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About The Great Jazz Trio
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Formed
1976
Genre
Jazz
Hank Jones has been known to be a quintessential sideman and occasional leader during his lengthy career as a premier jazz pianist. His most frequent project has been as the ostensible leader of the co-op group known as the Great Jazz Trio, a classic example of how the piano-bass-drums format has remained timeless, enduring, and ever challenging. Formed in the spring of 1975, the initial threesome performed together for the first time at the Village Vanguard nightclub in New York City for one week, was given its name by owner Max Gordon, and consisted of Jones, drummer Tony Williams, and bassist Ron Carter. These musicians from three generations with ties to Miles Davis formed a unique bond playing standards and originals of each bandmember. The trio got together again in May of 1976, and the group would become semi-permanent, together for over three decades.
Members of The Great Jazz Trio include, or have included, Jack DeJohnette, Ron Carter, Hank Jones, John Patitucci, Al Foster, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Eddie Gomez, Mads Vinding, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Billy Kilson, Tony Williams, Omar Hakim, Lee Pearson, George Mraz, Richard Davis, and Jerome Jennings.
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