Die Umfrage ist beendet!
Vielen Dank an alle Teilnehmer für die inspirierenden Listen, den intensiven Austausch im Piano-Trio-Thread und die vielen Anregungen. 15 Teilnehmer haben über einen Zeitraum von drei Monaten insgesamt 165 verschiedene Alben ins Rennen geschickt – eine bemerkenswerte Vielfalt, die das Spektrum des Formats von den 1950ern bis heute abbildet.
Einige Eckdaten:
165 verschiedene Alben genannt
111 Einzelnennungen (reichen maximal für Rang 48)
Durchschnittliches Erscheinungsjahr: 1985
Stärkste Dekade nach Punkten: 1960er (1218 Punkte)
Meiste Alben pro Dekade: 1970er (30 Alben)
Meistgenanntes Label: ECM (40 Alben)
Die Top 20 werden gesondert präsentiert. Hier zunächst die Plätze 21 bis 165 – in Klammern die Gesamtpunkte sowie die Anzahl der Nennungen.
Einige Beobachtungen: Die Vielfalt ab Platz 21 ist beeindruckend – von Don Pullens energischem New Beginnings über Herbie Nichols‘ wegweisendes Blue-Note-Trio bis zu aktuellen Aufnahmen wie The Necks‘ Disquiet (2025) und Sharon Mansurs Trigger (2025). ECM dominiert auch hier mit zahlreichen Vertretern, aber die Streuung über Labels, Dekaden und Stile zeigt, wie lebendig das Format geblieben ist. Besonders bemerkenswert: 111 Alben wurden nur ein einziges Mal genannt – jede Liste brachte ihre eigenen Entdeckungen mit. Von japanischen Three-Blind-Mice-Aufnahmen über verschollene Enja-Produktionen bis zu aktuellen nordischen Trios findet sich hier ein Querschnitt durch 70 Jahre Piano-Trio-Geschichte.
21. DON PULLEN – New Beginnings (Blue Note/1989) – [53 | 3]
22. HERBIE NICHOLS TRIO – Herbie Nichols Trio (Blue Note/1956) – [50 | 4]
23. OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – Night Train (Verve/1962) – [46 | 2]
24. VIJAY IYER TRIO (W/ STEVEN CRUMP & MARCUS GILMORE) – Historicity (ACT/2009) – [44 | 2]
25. ABDULLAH IBRAHIM TRIO – Yarona (Tiptoe/Enja/1995) – [43 | 3]
26. EDDIE COSTA – The House of Blue Lights (Dot Records/1959) – [42 | 3]
26. STANLEY COWELL TRIO – Illusion Suite (ECM/1973) – [42 | 3]
28. MARILYN CRISPELL, GARY PEACOCK, PAUL MOTIAN – Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: The Music of Annette Peacock (ECM/1997) – [42 | 2]
28. MAL WALDRON – Mal Waldron Plays the Blues (Enja/1971) – [42 | 2]
30. VIJAY IYER TRIO – Accelerando (ACT/2012) – [40 | 3]
31. HELGE LIEN TRIO – Guzuguzu (Ozella/2017) – [39 | 2]
32. HORACE TAPSCOTT – Live at Lobero (Nimbus West Records/1981) – [38 | 3]
33. MASABUMI KIKUCHI/MARC JOHNSON/PAUL MOTIAN – Miles‘ Mode (Sony/1993) – [38 | 2]
34. CHARLIE HADEN, GERI ALLEN, PAUL MOTIAN – Etudes (Soul Note/1988) – [36 | 3]
34. VIJAY IYER / LINDA MAY HAN OH / TYSHAWN SOREY – Compassion (ECM/2024) – [36 | 3]
36. MASABUMI KIKUCHI TRIO – Sunrise (ECM/2012) – [34 | 2]
37. ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO – Strange Place for Snow (Superstudio Gul/2002) – [32 | 2]
37. THE JOHN WRIGHT TRIO – South Side Soul (Prestige/1960) – [32 | 2]
39. DUKE ELLINGTON – Piano in the Foreground (Columbia/1963) – [30 | 2]
39. THELONIOUS MONK TRIO – Thelonious (Prestige/1953) – [30 | 2]
39. MAL WALDRON – Black Glory (Enja/1971) – [30 | 2]
42. CHARLIE HADEN – The Montreal Tapes: With Paul Bley and Paul Motian (Verve/1994) – [29 | 2]
42. HAMPTON HAWES – Here and Now (Contemporary/1966) – [29 | 2]
44. BOBO STENSON / ARILD ANDERSEN / JON CHRISTENSEN – Underwear (ECM/1971) – [28 | 2]
45. JUTTA HIPP – At the Hickory House, Volume 1 (Blue Note/1956) – [27 | 3]
46. STEVE KUHN – Remembering Tomorrow (ECM/1996) – [27 | 2]
46. TYSHAWN SOREY TRIO – Continuing (Pi Recordings/2023) – [27 | 2]
48. THE ART TATUM TRIO – Presenting…The Art Tatum Trio (Verve/1957) – [25 | 1]
49. TETHERED MOON – Tethered Moon (Paddle Wheel/1992) – [24 | 2]
50. BILL EVANS TRIO – Explorations (Riverside/1961) – [24 | 1]
50. BARRY HARRIS – Live in Tokyo (Xanadu Records/1976) – [24 | 1]
50. HAMPTON HAWES – Spanish Steps (Black Lion/1971) – [24 | 1]
50. BERTHA HOPE TRIO – In Search of…Hope (SteepleChase/1991) – [24 | 1]
50. SHARON MANSUR – Trigger (ACT/2025) – [24 | 1]
50. ISAO SUZUKI TRIO – Black Orpheus (Three Blind Mice/1976) – [24 | 1]
56. BILL EVANS TRIO – Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside/1959) – [23 | 2]
57. HIROMI – Spark (Telarc/2016) – [23 | 1]
57. YOSUKE YAMASHITA – Sakura (Antilles/1990) – [23 | 1]
59. GERI ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN, PAUL MOTIAN – Segments (DIW/1989) – [22 | 1]
59. RED GARLAND TRIO – Groovy (Prestige/1957) – [22 | 1]
59. GARY PEACOCK – Tales of Another (ECM/1977) – [22 | 1]
59. TONY WILLIAMS TRIO – Young at Heart (Sony/1996) – [22 | 1]
63. AL HAIG TRIO – Invitation (Spotlite/1975) – [21 | 1]
64. BUD POWELL – The Amazing Bud Powell Vol. 2 (Blue Note/1954) – [20 | 2]
65. TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO – The Ground (ECM/2005) – [20 | 1]
65. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Still Live (ECM/1988) – [20 | 1]
65. SHELLY MANNE & HIS FRIENDS – My Fair Lady (Contemporary/1956) – [20 | 1]
65. TINGVALL TRIO – Skagerrak (Skip Records/2006) – [20 | 1]
69. ERROLL GARNER – Concert by the Sea (Columbia/1955) – [19 | 2]
69. THE NECKS – Disquiet (Northern Spy/2025) – [19 | 2]
69. OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – We Get Requests (Verve/1964) – [19 | 2]
72. STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO – The River of Anyder (ECM/2011) – [19 | 1]
72. BILL EVANS TRIO – Portrait in Jazz (Riverside/1960) – [19 | 1]
72. THE BARRY HARRIS TRIO – Magnificent! (Prestige/1970) – [19 | 1]
72. BUD POWELL – Bud Powell in Paris (Reprise/1964) – [19 | 1]
72. BUD POWELL – Bud Powell’s Moods (Norgran Records/1956) – [19 | 1]
72. BOBBY TIMMONS – This Here Is Bobby Timmons (Riverside/1960) – [19 | 1]
78. SONNY CLARK TRIO – Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note/1958) – [18 | 1]
78. HERBIE HANCOCK TRIO – Herbie Hancock Trio (1977) (CBS/Sony/1977) – [18 | 1]
78. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – The Out-Of-Towners (ECM/2004) – [18 | 1]
81. MASAHIKO SATO, PETER WARREN, PIERRE FAVRE – Trinity (Enja/1971) – [17 | 2]
82. RAY BRYANT TRIO – Con Alma (Columbia/1961) – [17 | 1]
82. HIROMI – Alive (Telarc/2014) – [17 | 1]
82. AHMAD JAMAL – Outertimeinnerspace (Impulse!/1972) – [17 | 1]
82. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Changes (ECM/1984) – [17 | 1]
82. MASABUMI KIKUCHI, MASAHIKO TOGASHI, GARY PEACOCK – Poesy 〜 The Man Who Keeps Washing His Hands (Philips/1971) – [17 | 1]
82. AKI TAKASE TRIO – Song for Hope (Enja/1982) – [17 | 1]
82. THE THREE SOUNDS – Here We Come (Blue Note/1962) – [17 | 1]
89. GERI ALLEN TRIO – The Printmakers (Minor Music/1984) – [16 | 1]
89. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Inside Out (ECM/2001) – [16 | 1]
89. BOBO STENSON TRIO – Reflections (ECM/1996) – [16 | 1]
89. CECIL TAYLOR FEEL TRIO – 2 Ts for a Lovely T (Codanza Records/2002) – [16 | 1]
89. MARCIN WASILEWSKI/SLAWOMIR KURKIEWICZ/MICHAL MISKIEWICZ – Trio (ECM/2005) – [16 | 1]
94. JOE HAIDER TRIO – Café Des Pyrénnées (Kick Records/1973) – [15 | 1]
94. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Bye Bye Blackbird (ECM/1993) – [15 | 1]
94. HELGE LIEN TRIO – Badgers and Other Beings (Ozella/2014) – [15 | 1]
94. OSCAR PETERSON TRIO – Action (MPS/1968) – [15 | 1]
94. TETHERED MOON – Triangle (Paddle Wheel/1992) – [15 | 1]
99. GOGO PENGUIN – Fanfares (Gondwana/2012) – [14 | 1]
99. TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO – Changing Places (ECM/2003) – [14 | 1]
99. ROLAND HANNA TRIO – Dream (Venus/2001) – [14 | 1]
99. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Standards, Vol. 2 (ECM/1985) – [14 | 1]
99. MIKE NOCK – Ondas (ECM/1982) – [14 | 1]
99. THE THREE SOUNDS – It Just Got to Be (Blue Note/1963) – [14 | 1]
105. STEFANO BATTAGLIA TRIO – In the Morning – Music of Alec Wilder (ECM/2015) – [13 | 1]
105. MARC COPLAND TRIO – Haunted Heart & Other Ballads (Hatology/2001) – [13 | 1]
105. BILL EVANS TRIO – Moon Beams (Riverside/1962) – [13 | 1]
105. AHMAD JAMAL – Happy Moods (Argo/1960) – [13 | 1]
105. HANK JONES – I Remember You (Black And Blue/1977) – [13 | 1]
105. THELONIOUS MONK – The London Collection: Volume Two (Black Lion/1988) – [13 | 1]
105. JASON MORAN – The Bandwagon (Blue Note/2003) – [13 | 1]
105. GONZALO RUBALCABA – The Blessing (Blue Note/1991) – [13 | 1]
105. BOBO STENSON TRIO – Serenity (ECM/2000) – [13 | 1]
114. GORDON BECK, RON MATHEWSON, DANIEL HUMAIR – Beck Mathewson Humair Trio (Dire/1972) – [12 | 1]
114. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Tribute (ECM/1990) – [12 | 1]
114. GARY PEACOCK TRIO – Now This (ECM/2015) – [12 | 1]
114. TSUYOSHI YAMAMOTO TRIO – Blues for Tee (Three Blind Mice/1975) – [12 | 1]
118. PAUL BLEY, GARY PEACOCK, PAUL MOTIAN – Not Two, Not One (ECM/1999) – [11 | 1]
118. AL HAIG TRIO – Al Haig Trio (Esoteric/1954) – [11 | 1]
118. HAMPTON HAWES TRIO – The Seance (Contemporary/1969) – [11 | 1]
118. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Somewhere (ECM/2013) – [11 | 1]
118. HELGE LIEN TRIO – Natsukashii (Ozella/2011) – [11 | 1]
118. McCOY TYNER – Inception (Impulse!/1962) – [11 | 1]
124. THE BAD PLUS – Give (Columbia/2004) – [10 | 1]
124. MARILYN CRISPELL, GARY PEACOCK, PAUL MOTIAN – Amaryillis (ECM/2001) – [10 | 1]
124. TORD GUSTAVSEN TRIO – Opening (ECM/2022) – [10 | 1]
124. FRED HERSCH TRIO – Alive at the Vanguard (Palmetto/2012) – [10 | 1]
124. JUTTA HIPP – At the Hickory House, Volume 2 (Blue Note/1956) – [10 | 1]
124. MICHEL PETRUCCIANI/STEVE GADD/ANTHONY JACKSON – Trio in Tokyo (Dreyfus Jazz/1999) – [10 | 1]
124. MICHEL SARDABY – Blue Sunset (Disques Debs/1967) – [10 | 1]
124. THE BOBBY TIMMONS TRIO – In Person (Riverside/1961) – [10 | 1]
132. DOLLAR BRAND – The Children of Africa (Enja/1976) – [9 | 1]
132. PETER ERSKINE – Time Being (ECM/1994) – [9 | 1]
132. HAMPTON HAWES TRIO – The Green Leaves of Summer (Contemporary/1964) – [9 | 1]
132. MIKE MELILLO TRIO – Bopcentric – The Music of Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols (Red Record/1999) – [9 | 1]
132. ERIC REVIS – City of Asylum (Clean Feed/2013) – [9 | 1]
132. JOHN TAYLOR, MARC JOHNSON, JOEY BARON – Rosslyn (ECM/2003) – [9 | 1]
138. ODDGEIR BERG TRIO – A Place Called Home (Ozella/2024) – [8 | 1]
138. PAUL BLEY – Ballads (ECM/1971) – [8 | 1]
138. JOANNE BRACKEEN – Snooze (Choice/1975) – [8 | 1]
138. RAY BRYANT – Trio Today (EmArcy/1987) – [8 | 1]
138. RON CARTER – Third Plane (JVC/1978) – [8 | 1]
138. CHICK COREA – Trio Music, Live in Europe (ECM/1986) – [8 | 1]
138. GIOVANNI GUIDI TRIO – City of Broken Dreams (ECM/2013) – [8 | 1]
138. HAMPTON HAWES – Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes, Vol. 3: The Trio (Contemporary/1956) – [8 | 1]
138. AHMAD JAMAL – Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal (Argo/1959) – [8 | 1]
147. GERI ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN, PAUL MOTIAN – In the Year of the Dragon (JMT/1989) – [7 | 1]
147. RAY BRYANT TRIO – Piano Piano Piano Piano… (Prestige/1957) – [7 | 1]
147. RAY BRYANT TRIO – Potpourri (Pablo/1981) – [7 | 1]
147. SONNY CLARK TRIO – Sonny Clark Trio (Time Records/1960) – [7 | 1]
147. GOGO PENGUIN – Gogo Penguin (Blue Note/2020) – [7 | 1]
147. BERTHA HOPE TRIO – Between Two Kings (Minor Music/1992) – [7 | 1]
147. BOBO STENSON TRIO – Cantando (ECM/2023) – [7 | 1]
154. ARILD ANDERSEN, VASSILIS TSABROPOULOS, JOHN MARSHALL – The Triangle (ECM/2004) – [6 | 1]
154. RICHIE BEIRACH – Elm (ECM/1979) – [6 | 1]
154. DOLLAR BRAND TRIO – Anatomy of a South African Village (Fontana/1965) – [6 | 1]
154. RED GARLAND – When There Are Grey Skies (Prestige/1963) – [6 | 1]
154. JOE HAIDER TRIO – Katzenvilla (Spiegelei/1971) – [6 | 1]
154. KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Standards, Vol. 1 (ECM/1983) – [6 | 1]
154. LYLE MAYS, MARC JOHNSON, JACK DeJOHNETTE – Fictionary (Geffen Records/1993) – [6 | 1]
154. BUD POWELL – Swingin‘ With Bud (RCA Victor/1958) – [6 | 1]
154. CLIFF SMALLS – Feat. Oliver Jackson and Leonard Gaskin (Black And Blue/1978) – [6 | 1]
154. SUN RA – God Is More Than Love Will Ever Be (Saturn Records/1979) – [6 | 1]
154. ESBJÖRN SVENSSON TRIO – Tuesday Wonderland (ACT/2006) – [6 | 1]
154. TARBABY – You Think This America (Giant Step Arts/2024) – [6 | 1]
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