Aaron Goldberg
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Aaron Goldberg (born April 30, 1974, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a jazz pianist based in New York City. He began studying piano at seven and studied under Bob Sinicrope and saxophonist Jerry Bergonzi. In 1991 at age 17, he studied at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music before enrolling at Harvard University, where he won the International Association of Jazz Educators' Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship award and became a member of Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead program. After graduating from Harvard in 1996, he performed as a sideman and is most associated with saxophonist Joshua Redman. His debut album as a leader was with Turning Point. In 2005, he toured with the Wynton Marsalis quartet. His most recent release is Worlds. Goldberg currently lives in Brooklyn.
One of Goldberg's recordings, OAM's Blues (from the album Worlds), is a sample track included with Microsoft's Windows Vista Operating System.
- Turning Point
- Unfolding
- Worlds