Mr. Kuhn's trios raised interplay between the musicians to levels that rivaled — and these days may even exceed — those of the Evans groups.
(Chinen) TIM BERNE'S PARAPHRASE (Monday) This trio engages in an interplay that is unscripted but hardly formless; Mr. Berne, an alto saxophonist, has creative partners in Drew Gress, bassist, and Tom Rainey, drummer.
Ms. Wieder-Atherton's cello trios invariably captured the interplay of vocal lines and the music's rich harmonic core, but the homogenous textures, supple dynamics and rich, warm vibrato gave the pieces a dark hue and a late-Romantic quality that made them natural foils for the contemporary scores.
Jonathan Harvey moved closer to the unhinged in "The Riot" (1993), a trio built on a lively interplay between a bright flute line, a growling (and sometimes howling) bass clarinet and piano.
The Marschallin alone sings the first 12 measures of the trio, which grows into a weaving interplay.
And then our ghostly trio of thinkers about the paradoxical interplay of time, mind and story could ponder the weirdest conundrum of all.
The trio was noted for its sensitive interplay and for Mehldau's arrangements, often in uncommon metres (e.g., five or seven beats to the measure); their reputation grew, especially with a series of annual CDs titled The Art of the Trio (1997 2001).
Off and on for the past 22 years, he and Mr. Jarrett, along with the bassist Gary Peacock, have collaborated in a trio praised for its improvisational flair and interplay.
Through the course of each show (which changed radically from night to night), I was privy to the interplay between Dylan and his trio of sidemen.
And on Friday, as Ms. Krall performed those ballads, interspersed with uptempo numbers focusing on her interplay with her hard-swinging trio, the profound musical connectedness of the singer, her musicians and her material was nothing short of awesome.
