Jazz Articles about Larry Goldings

Larry Goldings: Quartet

by David Miller
January 27, 2006

In the span of his relatively young career, Larry Goldings has run the gamut of styles from mainstream jazz to R&B, sonic explorations, and pop. With Quartet, he stays for the most part within the mainstream. But even within that mode, the record is unusual and unique for the eclectic blend of Goldings' interests and influences. Sticking primarily to the piano (Goldings is most well-known for his organ chops), he includes tunes by everyone from Björk and Monk to Gabriel ...

Larry Goldings: Quartet

by Jim Santella
January 21, 2006

Pianist Larry Goldings delivers modern jazz as true art, folding in classical music with traditional jazz themes and interpreting them sincerely. With trumpeter John Sneider, his quartet expresses soulful melodies and surrounds them with beautiful textures. Everything falls into place naturally, and the pianist ensures that not one ounce is wasted on glamour or glitz.

With “Hesitation Blues, he's captured the original spirit that W.C. Handy handed down to us with the birth of the blues. With “Valsinha, ...

Johnny "Bowtie" Barstow: A Bowtie Christmas and More

by John Kelman
December 11, 2005

Every now and then an artist emerges whose vision is so unique that it creates an entirely new musical paradigm. Stretching the realm of technique by introducing harmonic or rhythmic contexts far removed from the norm, they're often unappreciated in their time, but the passage of years can ultimately bring recognition for their genius. Ornette Coleman was one such artist. Now we have singer Johnny &#147;Bowtie Barstow. <br /><br />Keyboardist {{m: Larry Goldings, known for his work with John Scofield ...

The Larry Goldings Trio: Sweet Science

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2002

An organ-led session by a trio of (relatively) young lions who downplay the pyrotechnics usually associated with such groups in favor of perceptive interplay. Organist Larry Goldings cooks but over a lower flame than, say, Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco or newcomer Tony Monaco. He and guitarist Peter Bernstein are locked onto each other's radar screen while drummer Bill Stewart keeps everything in motion with a variety of rhythmic appliances from brushes to bass drum. Goldings, who's also a fine pianist, ...

Larry Goldings Trio: Sweet Science

by Glenn Astarita
August 1, 2002

With his trio's fifth release, Hammond B-3 ace Larry Goldings supplies further evidence that this band is among the finest working units in jazz! The musicians perform with the exactitude of a highly focused chamber outfit, amid the loose grooves of an excitable organ combo. There's a distinct synergy in the air when this band struts its stuff! For example, listen to how Goldings parallels guitarist Peter Bernstein's elegant lines with lower register tonalities and his rhythmic tapping on the ...

Larry Goldings Trio: Sweet Science

by C. Michael Bailey
July 19, 2002

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Sweet Science is a sweet ethereal trip with a classic greasy organ-guitar trio minus the grease (this is not to say that the disc does not swing, it does, in spades). The music provided by Messrs. Goldings, Bernstein, and Stewart is complete sophistication. The music would fit well as the soundtrack of a very hip science fiction program. The opening “Asimov" is expansive and angular with probing guitar lines by Bernstein supported by Golding's ultrahip underpinning. ...

Larry Goldings Trio: Sweet Science

by Jim Santella
July 1, 2002

Adventurous mainstream jazz need not be cast from the same old stuff we've been listening to for 50 years. Larry Goldings ensures that tradition remains solid, as the backbone for everything he creates. However, with Peter Bernstein and Bill Stewart, he pushes the envelope beyond the point where many of today's leaders remain satisfied. Goldings ensures that jazz won't become stagnant. Even lovely classic tunes such as 'This Guy's In Love With You' and 'Spring Is Here' receive a partial ...