Marie Krüttli - piano
Ronan Guilfoyle - bass
Christophe Lavergne - drums The piano trio has an honoured history in jazz, its perfect instrumental form making it ideal for both the spontaneous flexibility of jazz and its formal beauty. Ternary represents three generations of musicians, and three different countries, featuring as it does the brilliant young Swiss pianist Marie Krüttli, one of France's most established drummers Christophe Lavergne, and the leader - Irish composer and bassist Ronan Guilfoyle. Ternary also represents another tradition in jazz - where an established musician hears young talented musicians and brings them into his or her own groups. Ronan heard both Marie and Christophe while working in a  teaching capacity and was so impressed he wanted to involve them in his performing life. Christophe has since worked with Ronan many times, but this is the first time for Marie to perform with Ronan.  As part of Ronan's CCI residency, he will compose new music for this new group, which will be performed in three sections. Three musicians, three countries, three new compositions - good things sometimes come in threes!