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Jon Gold

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Originally from Palo Alto, California, pianist and composer Jon Gold has had a life long interest in Brazilian and Latin jazz. He's performed throughout northern California, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, and throughout Rio de Janeiro. Along the way he's recorded with such artists as Airto Moreira and bassist Harvie S. Jon also has a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of California at Santa Cruz and gained noteriety as the first person to ever melt a diamond.

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Article: From Far and Wide

Back to Brazil: Part One

Read "Back to Brazil: Part One" reviewed by Mark Holston


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 The recent passing of Brazilian music icon João Gilberto at the age of 88 invites us to reflect on the music revolution he was influential in sparking over six decades ago. The singer and guitarist, partnering with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, announced the arrival of a ...

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Bossa of Possibility

Label: Blujazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Ora Bolas; Bossa of Possibility; Bugalu 2-3-6; Theme For Impermanence; Buster; Caroline Dance; AOC; P’bubu; Mineira; Mainstay; Samba Ballet; Stanley.

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Article: Album Review

Jon Gold: Bossa of Possibility

Read "Bossa of Possibility" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Keyboardist Jon Gold continues where he left off with Brazil Confidential (Blujazz Records, 2011) and his love for Brazilian and Latin jazz. He brings back several of the musicians from that date to help essay 12 new compositions which ease into terrain that goes beyond his root calling. He adds to the mood of the music ...

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Ora Bolas! (Scott's Mix -- Bonus Track)

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Label: Blujazz
Released: 2012
Duration: 03:43

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Brazil Confidential

Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Além Do Azul; Funky Jabour; Teresinha; Carioca da Clara; Confissão; Singela; Vitamin B; Paraty; Parafuso A Menos; Janacek Suite No. 4; Rapadura; Parazen.

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Article: Album Review

Jon Gold: Brazil Confidential

Read "Brazil Confidential" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Jon Gold is a fluid and lyrical pianist with a deft approach, who lets his ideas flow with facile ease. His artistry is not surprising, given that his early influences were classical composers like Ravel, as well as jazz pianists Oscar Peterson and McCoy Tyner. He was entranced enough by Tyner to learn almost all of ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Gold: Brazil Confidential

Read "Brazil Confidential" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Jon Gold's Brazil Confidential is unique. It is an album of music that shows just how much the pianist and composer has internalized the Brazilian experience and what that can do for authenticity when it comes to an American musician writing in a Brazilian style. It may be true that the experience is largely urban, but ...


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