New on Spectrum Culture, I review underrated Norwegian jazz group Espen Eriksen Trio:
It’s fair to say that the piano trio format is alive and well on the contemporary music scene. Browse the “new music” section of your local jazz record store—if you’re fortunate enough to live in one of the few cities that has one—and you’ll find discs from the likes of the Bad Plus, Jason Moran and the Vijay Iyer Trio, all vital, forward-thinking artists who mix together the styles of such masters of the format as Red Garland, Bill Evans and Chick Corea with rock ‘n’ roll attitude and occasional covers of both underground and mainstream pop tunes. College kids from Toronto have even interpreted Tyler, the Creator and Kanye West through the trio lens, under the self-deprecating name BADBADNOTGOOD. All of this to say that the North American jazz market is somewhat saturated these days with gifted, energetic 21st-century trios.
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