Jazz Articles about Lost Trio

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Lost Trio & Adam Levy: Live At Avalon & The Graves

by Mark Corroto
October 1, 2001

Phillip Greenlief’s Lost Trio operates somewhere between tradition and trouble. His lineup of saxophone plus Dan Seamans (bass) and Tom Hassett (drums) is augmented on this 2-CD live recording with guitarist Adam Levy. Levy is a member of Greenlief’s other band, the drummer-less Trio Putanesca. This, the third Lost Trio record with Rememberance of Songs Past and Live At Yoshi’s coming before, expands the groups possibilities. While speaking jazz quietly, the band carries a big schtick, regularly covering Hank Williams, ...

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The Lost Trio: Remembrance Of Songs Past

by Mark Corroto
November 1, 2000

Listening to The Lost Trio play their versions of mostly jazz standards reminds me of Sonny Rollins’ Way Out West recording. With the same lineup, Rollins, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Shelley Manne took the corny western classics like “I’m An Old Cowhand” and turned them to hip jazz numbers. Here, The Lost Trio takes the classics of jazz and converts them into folk tunes. Using the same inventions as Rollins, the trio pumps fresh life into the familiar.

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