The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is as close to an inseparable collective force as you can get in jazz with its existence now almost running to three decades. But it’s there in their sound too. Formed in the early 1990s as the Simple Acoustic Trio, they became legendary Polish compatriot Tomasz Stańko’s band for a handful of years from 2001 and have recorded five albums for ECM since then.

‘In Motion (Part 1)’ opens En Attendant, their sixth album for the label, and it’s typical of the effervescently open-ended lyricism, ear-massaging sonority and organic, intuitive dialogue at the heart of the trio’s collective aesthetic. While '(Part 1)' shifts between flamenco-ish Chick Corea-like and abstract impressionist episodes, ‘In Motion (Part II)’ includes moments of key influence Keith Jarrett’s rapturous approach as does Wasilewski’s sumptuously song-like composition ‘Glimmer of Hope’, a track that appeared on Arctic Riff, last year’s collaboration with Joe Lovano. As did ‘Vashkar’ in which they pay tribute to both its writer Carla and pianist Paul Bley. But the trio make it their own with an eloquent reading.

An unusual jazzer’s selection to take on, The Doors’ ‘Riders on the Storm’ turns out to be a masterstroke of taste, their signature easy-grooving elegance hinting at the contrastingly permissive era in which the song was released. It’s the sound of an ensemble still perfecting the art of trio in 2021.