| I wouldn't trust a stereo pair for a jazz piano trio recording. Few drummers, but the best jazz trio drummers, know how to play dynamically without monitors, with a pianist. The piano is soft compared to drums of course, and it's so, so, so easy for the drummer to overwhlem the piano.
I've done a lot of jazz work. Even Ron Carter inisists on recording with a pickup. I haven't recorded him though! Bass, if it's acoustic bass, can be dreadfully problematic if you only are using a mic. I prefer using the Millennia TD-1 or less so the Evil Twin. I like the TD-1 so much that the last couple of recordings I did I didn't use the mic at all. It depends of course on the make and quality of the bass player's pickup.
Most jazz trios are going to want to be fairly close iin proximity to one another. Eye contact and vibe are paramount. |