Ramshackle serenade (2014)/ Larry Goldings & Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart

"Few artistic partnerships are as delightfully durable as the trio of organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart. "Ramshackle Serenade" finds this group covering a lot of ground. The album opens with Goldings' "Roach" a slow blues in five which proves to be one of the standout performances. Goldings and Bernstein both cook while Stewart masterfully slices up the time in endlessly inventive ways. The trio then visits Brazilian territory with Jobim's "Luiza". The title track is all about rubato rumination, as Goldings and Bernstein paint melodies while Stewart lightly colors in the background. Goldings' "Mr. Meagles" is a great example of the way this trio manages to create music that speaks relatively softly and carries a mean groove. "Sweet And Lovely" grows hotter over time, followed by a pair of originals and an album-closing look at Horace Silver's "Peace." After all these years, this trio still manages to make magic." (Dan Bilawsky, Allaboutjazz; 4,5 uit 5 sterren)