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That makes sense.

I think this is pretty common, provided that you add in Miles Davis and stuff on Impulse!

It is interesting that sax / piano / drums is the OP's example of an unusual trio setting. There actually are not that many groups that play in that format, despite its allowing for pretty much everything, to my ears. The most exciting examples that I can think of come from the free jazz world, where the piano is not necessarily in a comping role. In contrast, the "sax trio" setting of saxophone, bass and drums is maybe a bit more well explored in the bop and bop-derived world. I would be interested to hear from any musicians on the forum, or anyone with an ear better attuned than my own, as to why they think that this set up is comparatively rare in a bop-derived / straight ahead setting. Does it present greater difficulties than e.g. a saxophone trio with bass instead of keyboards?

It sounds like it has been confirmed now. https://mobile.twitter.com/intlanthem/status/1562196045160845312?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet RIP. Very sad news given how young Branch was. One of my favourite artists in the International Anthem catalogue.

Jaimie Branch – Fly Or Die (International Anthem, 2017) Some bad rumours on social media tonight. Really hoping they're not true. This for me is the best record IA has released. Giving it a spin now.

RIP.

I recognise that one! Oh no! Wishing you a quick recovery.

Frank Gambale, Stuart Hamm, Steve Smith – Show Me What You Can Do... (Tone Center, 1998) For some reason, in the late nineties world of fusion, power trios became the real deal. This one could have been better than it was. Just Too Much guitar.

Hafez Modirzadeh - Post-Chromodal Out! (Pi, 2012)

That's really sad news.

What's this one like?

Those were classics of the genre of whatever the hell it was Verve was doing in the 90s. Is no-one mentioning the Schlippenbach trio for piano, saxophone and drums? Likewise Yosuke Yamashita's stuff from the 1970s.

Gary Chandler – Outlook (Eastbound, 1972)

Is this a record or just a way of referring to the "Blue Note Boogaloo" phenomenon?

Roscoe Mitchell – Dots - Pieces For Percussion And Woodwinds (Wide Hive, 2021)

Larry Carlton – Larry Carlton (MCA, 1988)

He's great on this. At the end of the day, loving jazz is all about recognising and enjoying networks of great musicians. It's a great thrill to suddenly scratch through and see a whole network whom you had never recognised. Realising that you already knew some of them and that there's more to discover yet.

Niacin - High Bias (Stretch, 1998) This is the first one I've heard that I've actually really very enjoyed. It's like Dr. Lonnie Smith mixed with Gentle Giant. There's actual rhythm too, which is more than I can say for Tribal Tech.

In can’t believe we are on 1987 already.

Clare Fischer – First Time Out (Pacific, 1962) That seems to be the Canadian cover. It has another different psychedelic cover on the original. sounds worth checking out.

Just chanced upon this thread. Some great reminisces here.

Just got caught listening to this by another adult. Mortified.

Utan Misstankar by Gilbert Holmström’s Kvintett

The Square - S.P.O.R.T.S. (CBS, 1986) I mean, this one is probably too likeable to qualify for this thread. Some tunes are as little as 20% guitar solo. From the point of view of 1980s fusion, I am not sure whether anything with less than 45% guitar solo per track even counts as music.

Red Holloway – Red Soul (Prestige, 1966) Now on this excellent record: Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O - Umdali (MHHH, 2021)