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MGM Trio is an album by pianist Marilyn Crispell, drummer Gerry Hemingway, and reed player Michael Moore. Four tracks were recorded live at DeSingel in Antwerp, Belgium on November 28, 1994, while the remaining tracks were recorded at Nevessa Studio in Saugerties, New York on December 23, 1995. The album, which features compositions by Moore, was released in 1996 by Ramboy Recordings. The trio is named after the players' first initials.
The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings described the band as "a group of equals," and noted: "it's Crispell one hears first and last, teasing out the mysterious beauty of songs like 'Temperamental Annie' and 'The Pound Fell Down'."
Writing for Cadence, Dale Smoak stated: "the group dynamic is predominantly light, playful and conversational... It's Moore who keeps the melodicism explicit... As for Crispell and Hemingway, this date is far from the heaviest one they've made, but I expect to play it often."
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