Jazz Articles about Malcolm Goldstein

Malcolm Goldstein: Live at Fire in the Valley

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 1999

Solo violin is a rare and often deadly format in jazz. The problem is that most players don't properly utilize the textural and harmonic possibilities of the instrument in the solo setting. Well, Malcolm Goldstein suffers from none of these problems. In this recording, taped at 1997's Fire in the Valley Festival in Amherst, Massachusetts, Goldstein creeps out from his reclusive Vermont home to prove the critics wrong.

Goldstein's control of the violin is truly massive and bewildering. He flies ...