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trio

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Description

A trio features three musicians performing together, creating an intimate yet dynamic musical conversation where each voice remains distinct and essential. This format spans jazz, pop, and experimental music, allowing for complex interplay while maintaining clarity and space that larger ensembles cannot achieve. The configuration emphasizes balance, musical dialogue, and the unique chemistry that emerges when three creative voices collaborate as equals.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
74		1957	Sonny Clark Trio	Sonny Clark Trio	jazz
81		1960	Barry Harris	At the Jazz Workshop	jazz piano trio
88		1961	Charlie Byrd	Blues Sonata	cool jazz hard bop jazz trio
100		1966	Wes Montgomery Trio	Guitar On The Go	blues jazz jazz guitar jazz trio trio	jazz guitar # 99 jazz trio # 100
22		1969	Aquarian Age	Live (2006)	alternative rock austria concert funk indie pop pop rock smooth jazz soul trio	concert # 16
59		1973	Bill Evans	The Tokyo Concert	jazz piano
16		1974	Jacques Rouvier	Debussy, Ravel & Faure: Piano Trios		musique francaise # 25
58		1974	Bill Evans	Tokyo Concert	jazz piano
26		1978	The Bill Evans Trio	On A Monday Evening (Live)	double bass jazz piano trio	double bass # 68
36		1979	Stanley Clarke	Jazz Straight Up	trio
5		1980	Silverlode	The Summer Of Fourteen	acoustic alternative folk trio
44		1981	Antonín Dvořák	DVORAK: Piano Trio in F Minor / Piano Trio in E Minor, 'Dumky'
15		1982	Franz Schubert	SCHUBERT: Piano Trios in B Flat Major, D. 898 and D. 28
79		1982	Franz Schubert	SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet, D. 667 / String Trio, D. 581
45		1984	Eugen Cicero Trio	Spring Song	trio
9		1989	Talkative	Light Years	america american american underground avant-folk avant-rock electronic experimental folk experimental indie experimental rock lo-fi new weird america oregon trio usa	experimental folk # 38 oregon # 55
60		1989	John Zorn	49 Acts of Unspeakable Depravity in the Abominable Life and Times of Gilles de Rais	blues metal noise organ trio
87		1990	Pat Metheny, Dave Holland & Roy Haynes	Question And Answer
93		1991-11-12	Stanley Jordan	Stolen Moments	guitar virtuoso smooth jazz trio
65		1994	Paul Bley	Touching	trio
63		1994-09-20	Ginger Baker Trio	Falling Off The Roof	jazz trio
3		1995	The Rembrandt Trio	Piano Trios of Brahms and Dvorák	classical czech piano piano trio trio	piano trio # 35
54		1995	Johnny Depp	куда-то фотоаппараты	alternative instrumental trio
27		1996	Willy DeVille	Acoustic Trio in Berlin	acoustic berlin trio
73		1996	Johannes Brahms	Brahms: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2	classical piano trio
37		1996-05	Mutts	The Tells Of Parallels EP	blues rock chicago garage rock grunge indie rock pop rock trio
2		1997	Franz Schubert	SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 2 / Notturno	classical piano trio
46		1999	Vienna Piano Trio	Beethoven: Piano Trios Opus 1, Nos. 2 & 3
95		1999-06-15	Benny Green	These Are Soulful Days	trio
48		2000	Gambale Hamm Smith	The Light Beyond	fusion jazz trio
84		2001-10-23	Stinking Lizaveta	III	instrumental jam math rock trio	jam # 32
8		2002	Thin Men	Fuddy-duddy	pop rock trio
75		2002	Pau Casals	Pau Casals Plays, Bethoven & Mendelssohn
98		2003	Ricky Martin	Cántalo	latino pop latino trio	pop latino # 69 latino # 70
64		2003	John Taylor Trio	Rosslyn	jazz piano trio
83		2003-08-19	Ron Carter	The Golden Striker	trio
85		2003-09	Etnoscope	Drums From The Dawn Of Time	europe goa trance psytrance sweden swedish trance trio world	goa trance # 32
94		2004	Fly	FLY	jazz trio
67		2004-05-04	John Scofield Trio	EnRoute	jazz trio
52		2005	strippop	Factory	alternative alternative rock english italian pop pop rock rock trio
19		2005	The Red Cedar Trio	Mozart, Molitor & Molino: Three Guys Named Mo - Trios for Flute, Viola and Guitar
53		2005-01-24	Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano	I Have The Room Above Her
69		2005-09-22	John Mayer Trio	9/22/05 Chicago house of blues	trio
17		2006	Suk Trio	Schubert : Piano Trio No.1 & Piano Trio, 'Notturno'
78		2007	STriCat	Rats & Gentle People	balkan gypsy jazz romania trio	romania # 81
86		2007	The Cook Trio	Villa Said	french gypsy jazz jazz trio	gypsy jazz # 76
20		2007	Zylinderkopf	I&I=3	trio
24		2007	The Gryphon Trio	Schubert: Complete piano trios	classical piano trio
90		2007-11-23	Esbjörn Svensson Trio	Live In Hamburg	jazz
23		2008	The 5th Plateau	Paradoxical Fundamentals	acid jazz instrumental lo-fi noise noise rock trio trip	trip # 71
57		2008	Joensuu 1685	Sick City / Walk On Water (7"Single)	finland rock trio
61		2008	Ahn Trio	Lullaby For My Favorite Insomniac [Digital Version]	electronic trio
96		2008-02-05	Carolyn Wonderland	Miss Understood	austin blues blues rock jam singer-songwriter texas trio	jam # 58 texas # 63 austin # 94
71		2008-02	Meretrio	Meretrio	brazil instrumental jazz mpb trio
31		2009	Pierrejean Gaucher	Melody Makers	acoustic acoustic guitar instrumental jazz jazz guitar trio
80		2009-05-25	In The Country	Whiteout	jazz piano trio
66		2009-10-29	Taiga Blues	A Minor Shunt With Common Sense	britain british british underground electronic experimental rock fusion glasgow jazz rock post-rock scotland scottish trio	scotland # 33 britain # 66 glasgow # 78 british underground # 90
70		2010-08-18	Triosence feat. Sara Gazarek	Where Time Stands Still	acoustic jazz trio
14		2011	Pretty Swans	We got hot & died.	alternative alternative pop alternative rock america chicago diy dream pop experimental indie experimental rock indie pop indie rock trio usa	experimental indie # 5
12		2011	Bleak House	Music From The Middle Room	ambient folktronica freak folk idm instrumental lo-fi london soundtrack trio
56		2011-05-13	Kent State	Spahn Ranch ep	alternative alternative pop alternative rock baltimore lo-fi shoegaze trio usa	baltimore # 56
97		2011-06-08	Mathemagic	II	alternative alternative pop canada dream pop indie pop trio	canada # 46
92		2011-06-13	2muchachos	teplaja EP	avant-pop dream pop europe experimental indie folktronica idm musique concrete organic electronica post-rock russia russian trio	avant-pop # 35 russia # 59 musique concrete # 78 experimental indie # 90 organic electronica # 95
34		2011-09-13	Alligator Indian	beko_92	alternative alternative pop alternative rock america american american underground diy experimental indie garage garage rock goth rock gothic rock indie rock north carolina post-punk psychedelic rock trio usa	experimental indie # 36 north carolina # 69
32		2012	Fiium Shaarrk	No Fiction Now!	alternative alternative dance avant-rock breaks experimental electronic experimental rock improvisation noise trio	avant-rock # 2
76		2012	Sobre a Máquina	Decompor	brazil brazilian doom metal doomgaze funeral doom metal latin america post-industrial post-metal post-rock trio	doomgaze # 40 latin america # 63
1		2012	London Baroque	BACH, J.S.: Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530 (trans. R. Gwilt)
4		2012-01-23	Partikel	Cohesion	bass jazz trio
25		2012-02-01	Mmpsuf	Retina (Sutemos031)	alternative ambient ambient pop avant-pop dream pop electronic electronic pop electronica ethereal europe experimental indie experimental pop female vocalists idm indie electronic indietronica lithuanian trio trip-hop	lithuanian # 13 experimental indie # 20
41		2012-02-29	Gangrena	The Zombie Survival Society	death metal goregrind grindcore mexican mexico trio
11		2012-07-11	Leverton Fox	The Human Arm	drone electroacoustic noise soundscape trio
40		2012-12-20	DELAYKLINIKEN	Young	alternative electronic electronic pop electronica europe sweden swedish trio	electronic pop # 4
42		2013	Mushmouthed Talk	Foggy Notion	finland garage rock organ rock trio
82		2013	Hawk House	A Little More Elbow Room	experimental hip hop trio
68		2013-05-07	Pistol Annies	Annie Up	country
43		2013-10-28	Jukebox Trio	Single	trio
55		2013-12-30	Sol	And the mouth of time is open	ambient danish denmark doom metal europe european experimental metal funeral doom metal post-metal psychedelic metal trio	experimental metal # 6 denmark # 31 psychedelic metal # 63
99		2014	Sia	No New Friends	pop rap trio
91		2014-04-23	Super Besse	musique pour les filles*	alternative alternative dance alternative pop alternative rock belarus post-punk trio	belarus # 82
50		2014-10-08	Antonín Dvořák	DVORAK: Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 21 / Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 26
47		2014-10-21	AM Aesthetic	Future Tense	alternative brooklyn new york pop rock trio
77		2014-11-04	Moss Lime	July First	alternative alternative pop alternative rock canada experimental indie female vocalists indie pop indie rock math rock montreal quebec trio	quebec # 45 montreal # 69 experimental indie # 76
6		2015	Partikel	String Theory	bass jazz rock strings trio world
21		2015	Garçons Coiffeurs	The Early Years	france french new wave post-punk synthpop trio
18		2017	Stick Men	Konnekted	progressive rock rock trio
33		2019-04-05	Polar	Demo	alternative grunge noise trio
51		2024-03-07	Meeting Of Important People	Quit Music	alternative pop alternative rock america american american underground indie pop indie rock trio usa	american underground # 29
7			Rumori di Fondo	Frosinone Ale - Inno ufficiale del Frosinone Calcio	cantautore pop pop italiano trio	cantautore # 44
38			Phantom Vibration	KIDS EP	america american american underground americana baroque pop dream pop minnesota trio usa	american underground # 3 minnesota # 57
49			Le Trio Joubran	Majaz	oud	oud # 97
72			The Delta Rasa	The Delta Rasa	bass classic rock guitarist hard rock jam metal minneapolis minnesota rock trio	jam # 3 guitarist # 67 minnesota # 78 minneapolis # 83
13			Shaul Eshet	Shaul Eshet Trio: Love and Fear	instrumental jazz piano soul trio
28			Payam Jahanmani	Dastas	classical instrumental iran iranian persian traditional trio world
29			schutzschall	Bühne	deutschrock german percussion pop rock trio unplugged
30			Wolf Nilson	Im Schafspelz	cool jazz fusion hard bop jazz trio
35			Banana Butts	Back To Wonderland	alternative country funk metal rock swing trio
39			Scruffy D	Return To be Human	jazz trio
89			Esbjörn Svensson Trio	e.s.t. Live In Hamburg	jazz
10			Hidir Kalay & Mostly thin, man!	Paralel Yakinlasma / Parallele Annäherung
62			Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams	Third Plane

Related genres

• piano
• classical
• jazz
• alternative
• rock
• pop
• instrumental
• alternative rock
• alternative pop
• electronic