Jazz Articles about Aaron Goldberg

Jonathan Voltzok: More to Come

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 12, 2009

In questo More to Come troviamo il giovane trombonista israeliano Jonathan Voltzok, ma residente a Brooklyn, in un confronto generazionale col grande Slide Hampton... facendo rinverdire i ricordi del famoso duo di trombonisti Jay & Kai. L'energia non manca come ad esempio nel finale “Shawnuff`" di Parker/Gillespie in cui i due sono scatenati! Voltzok dimostra di avere assorbito il messaggio del bop in modo naturale, quasi non ci fosse altra via espressiva sullo strumento, pulito nelle folate di crome che ...

Aaron Goldberg: Growing as a Band Leader

by Joao Moreira dos Santos
August 7, 2007

Listening to Worlds (Sunnyside, 2006) makes one want to talk to the man behind the music. That's why AAJ contributor João Moreira dos Santos decided to meet Aaron Goldberg at the Hot Clube de Portugal, in Lisbon, determined to both find out more about this talented young pianist/composer/arranger and to hear his music live. His show drove the audience crazy, particularly aspiring young jazzmen, who reacted instantaneously to the song “Lambada de Serpente, an original ballad by Djavan that Goldberg ...

Aaron Goldberg: Worlds

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
June 8, 2006

Man, am I glad that pianist Aaron Goldberg and I never tried to apply for the same job. I'm not a musician, but you should see this guy's CV. While he was double-majoring at Harvard in history and science plus mind, brain and behavior, he was working with Betty Carter, gigging weekends in Boston and winning all kinds of awards, including the formidable-sounding Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship. After graduation (magna cum laude), he moved to New York and played with ...

Matt Penman: The Unquiet

by Phil DiPietro
August 14, 2002

Either Matt Penman wrote his own bio or paid a comedian friend (who knows a thing or two about the jazz world) to write it for him. It contains the following gems that lend humorous light to the how and why he eventually grew up to be a beautifully introspective, reflective composer, to wit: “The introduction by an insistent school teacher of Jazz music into the mix was of course life-altering, as now there was a legitimate reason to not ...

Aaron Goldberg: Unfolding

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2001

I’ve heard a number of masterful young pianists recently, and here’s another one. Like any perceptive keyboard artist, Aaron Goldberg writes poetry with his fingertips, evoking the same feelings of warmth and desire, sadness and joy that are common to the written or spoken word. Unfolding, Goldberg’s second J Curve album, consists of seven of his compositions, John Coltrane’s “Equinox” and Stevie Wonder’s “You Are the Sunshine of My Life.” It’s a picturesque and eventful journey on which he’s accompanied ...

Aaron Goldberg: Unfolding

by Jim Santella
August 1, 2001

Impressionism drives the jazz piano trio. Aren't we all storytellers? Listeners' interpretations can vary, and that's what makes art special. Just let yourself go.

On his second recording as leader, Aaron Goldberg unfolds seven original stories and two classic pieces. His trio works in close proximity, with an intuitive feel. There's a fair amount of freedom for each artist. Bass and drums provide independent lines that complement the pianist's thoughts. Goldberg, 27, shares a thorough understanding of the blues, Latin ...

Aaron Goldberg: Unfolding

by Bob Powers
August 1, 2001

Jazz often translates to the unitiated as noise without meaning. Folks who love jazz in all its variations would make a good choice if their jazzless neighbors or co-workers were introduced to Aaron Goldberg. In his second album, Unfolding for the Cincinnati-based label J Curve, Goldberg provides ample evidence that he's ready to climb the top rung of pianists.

Working regularly as a member of the Joshua Redman Quartet, Aaron Goldberg shows in Unfolding that he's a clever, thoughtful, and ...