Aaron Goldberg

Aaron Goldberg (born April 30, 1974), is an American jazz pianist. Described by The New York Times as a "post-bop pianist of exemplary taste and range", Goldberg has released five albums as a solo artist and has performed and collaborated with Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Guillermo Klein, among others.

Due in part to his parents' insistence on attending a traditional academic college, Goldberg returned to Boston a year later to pursue a degree in history and science at Harvard University. His course of study shifted as Harvard created an interdisciplinary program in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. With philosopher Robert Nozick as his thesis advisor, Goldberg wrote a thesis on scientific theories of consciousness, and graduated magna cum laude as the first person to receive the new program's degree.

While an undergraduate, Goldberg maintained a focus on music, and as a freshman was awarded the International Association of Jazz Educators' Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship. He spent considerable time both musically and socially with jazz players at Berklee College of Music and continued to perform on piano, playing frequently at Boston venues including Wally's Cafe. He spent the summers in Manhattan, performing and maintaining his ties in the New York jazz scene.

Career In 1996, following his graduation, Goldberg moved back to New York and once again concentrated on music. Among others, he performed with Mark Turner, Gregory Tardy, and Betty Carter, whom Goldberg first met as a founding member of her Jazz Ahead program while at Harvard. In 1998, he formed the Aaron Goldberg Trio with Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums, and the trio released their debut album, Turning Point, on J Curve in 1999. He also began what would become a lengthy association with saxophonist Joshua Redman, and toured extensively with him. In 2001, as he continued to tour with Redman, the Aaron Goldberg Trio released a second album, Unfolding, on J Curve. Goldberg was on the road with Redman full-time until 2002, when he returned to New York to perform with jazz performers including Nicholas Payton, Al Foster, Freddie Hubbard, and Stefon Harris. In addition, inspired by a passion for the country's music, he traveled frequently to Brazil between 2000 and 2002. In 2005, he toured South America with Madeleine Peyroux, joined the bands of Kurt Rosenwinkel and Wynton Marsalis, and performed worldwide as a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

In 2006, Goldberg's "OAM's Blues" from his Worlds album was included as sample music in the Windows Vista operating system. Windows Vista 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. Recorded with Harland on drums and Rogers on bass, The Now has received significant critical acclaim, with The New York Times describing it as "superb" and The Boston Globe noting its "elegance" and "sly wit." The Ottawa Citizen wrote: "It's a vivid portrait of an artist who excels in several distinct directions."

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

He is a Steinway Artist.

Personal Goldberg organized Jazz for America's Future, a fundraising concert for John Kerry in 2004, and organized Jazz for Obama, a similar effort in 2008 and again in 2012. He performed and led free workshops in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and participated in the 2014 fundraiser for the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP). 2010 Home Sunnyside 2010 Most tracks trio, with Reuben Rogers (acoustic bass, electric bass), Eric Harland (drums); three tracks quartet, with Mark Turner (tenor sax) added 2014? The Now Sunnyside 2014 Most tracks trio, with Reuben Rogers (bass), Eric Harland (drums); one track quartet, with Kurt Rosenwinkel (guitar) added 2018 At the Edge of the World Sunnyside 2018 Trio, with Matt Penman (bass), Leon Parker (drums)

As co-leader Trilingual, OAM Trio, (Fresh Sound, 2000) Flow, OAM Trio, (Fresh Sound, 2002) Live in Sevilla, OAM Trio, (LOLA, 2003) Baby Loves Jazz, Volumes 1–9 (Penguin, 2006–2007) Now & Here OAM Trio (Karonte, 2009) Bienestan (Sunnyside, 2011) Yes! (Sunnyside, 2012)

As sideman With Joshua Redman Come What May (Nonesuch, 2019) Beyond (Warner Bros., 2000) Passage of Time (Warner Bros., 2001)

With others Omer Avital, The Ancient Art Of Giving (Smalls, 2006) David Rex, Tour of Fate (self-released, 2012)[CD-R] Adonis Rose, On the Verge (Criss Cross, 2007) Kurt Rosenwinkel, The Remedy (Wommusic, 2008)[2CD] – live Walter Smith III, Live In Paris (Space Time, 2009)