Another $.02 thrown into the hat...
Very nice recording! The stand up particularly sounds good, not an easy thing to do all the time.
I generally agree with the rest that I don't see the drums as that much of a problem. In fact, I'd be quite hesitant about pulling back the OH's as the drums already have a fair amount of "room" included with them, I wouldn't want to make them much more reverberated and distant than they alreay are.
That said, I do hear what you might be worried about starting right around the 3:30 mark and going from there as the trio slowly crescendos through the rest of the piece.
I do have a couple of suggestions that are not set in stone, but you might want to explore...
First, if I were riding the desk on this one, I'd be *really* inclined to seperate the instruments in pan space in the manner of many classic jazz trio recordings. Not any hard panning (except for maybe some stereo room reverb returns that you may have happening), but setting a soundstage as if the listener were in the audience of a smoke-filled jazz club. Something like piano maybe 35-50% left, bass up the middle and the stereo drum OHs tight-panned between about 30 and 60% right. Not only does this impart a classic jazz feel to the mix, but it would also help keep the drums from stepping on the piano without having to worry about the levels so much. This levels thing is especially important IMHO, because I don't think I'd want to sacrifice any more hat and brass from the drums just to satisfy the toms; I wouldn't want the cymbals much weaker.
Second, perhaps using a volume automation envelope on the drums across the entire piece, as the levels are dramatically different at the beginning and the end as the band puts more energy into their playing. Governing those levels over time with a gentle envelope slope - at least on the drums if not on the whole mix - may help tame the toms and snare a bit.
And, unrelated but worth mentioning; I'm not sure, but I think I heard some bad beat frequencies in a couple of the piano chords. It's always harder to tell with some of the oddball jazz chords, but I *think* maybe the piano might be in want of a fresh tuning. If you haven't had it tuned recently, then it moght be something to look into; if it has, then ignore this as being fooled by a couple of unexpected but intended jazz dissonances.
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But all in all, very nice work on both sides of the cables. A pleasure to review. Is it nice to hear something other than doubled and hard panned distortion guitars on these boards
HTH,
G.