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Aaron Goldberg, Philip Dizack & Matt Penman at Mezzrow (Site)
Friday August 25, 2023, 7:30 pm
Aaron Goldberg / Piano
Philip Dizack / Trumpet
Matt Penman / Bass
Aaron Goldberg is a pianist and composer performing at the vanguard of jazz music. His most recent album on Sunnyside Records is entitled The Now, (2015)featuring his working trio with two of the finest musicians of his generation, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Eric Harland. In addition to performing and recording with his trio, Aaron has spent the last 20 years working with many of the most brilliant voices in jazz–Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Al Foster, Nicholas Payton, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Ravi Coltrane, Madeleine Peyroux, Peter Bernstein and Cecile McLorin Salvant among others. His prior albums on the Sunnyside label are two co-led projects: the first YES!, (2012) a trio celebration co-led by Omer Avital and Ali Jackson Jr. and the second a critically-acclaimed collaboration with Argentinian composer Guillermo Klein, entitled Bienestan (2011). These follow upon Home (2010) and Worlds (2006), which feature the sensitivity and dynamism of his trio along with special guests. His first recording under his own name, Turning Point, was released on the J Curve label in 1999, followed by Unfolding in 2001. As a co-leader Aaron has recorded 4 albums with the OAM Trio, and as a sideman and collaborator he appears on over 80 albums with artists ranging from Terry Gibbs to Eli Degibri. In 2004/2008/2012 he produced Jazz for America’s Future and Jazz for Obama, historic fundraising concerts for Sen. John Kerry and President Barack Obama respectively.