5 for Trio was formed in Quebec City in 2012 by Sylvain St-Onge (guitar), Mathieu Rancourt (upright bass) and Jean-François Gingras (drums) with a desire to create a new flavor in jazz. Since then, they have constantly been working to build a bridge between modern jazz and progressive music.
Influenced by the likes of Tigran Hamasyan, The Bad Plus and Avishai Cohen, but also Gentle Giant, King Crimson and Radiohead, the band hit the public’s consciousness with a bang with their two albums Witness & Reactions (2014) and Garder la tension (2015), the latter recorded with the label 270 sessions.
5 for Trio also stood out with features in the Montreal, Quebec City, Rimouski, Edmundston and Lévis Jazz festivals, the Festival d’été de Québec and in more than 70 shows in Quebec, Ontario, New-Brunswick and France.