Trichotomy: Live with String Quartet review – vivacious, inventive jazz/classical collaboration

(Trichotomy)Trichotomy, the 19-year-old Australian piano trio sometimes compared with Sweden’s EST for their smart mixes of jazz intricacy and seductive hooks, explored electronica with last year’s Known-Unknown album. With this free Bandcamp download from a 2014 Brisbane live show, they return to acoustic music in an imaginative string-quartet collaboration built around a specially composed suite. As jazz/classical crossovers go, the set vivaciously balances thematic eloquence with