Top jazz trios piano, bass, drums on vinyl?

Almost forgot to add the under-appreciated Wynton Kelly, best known as the "other" piano sideman on Miles Davis's famous "Kind of Blue" LP and one of my personal favorites as a trio player. On KOB, Kelly plays on on the bluesy "Freddy Freeloader" while the legendary Bill Evans does the rest of the piano work. What you might like to check out are some of Kelly's LPs, which are excellent. He varies his line-up and personnel, but a lot of it is trio work, notably with Jimmy Cobb (drums) and Paul Chambers (bass) from the KOB sessions.

Actusreus - thanks. I have the 45 of Portrait in Jazz and it is very fine. I assume the two from that great weekend are also great. It is amazing what Keepnews was able to record in a small venue with a portable recorder.

I believe John Lewis made some recordings without Milt Jackson on vibes, the "Modern Jazz Trio", as it were. He also did some solo and duo stuff. Good idea to mention him here.

Hiho, your taste is impeccable. In other words, I concur completely! ;)

Bill

I also like the Red Garland Trio and I had a favorite record which included Philly Joe Jones on drum kit. His brush work on 'The Man I Love' was as good as it gets. Even though the band line ups are often jumbled around, I myself would go looking for earlier Paul Bley records and they're all recorded in stereo as far as I know. OK, I don' want to miss this Brahms cadenza.