Gil Goldstein
{{Short description|American jazz pianist and accordionist}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Gil Goldstein
| image = Gil Goldstein.jpg
| caption = Photo by Alan Lee
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|06}}
| birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| occupation = Musician, composer, record producer, arranger
| instrument = Piano, accordion
| years_active = 1970s–present
| label = Chiaroscuro, Muse, Blue Note, World Pacific, Centaur, Half Note, Disney
| website = {{URL|gilgoldstein.us}}
}}
Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5 Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 times [https://www.grammy.com/artists/gil-goldstein/2456].
Biography
He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in The Lawrence Welk Show{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DjeSi3MzgQ |title=Interview |date=January 2018 |publisher=youtube.com |accessdate=May 10, 2022}} and stating he instantly connected with it personally, but later moved on to cello and piano at age 10. 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.{{cite web |last1=Yanow |first1=Scott |title=Gil Goldstein |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gil-goldstein-mn0000187336/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=22 September 2018}} 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 1990 he toured Germany with the Blues Brothers, temporarily replacing Leon Pendarvis on keyboards.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/4Cr12HcgYgo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110609220301/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cr12HcgYgo&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cr12HcgYgo| title = Blues Brothers Band - Peter Gunn Theme | website=YouTube| date = 10 May 2009 }}{{cbignore}}
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. Two of his Grammy Awards 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=
=As sideman=
With Apostolis Anthimos
- Days We Can't Forget (GOWI, 1994)
With Billy Cobham
- Stratus (INAK, 1981)
With Eliane Elias
- The Three Americas (Blue Note, 1996)
With Gil Evans
- Bud and Bird (Electric Bird/King, 1986 [1987])
- Farewell (Evidence, 1986 [1992])
- Live at Umbria Jazz (Appecorsa, 1987)
- Collaboration (EmArcy, 1988) with Helen Merrill
With Letizia Gambi
- Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music|Via Veneto Jazz, 2012){{Cite web |date=2012-10-22 |title=Introducing Letizia Gambi |url=https://www.milesdavis.com/news/introducing-letizia-gambi/ |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Miles Davis |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Gil Goldstein {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gil-goldstein-mn0000187336/credits |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jazz |first=All About |title=Introducing Letizia Gambi at All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/tag-introducing-letizia-gambi |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=All About Jazz |language=en}}
- Blue Monday (RP Records, 2016){{Cite web |date=23 June 2016|work=JazzIz |title=Letizia Gambi Blue Monday |url=https://www.jazziz.com/letizia-gambi/}}
With Jim Hall
- All Across the City (Concord Jazz, 1989)
- Dialogues (Telarc, 1995)
With Miho Hazama
- Time River (Sunnyside, 2015)
With Toninho Horta
- Foot On The Road (Verve, 1994)
With Abbey Lincoln
- Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve, 2007)
With Romero Lubambo
- Infinite Love (Big World Music, 1993)
With Pat Martino
- Exit (Muse, 1976)
- We'll Be Together Again (Muse, 1976)
- Starbright (Warner Bros., 1976)
With Pat Metheny
- Secret Story (Geffen, 1992)
- A Map of the World (Warner Bros., 1999)
With Tiger Okoshi
- Echoes of a Note (JVC, 1993)
- Two Sides to Every Story (JVC, 1994)
With Wallace Roney
- Mistérios (Warner Bros., 1994)
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.gilgoldstein.us/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022010952/http://www.gilgoldstein.us/ |date=2011-10-22 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100621203342/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/jazz/people/faculty/goldstein NYU page]
- [http://www.berklee.edu/news/2006/02/0209.html Berklee College of Music press release] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901235843/http://www.berklee.edu/news/2006/02/0209.html |date=2006-09-01 }}
- [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/bio/0,,436670,00.html#bio Artist direct]
- [http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/3200685/Gil_Goldstein Hollywood.com]
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Category:American jazz pianists
Category:American male jazz pianists
Category:Berklee College of Music alumni
Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:21st-century American accordionists
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Category:20th-century American male musicians
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