Ned Goold Trio

Ned Goold Trio: The Flows

by Michael P. Gladstone
April 20, 2004

Although tenor saxman Ned Goold has recorded two albums in the past few years, The Flows is a major breakthrough as far as I'm concerned. The scenario of a piano-less trio (tenor sax-bass-drums) is a daunting format in which the “rubber meets the road" with no margin for error. Goold is a musician who I've only heard playing obbligattos behind Harry Connick, Jr. in the recent past. Here, he takes the gauntlet of this challenging format and succeeds admirably.