Aaron Goldberg

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Aaron Goldberg, an American jazz pianist, is a composer who has performed in New York City.

Goldberg, who has been dubbed a "post-bop pianist with exceptional taste and range," has released five albums as a solo artist, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Guillermo Klein, among others.

Early life and education

Aaron Goldberg was born in Boston to Alfred L. Goldberg, a biochemist, and Joan Helpern Goldberg, a hematologist, and Julie Goldberg, her younger sister. He started playing piano at the age of 7 and started playing jazz at 14. Goldberg, the maker of Milton's Jazz Program, introduced him to improvisation and studied with saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi at age 16. At 17, Goldberg moved to New York City to attend the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and he spent his off-hours playing the piano and performing in New York clubs.

Goldberg returned to Boston a year later to obtain a history and science degree at Harvard University, due in large part to his parents' insistence on attending a traditional academic college. As Harvard introduced an interdisciplinary curriculum in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, his course of study changed. Goldberg wrote a thesis on scientific explanations of consciousness, as well as graduated magna cum lauded for being the first to receive the new program's degree, with philosopher Robert Nozick as his thesis advisor.

Goldberg retained a focus on music as an undergraduate, and the International Association of Jazz Educators' Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship was awarded to a freshman. He spent considerable time at Berklee College of Music, both musically and socially, as well as on piano, appearing regularly at Boston venues, including Wally's Cafe. He spent the summers in Manhattan, performing and retaining his New York jazz roots.

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Career

Following his graduation, Goldberg returned to New York in 1996 and concentrated on music once more. Among others, he performed with Mark Turner, Gregory Tardy, and Betty Carter, whom Goldberg first encountered as a founding participant of Harvard's Jazz Ahead program. Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums, formed the Aaron Goldberg Trio in 1998, and the trio's debut album, Turning Point, debuted on J Curve in 1999. He also began what would be a long friendship with saxophonist Joshua Redman and toured extensively with him. The Aaron Goldberg Trio's Unfolding, his second album, came as he continued to tour with Redman. Goldberg was on the road with Redman full-time until 2002, when he returned to New York to perform with jazz artists including Nicholas Payton, Al Foster, Freddie Hubbard, and Stefon Harris. In addition, he travelled often to Brazil between 2000 and 2002, inspired by a passion for the country's music. Madeleine Peyroux performed in South America in 2005 and appeared in Kurt Rosenwinkel and Wynton Marsalis' bands, as well as appearing internationally as a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

Goldberg, who was still on a high-powered role as a pianist, decided to pursue themes from his senior thesis and obtain a master's degree in philosophy. In 2005, he enrolled in Tufts University's master's program, which is located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Goldberg, a New York musician, commuted to Boston for classes, and his own band and Marsalis, Rosenwinkel performed in New York and elsewhere. With Daniel Dennett as his academic advisor, he earned a master's degree in Analytic Philosophy in 2010 and moved to purely focus on music. In 2010, he released Home, and Bienestan, a 2010 film by Argentinian composer Guillermo Klein, a collaboration with Argentinian composer Guillermo Klein. Yes, an album by Omer Avital and Ali Jackson was also released in 2012.

"OAM's Blues" from Goldberg's "Worlds Album" was included as sample music in the Windows Vista operating system in 2006. Windows Vista has sold over 88 million copies.

In November 2014, Goldberg released The Now, a 10-song album of his own compositions, jazz standards, and reworkings of Brazilian songs. The Now has received acclaim, with The New York Times referring to its "elegance" and "sly wit" being recorded with Harland on drums and Rogers on bass, as well as The Boston Globe's "superb." "It's a vivid portrait of an artist who excels in several directions," the Ottawa Citizen wrote.

Aaron has worked with many jazz artists, including Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Guillermo Klein, Charles Lloyd, Reuben Rogers, Dario Chiazzolino, Greg Tardy.

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