Top jazz trios piano, bass, drums on vinyl?

All of the above. Also, Tommy Flanagan, Errol Garner, McCoy Tyner, and Bud Powell. And..... the list is long. Did anyone mention Thelonius?

Yes, but I am so sick of "Waltz for Debby". Fortunately just about every tune Bill Evans ever played is worth a listen.

I didn't mean to belittle you for your enthusiasm. It is a great recording, indeed. I was just making a very personal and therefore irrelevant statement about that specific piece. However, it definitely should be in anyone's collection who is interested in small group piano jazz. Sorry to sound snotty. I am a big Bill Evans fan.

Bill Evans with Marian McPartland, on her old radio show, is a gem, even on CD.

We have a local jazz DJ who says every Sunday on his show that "jazz is the sound of surprise". For me that perfectly captures why I love jazz. I still have a childish love of surprise. So, when I hear "Waltz for Debby" for the umpteenth time (that one tune, not the whole album), there is no longer any surprise in it for me. I would love to hear Bill Evans play it live, one more time. I am sure he would do it differently from what he does on the recording, and I would dig it.

I have been listening to KOB since I was 15 years old. I lay off of listening to it for years at a time, in my later life, so as to preserve that sense of surprise and discovery when I do listen to it (the whole album, in this case).

I believe John Lewis made some recordings without Milt Jackson on vibes, the "Modern Jazz Trio", as it were. He also did some solo and duo stuff. Good idea to mention him here.

Dear Philjolet,
In response to Sbrownnw's question regarding the quality of the piano reproduction on his jazz LPs, you wrote the following:

"my guess is that you are hearing the vintage equipment they recorded them with (vintage vacuum tube sound)"

I know this is OT, and please forgive me for it, but I strongly disagree with your opinion. What is the basis for it? Makes no sense to me at all. Vacuum tubes are not even capable of that sort of distortion, except maybe in a guitar amp where the distortion is deliberately introduced. I rather suspect that Sbrownnw's cartridge is mistracking on the particular LPs he mentions or that the LPs themselves are just not good copies or were abused during their lifetimes. Just had to vent. Back to jazz piano trios.