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The Ray Brown Trio: Live at Scullers

by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 1997

The piano trio is the most durable assembly in Jazz music. Durable in such a way that it almost always delivers high functioning music that is immediately accessible and enjoyable. Durable also in popularity. There have been many notable piano trios, all generally having one member as an anchor -- Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans, Bobbie Timmons, Elmo Hope, Horace Silver, Gene Harris, Monty Alexander, Tommy Flanagan, and the list goes on of notable piano trio cornerstones.

Certainly one ...