Gil Goldstein

Gil Goldstein
Photo by Alan Lee
Background information
Born (1950-11-06) November 6, 1950
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres Jazz
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, record producer, arranger
Instruments Piano, accordion
Years active 1970s–present
Labels Chiaroscuro, Muse, Blue Note, World Pacific, Centaur, Half Note, Disney
Website gilgoldstein.us

Gil Goldstein (born 1950) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist.

Biography

He began studying accordion at age 5 but later moved on to cello and piano. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and by 1973 was working with Pat Martino and Lee Konitz. He started with the Gil Evans Orchestra in the early 1980s and also worked with Wayne Shorter, Billy Cobham, and Jim Hall. He returned to accordion for an album by Michel Petrucciani and occasionally uses it on his solo albums.[1] As an accordionist he toured with Richard Galliano in 2000 but also played piano on the tour. During the 1980s and 90s he was a member of the group Elements.

In 2007 he released the album The Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) with Steve Swallow, Paul Motian, and Italian saxophonist Pietro Tonolo. The quartet performed jazz arrangements of some of Elton John's most popular songs.

Goldstein composed music for the films Radio Inside (1994) and Simply Irresistible (1999). He performed "I Love Paris" in the film De-Lovely. He has won three Grammy Awards. Two were for his production and arrangement credits for the album Wide Angles by Michael Brecker. He has taught at New York University.

Discography

As leader

  • 1978 Pure as Rain (Chiaroscuro)
  • 1980 Sands of Time (Muse)
  • 1980 Wrapped in Your Cloud (Muse)
  • 1991 City of Dreams (Blue Note)
  • 1992 Zebra Coast (World Pacific)
  • 1997 Longing (Sunnyside)
  • 2001 Piano Music of Paul Ben-Haim (Centaur)
  • 2001 Time Remembered (Melda C)
  • 2006 Under Rousseau's Moon (Half Note)
  • 2006 Disney Meets Jazz: Tribute to Wall Disney (Avex Trax)
  • 2008 Disney Adventures in Jazz (Disney)[2]

As sideman

With Apostolis Anthimos

  • Days We Can't Forget (GOWI, 1994)

With Billy Cobham

  • Stratus (INAK, 1981)

With Eliane Elias

With Gil Evans

With Jim Hall

  • All Across the City (Concord, 1989)
  • Dialogues (Telarc, 1995)

With Toninho Horta

  • Foot On The Road (Verve, 1994)

With Romero Lubambo

With Pat Martino

With Tiger Okoshi

  • Echoes of a Note (JVC, 1993)
  • Two Sides to Every Story (JVC 1994)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Gil Goldstein". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Gil Goldstein | Album Discography | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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