trios   Simon Nabatov Trio includes Mark Helias or Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums). Simon Nabatov Mark Helias Tom Rainey The trio exists since 1991 and serves as the best vehicle for Nabatov's compositional and instrumental ideas. The band toured Europe extensively on many occasions and released in 1993 a highly acclaimed CD "Tough Customer" on Enja Records. In March 2000 the Swiss label HatHut Records released the second CD "Sneak Preview". In January 2002 the German label ACT Music released the third CD "Three Stories, One End". "Tough Customer" "Sneak Preview" "Three Stories, One End"   listen to examples (mp3) "Three Stories, One End" " The Lake " " One - Track Mind " " Happy Buchki Break Tune "   Simon Nabatov Ernst Reijseger Matthias Schubert         This trio is the second part of the project "Roundup" realized in December of 2009. The resulting recording was released in August of 2011 on Leo Records. "Square Down" LR 607   listen to examples (mp3) "Long Haul" excerpt "Giant Lips" "Run For It"       Frank Gratkowski - Simon Nabatov - Marcus Schmickler     The trio came together in a spontaneous concert situation in LOFT, Cologne. The recording of this concert was released on Leo Records   "Deployment"   listen to examples (mp3) "Allocation 3" "Node" "Cluster" "Artifact"     Simon Nabatov - Ernst Reijseger - Michael Vatcher E. Reijseger M. Vatcher S. Nabatov This trio premiered at the SJU Jazz Festival Utrecht, Holland, in April 2003. The Dutch cellist Ernst Reijseger and the American drummer Michael Vatcher certainly belong to the finest world wide. The trio toured throughout Europe in November 2003 and recorded CD " Autumn Music" ( Leo Records 397). "Autumn Music" listen to examples (mp3) " For M.F. " " Hardly Obliged " " Lady Sings The Blues " In October 2004 the trio toured Europe in new formation, this time with the American drummer Michael Sarin. The trio will tour Europe in October 2005   The other recent additions to the trio coloborations include Simon Nabatov - Wilbert de Joode - Michael Vatcher Simon Nabatov - Frank Gratkowski - Paul Lovens Simon Nabatov - Frank Gratkowski - Thomas Lehn   home I biography I discography | current events and projects | what they say... | links | contact and booking | downloads   booking contact