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Larry Goldings is a jazz organist born August 28, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a classical music enthusiast and he studied classical piano until 12. In High School he attended a program at the Eastman School of Music. During this period Dave McKenna, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly were prime influences. Keith Jarrett also occasionally dropped in at the school to teach.

During college he studied with Jaki Byard and Fred Hersch. He also accompanied Roland Hanna to a festival in Copenhagen. Later he went on tour with Jon Hendricks in Paris and worked with him for a year. A collaboration lasting almost three years with jazz guitar legend Jim Hall followed. In 1988, Larry began his development as an organist during a regular gig at a pianoless bar on New York's Upper West Side. He was featured with several bands, and his own trio with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart got its start there. His own first release was Intimacy Of The Blues in 1991. He has released ten or more albums since then, and has appeared as a sideman on over 40 recordings. He has worked with diverse artists ranging from John Scofield to Maceo Parker, in genres including Brazilian jazz, pop, and even folk music when he toured with James Taylor.

He is the perpetrator of the hilarious hoax Hans Groiner Plays Monk, which purports to be the MySpace page of an Austrian pianist "from Braunau, also the birthplace of Hitler, but please don't hold that against me", who plays easy listening versions of Thelonious Monk tunes.

• "Quartet", 2006, Palmetto
• "As One", 2001, Palmetto
• "Voodoo Dogs", 2000, Palmetto
• "Moonbird", 1999, Palmetto
• "Awareness", 1997, Warner Bros.
• "Big Stuff", 1996, Warner Bros.
• "Whatever It Takes", 1995, Warner Bros.
• "Caminhos Cruzados", 1994, Novus/BMG
• "Light Blue", 1992, Minor Music
• "Intimacy of the Blues", 1991, Verve

• Larry Goldings - official website
• Larry Goldings - BBC bio