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Larry Goldings/Peter Bernstein/Bill Stewart: Perpetual Pendulum
ByLarry Goldings
organ, Hammond B3b.1968

Peter Bernstein
guitarb.1967

Bill Stewart
drumsb.1966
With the very title of the album an apt reference to the constant metamorphosis of Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart's musical energy, it makes perfect sense for the eleven track outing to commence with a lithe swing into a

Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Six of the selections consist of material outside the band, but choices like the aforementioned opener,

Gary Bartz
saxophone, altob.1940

Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
One of Bernstein's pair is the title tune, judiciously placed in the number nine slot as the album hits its homestretch. The positioning thus would seem to purposefully evoke the very raison d'etre of the record, that is, he and his two venerable partners returning to revisit their natural chemistry and, in the very act of doing so, recharging it to reach an ever higher level of instinctual exchange. Of course, Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart have always transcended the preconceptions that come with the description of their union as an "organ trio," but never more so than now.
Bringing to the reunions those lessons learned during other endeavors conducted between their joint ventures is exactly that which renders sparkling what which might otherwise sound strained, for instance, yet another revisit of Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer's "Come Rain Or Come Shine." As an ever-so-understated close to Perpetual Pendulum, this relaxed take on "Django," composed by

Modern Jazz Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1952

John Lewis
piano1920 - 2001
But then, that's an accurate description of the overall dynamic at work in the playing of this trio. No matter what activities Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart engage in, their simpatico, combined with their shared experience, will always (hopefully) swing back to working together in the format within which they have excelled so long and continue to do so on this project. ">
Track Listing
United; Let's Get Lots; Libra; Prelude; FU Donald; Come Rain Or Come Shine; Little Green Men; Reflections in D; Perpetual Pendulum; Lurkers; Django.
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Title: Perpetual Pendulum | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Smoke Sessions Records
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