - Painter's Spring

Sonny Simmons - Ancient Ritual [mui importante!!!!]

Ken Vandermark - Design In Time

Bennie Wallace - The Fourteen Bar Blues

Mark Whitecage - Split Personality

[.:.impossible]

Another unreal, charged live performance:

The Fringe .:. It's Time For the Fringe

[Nate Dorward]

Geof Bradfield's Rule of Three & Thomas Chapin's Ride are two excellent recent releases.

[Nate Dorward]

Also you might try Roscoe Mitchell's new disc on RogueArt, No Side Effects.

[White Lightning]

Many of the Fred Andersons are excellent trios

Kidd Jordan's new Cd - "Palm of Soul" w/William Parker & Hamid Drake is perhaps my pick for album of the year.

Speaking of Sax trios with William Parker & Hamid Drake, the 2nd volume of the great Israeli Sax Player "Evolving Science" was published in 2006. The 2nd Part is as good as the 1st part

Another Sax Player I always enjoy his trios is Odean Pope. I especially recommend Pope's "Ebioto" with Tyrone Brown (b), Craig McIver(d) on the knitting Factory label.

[paul secor]

Some sax-bass-drums trios:

Claude Lawrence: Lost Art/Hidden Treasures - most highly recommended

Charles Gayle/William Parker/Rashied Ali: Touchin' on Trane

Julius Hemphill Trio: Live from the New Music Cafe

Sonny Simmons Trio: Live - In Paris - I like Ancient Ritual (which Dmitry

recommended) better, but this is also a good one.

Warne Marsh: Warne Out

Branford Marsalis: Trio Jeepy - I'm not a Branford fan, but this one's worth it just for Milt Hinton.

And a recommended trumpet/bass/drums trio:

Roy Campbell Pyramid (w. William Parker & Reggie Nicholson): Communion

[Guy Berger]

Thomas Chapin - Sky Piece

This one is excellent, as is Night Bird Song.

I also really like the Simmons (Ancient Ritual); haven't listened to it for a while, so I should dig it out.

The Odean Pope (Ebioto) didn't blow me away.

Also:

Louis Sclavis/Aldo Romano/Henri Texier: Carnet De Routes -- this one is very good

Edited December 2, 2006 by Guy

[sal]

The most obvious ommission thus far is "Freedom Suite" by Sonny Rollins. An absolute classic.

"Fly" by Mark Turner/Larry Grenadier/Jeff Ballard is a more progressive one that is really nice.

[Michael Weiss]

Elvin's first two on Blue Note with Joe Farrell and Jimmy Garrison.

[kh1958]

Ornette Coleman--Town Hall 1962, The Great London Concert and Live at the Golden Circle

Thomas Chapin--Menagerie Dream, Sky Piece, and Night Bird Song

[Guy Berger]

Many of the Fred Andersons are excellent trios

Kidd Jordan's new Cd - "Palm of Soul" w/William Parker & Hamid Drake is perhaps my pick for album of the year.

Looks like I will have to pick this up!

Guy

[B. Goren.]

Joe Lovano:

Trio Fascination - Edition One

Flights of Fancy: Trio Fascination, Vol. 2

Edited December 2, 2006 by B. Goren.

[B. Goren.]

Another recommended trio:

Sam Rivers Trio: Live.

[B. Goren.]

I'm not sure this is exactly what you are looking for, but this is something every jazz fan must have (IMHO): Art Tatum with Benny Carter and Louie Bellson:

The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1

[Alexander Hawkins]

I'm not sure this is exactly what you are looking for, but this is something every jazz fan must have (IMHO): Art Tatum with Benny Carter and Louie Bellson:

The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 1

Absolutely! And for a saxophone/saxophone/saxophone recording, Braxton's 'For Trio'.

[Eloe Omoe]

There's also the wonderful Hill Country Suite, by the Bobby Jones trio, with George Mraz and Freddie Waits. Recorded in 1974 and released on Enja.

http://www.jazzrecords.com/enja/2046.htm

This is a great session, IMHO, and the poor Bobby Jones, while completely forgotten today, was a very good player.

luca

Edited December 2, 2006 by Eloe Omoe

[mandrill]

Peter Brotzmann- For Adolphe Sax

Paul Motian- Dance & Voyage (w/Charles Brackeen)

Air- Threadgill/Hopkins/McCall (unfortunately their best albums are OOP).

Edited December 2, 2006 by Mandrill

[Bol]

I recommend the Ab Baars recordings on the Dutch label Geestgronden. They are trio recordings with de Joode on bass and van Duynhoven on drums -- both great and very precise players. Baars plays clarinet and tenor sax. He studied with John Carter, and his clarinet playing is obviously influenced by Carter. His tenor playing sounds to me to have the best qualities of Ayler and Von Freeman. The recordings I know are:

Sprok

A Free Step (John Carter tunes)

Songs (American Indian songs & 1 Ives song)

There is also "Four" (Data), which is a quartet recording with Roswell Rudd, who inserts some bizarre soliloquy during a medley.

"Party at the Bimhuis" (Wig) has trio recordings and also other recordings with guests. One with Guus Janssen on piano is fabulous, and the playing of Monk's "Reflections" with Misha Mengelberg on piano may be the best recording of that tune.

[marcello]

Storms / Nocturnes

w/ Tim Garland saxophones, Geoffrey Keezer piano and Joe Locke vibraphone & Marimba

[Guy Berger]

Paul Motian- Dance & Voyage (w/Charles Brackeen)

And while we're at it, his trio with Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell should be mentioned: their best recordings are Trioism, Sound of Love and I Have the Room Above Her.

Guy

Edited December 3, 2006 by Guy