Best Jazz Piano Trio Albums - April 2024

Classic Jazz: Best of Relaxing Jazz Piano Music

• ASIN: B004IHM27K
• ASIN: B004IHM27K
• Manufacturer: Autumn Hill Records

Love Is Here To Stay

• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• ASIN: B07FYWW1VZ
• Manufacturer: Verve Label Group

A Charlie Brown Christmas [2012 Remastered & Expanded Edition] (Remastered & Expanded Edition)

• ASIN: B009GQ2NCC
• ASIN: B009GQ2NCC
• Manufacturer: Fantasy Records

Bringin' It

• ASIN: B073WQJSQD
• ASIN: B073WQJSQD
• Manufacturer: Mack Avenue Records

Butterflies

• ASIN: B07C5LQ1F4
• ASIN: B07C5LQ1F4
• Manufacturer: Shanachie

Nightconcert

• ASIN: B07D4BKWRS
• ASIN: B07D4BKWRS
• Manufacturer: Mack Avenue Records

Piano Artistry

• ASIN: B073J13D8N
• ASIN: B073J13D8N
• Manufacturer: Vintage Music

Piano Perspectives

• ASIN: B07JGFWYHF
• ASIN: B07JGFWYHF
• Manufacturer: Cadence Records

On A Monday Evening (Live)

• ASIN: B01N24CY6B
• ASIN: B01N24CY6B
• Manufacturer: Fantasy Records

Music From Man Of La Mancha

• ASIN: B07BHLWRZP
• ASIN: B07BHLWRZP
• Manufacturer: Concord Jazz

Don Shirley's Best

• ASIN: B003WCCIOO
• ASIN: B003WCCIOO
• Manufacturer: Cadence Records

Listen Here!

• ASIN: B000UB32V8
• ASIN: B000UB32V8
• Manufacturer: Concord Records

Upward Spiral

• ASIN: B01E9DSGZ4
• ASIN: B01E9DSGZ4
• Manufacturer: Okeh

Temporary Kings

• ASIN: B07FT4W8LK
• ASIN: B07FT4W8LK
• Manufacturer: ECM Records

Bolling Rampal - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio (feat. Max Hediguer, Marcel Sabiani)

• ASIN: B00CU4JFGY
• ASIN: B00CU4JFGY
• Manufacturer: Frémeaux & associés

Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Teddy Kotick (bass); Paul Motian (drums).Recorded at Reeves Sound Studio, New York, New York on September 18 & 27, 1956. Originally released on Riverside (223). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.Digitally remastered by Danny Kopelson (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).This groundbreaking recording was the first to feature then-unknown Bill Evans as a leader, and it also introduced a trio format of piano, bass, and drums, which would become Evans's standard format for playing and recording. NEW JAZZ CONCEPTIONS, recorded when Evans was just 26, merges his articulate, vigorous playing with the music of fellow Tony Scott Quartet musicians Teddy Kotick on bass and the extroverted Paul Motian on drums. The album's four original compositions include "Five," a witty, complicated song which makes clever use of the chords from "I Got Rhythm," and the disjointed, slightly off-kilter "Displacement," a study in a common Evans theme of playing against the meter and around the beat of a composition. The most remarkable material is the wonderfully eloquent piano solo, "Waltz for Debby," written for Evans's niece, which became perhaps the most renowned classic of his musical career.

NEW JAZZ CONCEPTIONS [BILL EVANS (PIANO)]

• UPC: 3447319

Personnel: Bud Powell (piano); George Duvivier, Charles Mingus (bass); Max Roach, Art Taylor (drums).Recorded live at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada and in New York, New York in 1953. Originally released as a 10 inch LP on Debut (3).Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1991, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).The centerpiece of JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL is a Bud Powell trio performance recorded in Toronto's Massey Hall in 1953. This concert marked a return for Powell to the concert scene after a one-year absence due to illness. While there are many compelling performances on the release--not only by Bud, but also by his bandmates, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach--as a whole, this release is an intriguing hybrid.Also included here are excerpts from a nightclub performance during the summer of that year, with Powell joined by George Duvivier (bass) and Art Taylor (drums). Accordingly, the sonic quality of the nightclub cuts carries a loose, off-the-cuff feel, while the Massey Hall concert is appropriately fuller sounding. Mingus is well represented here--his composition "Bass-ically Speaking" is included in this reissue, and it is a fine example of Mingus's work. Powell is at his best on "Embraceable You" and "Sure Thing," two Massey Hall cuts that display an expressive undertone and an uncanny connection with the audience.

JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL, VOL. 2

• UPC: 3447576

Personnel: McCoy Tyner (piano); Gary Bartz (saxophone); Terence Blanchard (trumpet); Christian McBride (bass instrument); Lewis Nash (drums).Recording information: Avatar, New York, New York (11/18/2003 - 11/19/2003).ILLUMINATIONS finds McCoy Tyner, some 40 years after his best-known work (as a member of John Coltrane's legendary early-1960s quartet), still kicking. Tyner's energies as a session leader, composer, and ever-progressive musician haven't flagged since the mid-'60's, when the pianist started heading his own dates. On this 2004 album, as per usual, Tyner has surrounded himself with some of the finest personnel in jazz, including bassist Christian McBride, sax player Gary Bartz, and trumpeter Terence Blanchard.Tyner's music is appealing for its balance of familiar hard-bop vocabulary and intricately wrought structures--it is rhythmic and accessible, yet intellectually engaging. Tyner plays with great vigor, mixing virtuoso classical flourishes with bold chords and dazzlingly complex solos. His compositions here touch on avant-bebop ("The Chase"), Latin groove ("Angelina"), and smooth swing (the title track--on which all the musicians get a chance to stretch out). Blanchard's playing is especially notable, substantiating the melody lines in the chorus and blazing on the solos (as on "New Orleans Stomp," driven by a classic second-line beat). The high quality of music here--in conception and execution--should come as no surprise to long-time fans of Tyner or his sidemen.

Mccoy Tyner - Illuminations (SACD NEW)Label: TelarcFormat: SACDRelease Date: 22 Jun 2004No. of Discs: 1UPC: 089408359965Details1. Illuminations2. Angelina3. New Orleans Stomp4. Come Rain Or Come Shine5. Soulstice6. Blessings7. If I Should Lose You8. The Chase9.

• UPC: 3465201

Personnel: Chico O'Farrill (conductor, arranger); Jimmy Cozier, Marshall McDonald, Bobby Porcelli (alto saxophone); Mike Migliore, Peter Brainin (tenor saxophone); Pablo Calogero (baritone saxophone); Jim Seeley, Matt Hilgenburg, Roger Ingram, Kenny Rampton, Peter Olstad, David "Piro" Rodriguez (trumpet); Gary Valente, Sam Burtis, Papo Vazquez, Jack Jeffers (trombone); Arturo O'Farrill (piano); Andy Gonzalez, Joe Santiago (bass); Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Willie Martinez (drums); Eddie Bobe (bongos, percussion); Joe Gonzalez (congas).Producers: Jorge Ulla, Todd Barkan, Arturo O'Farrill.Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York, New York in December 1998 and in June & July 1999. Includes liner notes by Oscar Hijuelos, Enrique Fernandez and Nat ChediakHEART OF A LEGEND was nominated for the 2000 Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.

THE HEART OF A LEGEND

• UPC: 3448416

Full title: Michael Feinstein With The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.Personnel includes: Michael Feinstein (vocals, piano); Alan Broadbent (arranger, conductor, piano); Avishai Cohen (bass); Albie Berk (drums); The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.Producers: Allen Sviridoff, Leslie Ann Jones.Recorded at The Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel; Capitol, Hollywood,California; Skywalker Sound Studios, Marin County, California. Includes linernotes by Michael Feinstein. MICHAEL FEINSTEIN WITH THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA was nominated forthe 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.Though he's one of the premier modern interpreters of the Great American Songbook, Michael Feinstein went until 2001 without ever releasing an album featuring symphony orchestra. His intimate, cabaret-bred interpretive style might strike some as an unusual match for full orchestra, but Alan Broadbent's arrangements (and the orchestra's innate gifts) ensure that Feinstein's up-close-and-personal vocal approach is never overwhelmed. Whether delivering a lovelorn ballad like "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" or getting bold and swinging on "The Best Is Yet To Come," Feinstein glides along smoothly on the sensuous sonic blanket the orchestra provides, making for a rich, distinctive recording.

Michael Feinstein - With The Israel Philharmonic Orch. (SACD NEW)Label: Concord RecordsFormat: SACDRelease Date: 22 Jul 2003No. of Discs: 1UPC: 013431101468Details1. Folks Who Live on the Hill2. Best Is Yet to Come3. Guess I'll Hang

• UPC: 3441424

Personnel: Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Idrees Sulieman (trumpet); J.J. Johnson (trombone); Hank Jones (piano); Barry Galbraith (guitar); Oscar Pettiford (bass); Jo Jones (drums).Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York on March 12 & 15, 1957. Originally released on Riverside (233). Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.Digitally remasterd by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).THE HAWK THAT FLIES HIGH is a swingin' small group session lead by Coleman Hawkins in 1957. This album features the then-young bebop musicians J.J. Johnson (trombone), Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), Barry Galbraith (guitar), Oscar Pettiford (bass), and the great Hank Jones (piano).The rhythm section plays with a quieter, calmer approach to the music best evidenced by the opening track "Chant." However, early hard-bop is heard on tracks such as "Juicy Fruit" and "Blue Lights." Refusing to be pigeon-holed, Hawkins returns to his swing roots with "Sanctity." This is one of Hawk's best efforts from to come out of the 1950s.

THE HAWK FLIES HIGH [CD] [1 DISC]

• UPC: 3447524

Bill Evans - The Very Best Of The Bill Evans Trio [New CD]

• UPC: 362876310494
• Category: CDs
• Price: 12 USD

Loussier,Jacques Trio - Best Of Play Bach (SACD New)

• UPC: 184244065915
• Category: CDs
• Price: 15 USD

Red Garland - The Best Of The Red Garland Trios [New CD]

• UPC: 361457499208
• Category: CDs
• Price: 13 USD

STEVE KUHN TRIO-ESSENTIAL BEST-JAPAN MINI LP CD C75

• UPC: 372929584999
• Category: CDs
• Price: 16 USD

Bill Evans - The Very Best Of The Bill Evans Trio [New CD]

• UPC: 401723056945
• Category: CDs
• Price: 14 CAD