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Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart: Live At The Village Vanguard

WBGO | By Patrick Jarenwattananon
Published November 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM CST
Left to right: Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein.
1 of 10  — Left to right: Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein.
Left to right: Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein.
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Larry Goldings.
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Larry Goldings.
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Peter Bernstein.
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Peter Bernstein.
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Peter Bernstein.
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Peter Bernstein.
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Bill Stewart.
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Bill Stewart.
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Larry Goldings at the organ.
6 of 10  — Larry Goldings at the organ.
Larry Goldings at the organ.
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Larry Goldings at soundcheck.
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Larry Goldings at soundcheck.
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Peter Bernstein, backstage.
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Peter Bernstein, backstage.
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Outside the Village Vanguard.
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Outside the Village Vanguard.
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Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein have played together as a trio for over 20 years.
10 of 10  — Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein have played together as a trio for over 20 years.
Larry Goldings, Bill Stewart and Peter Bernstein have played together as a trio for over 20 years.
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When their busy schedules align, guitarist Peter Bernstein, keyboard player Larry Goldings and drummer Bill Stewart play together as a trio. Their format isn't earth-shatteringly new — largely standards, a few original pieces, classic sonorities in which Hammond B3 organ meets electric guitar — but after nearly 25 years as a band, their rapport is. Theirs isn't an organ trio of greasy funk, but their cleaner language is plenty tasteful, overlaying smart choices atop plenty of swing.

They convene again for a week at New York's Village Vanguard. WBGO and NPR Music present a live video webcast and radio broadcast of the Goldings, Bernstein and Stewart band in concert.

Set List
  • "Simple As That" (Bernstein)

  • "Nobody Else But Me" (Kern)

  • "The Acrobat" (Goldings)

  • "The Danger Zone" (Mayfield)

  • "Dragonfly" (Bernstein)

  • "Just In Time" (Styne)

  • "Milestones" (Davis)

    • Personnel

  • Peter Bernstein, guitar

  • Larry Goldings, organ

  • Bill Stewart, drums

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