MAR 24-27 | Organ Grooves
Mar 24 - Mar 27, 2022
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
“One of current jazz’s finest small groups” (JazzTimes), the trio of guitarist Peter Bernstein, organist Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart is the longest-lived and most virtuosic organ trio in existence. Celebrating three decades as a band, they have taken the organ trio tradition popularized by Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff and Larry Young in the 1960s into fresh territory, recording a dozen masterly albums that combine roiling bebop intensity, gentle ballad work and knotty fistfuls of funk.
A keyboardist whose artistry reaches far beyond jazz, Goldings began his career with the likes of Sarah Vaughan and Jim Hall, and contributed his singular style to the work of Maceo Parker, Jon Mayer, John Scofield, Norah Jones, and James Taylor.
Bernstein is a brilliant guitarist with a deep connection to organists, working with Melvin Rhyne, Sam Yahel, Mike LeDonne, and Dr. Lonnie Smith in addition to a roster of jazz giants including Joshua Redman, Lou Donaldson, and Brad Mehldau.
Easily one of the most influential and in-demand drummers of the last 20 years, Stewart has appeared on a staggering number of albums with the likes of Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, and Michael Brecker.
There’s no more sophisticated, swinging and probing B3 band around.
JazzTimes
Read: Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart, not your father’s organ trio (Mercury News)
… this trio has developed one of the most identifiable sounds in jazz today.
All Music Guide
… this trio has developed one of the most identifiable sounds in jazz today.
All Music Guide
Personnel
Peter Bernstein guitar
Larry Goldings Hammond B3 organ
Bill Stewart drums
Bernstein, Goldings and Stewart have a natural feel for this music, laying down a groove that lets each soloist float across the tunes.
DownBeat
Personnel
Peter Bernstein guitar
Larry Goldings Hammond B3 organ
Bill Stewart drums
Bernstein, Goldings and Stewart have a natural feel for this music, laying down a groove that lets each soloist float across the tunes.
DownBeat
Watch & Listen
Goldings, Bernstein, & Stewart
Useless Metaphor
Goldings, Bernstein, & Stewart
Mr. Meagles
Goldings, Bernstein, & Stewart
Useless Metaphor
Goldings, Bernstein, & Stewart
Mr. Meagles