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Pram Trio

Pram Trio began with the discovery of an abandoned vintage perambulator on the streets of Toronto. Shortly after, these three musicians played their first show together and the rest is history. The group combines elements of the traditional jazz piano trio with contemporary styles of music both within and beyond the jazz genre. With a strong focus on collective improvisation, the trio shares the goal of creating the best music possible in the present moment. Pram Trio has enjoyed two Canadian tours, and will be releasing their debut album September 3rd, 2013. Jack Bodkin - Piano
Mark Godfrey - Bass
Richard Piasetski - Drums

Mark Godfrey

Bassist Mark Godfrey is quickly becoming one of the new faces in Canadian jazz. Hailing from Southwestern Ontario and currently living in Toronto, he has established himself a mainstay in this national community and was named the 2019 Emerging Jazz Artist by the Toronto Arts Foundation. Composing and performing for many years with his contemporary jazz group, Pram Trio, Mark’s work as a co-leader, bassist, and composer has garnered international recognition. In 2014, this group was awarded the Grand Prix de Jazz from the Montreal Jazz Festival and has performed as a feature artist at jazz festivals across Canada including those in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, and Rimouski. Following the release of Pram Trio’s most recent album in 2016, Mark began composing for five-piece jazz ensemble and in 2017 started the Mark Godfrey Quintet

Saga Thirteen

By Pram Trio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: April; Bucket List; Mrs. Kim Visits The Living Room Alone; Control; Undercurrent; Treptower Park.

Pram Trio: Saga Thirteen

by Dan Bilawsky
March 29, 2016

To the casual observer, a perambulator--pram, for short--is simply what it appears to be: a baby carriage. But to the pram's inhabitant(s), it's something else entirely. To those wee babies, the carriage is, in fact, a world in motion and a home away from home that serves as a vehicle for travel to new realms. They ...

Visitor Parking

By Pram Trio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: JPG; Muggy Day; Tunnels; Tuco; Karen Michelle Intro; Karen Michelle; Day Four; A Case of You.

Pram Trio: Visitor Parking

by Dan McClenaghan
September 25, 2013

An abandoned vintage perambulator--a pram--discovered on the streets of Toronto inspired the Canadian threesome to take as a name for their group the Pram Trio. Pictured on the cover of their debut album, Visitor Parking, the pram seems to have seen better days. It suffers rust and corrosion. If it ever possessed a sun shade, it ...