Gil Goldstein
Photo by Alan Lee
Background information
Born	(1950-11-06)November 6, 1950 (age 75) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, record producer, arranger
Instrument(s)	Piano, accordion
Years active	1970s–present
Labels	Chiaroscuro,Muse,Blue Note,World Pacific,Centaur,Half Note,Disney
Website	gilgoldstein.us

Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950, inBaltimore, Maryland) is an Americanjazz pianist and accordionist. He has won 5Grammy Awards and he was nominated 8 times.^[1]

He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it inThe Lawrence Welk Show^[2] and stating he instantly connected with it personally, but later moved on to cello and piano at age 10. He studied at theBerklee College of Music and by 1973 was working withPat Martino andLee Konitz. He started with theGil Evans Orchestra in the early 1980s and also worked withWayne Shorter,Billy Cobham, andJim Hall. He returned to accordion for an album byMichel Petrucciani and occasionally uses it on his solo albums.^[3] As an accordionist he toured withRichard Galliano in 2000 but also played piano on the tour. During the 1980s and 90s he was a member of the groupElements.

In 1990 he toured Germany with theBlues Brothers, temporarily replacingLeon Pendarvis on keyboards.^[4]

In 2007 he released the albumThe Music of Elton John (ObliqSound, 2007) withSteve Swallow,Paul Motian, and Italian saxophonistPietro Tonolo. The quartet performed jazz arrangements of some ofElton John's most popular songs.

Goldstein composed music for the filmsRadio Inside (1994) andSimply Irresistible (1999). He performed "I Love Paris" in the filmDe-Lovely. Two of his Grammy Awards were for his production and arrangement credits for the albumWide Angles byMichael Brecker. He has taught atNew York University.

Sources:^[7]

WithApostolis Anthimos

• Days We Can't Forget (GOWI, 1994)

WithBilly Cobham

• Stratus (INAK, 1981)

WithEliane Elias

• The Three Americas (Blue Note, 1996)

WithGil Evans

• Bud and Bird (Electric Bird/King, 1986 [1987])
• Farewell (Evidence, 1986 [1992])
• Live at Umbria Jazz (Appecorsa, 1987)
• Collaboration (EmArcy, 1988) withHelen Merrill

WithLetizia Gambi

• Introducing Letizia Gambi (Jando Music|Via Veneto Jazz, 2012)^[8][9][10]
• Blue Monday (RP Records, 2016)^[11]

WithJim Hall

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

WithMiho Hazama

• Time River (Sunnyside, 2015)

WithToninho Horta

• Foot On The Road (Verve, 1994)

WithAbbey Lincoln

• Abbey Sings Abbey (Verve, 2007)

WithRomero Lubambo

• Infinite Love (Big World Music, 1993)

WithPat Martino

• Exit (Muse, 1976)
• We'll Be Together Again (Muse, 1976)
• Starbright (Warner Bros., 1976)

WithPat Metheny

• Secret Story (Geffen, 1992)
• A Map of the World (Warner Bros., 1999)

WithTiger Okoshi

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

WithWallace Roney

• Mistérios (Warner Bros., 1994)

• List of music arrangers

• Official websiteArchived 2011-10-22 at theWayback Machine
• NYU page
• Berklee College of Music press releaseArchived 2006-09-01 at theWayback Machine
• Artist direct
• Hollywood.com

• 1950 births
• American jazz pianists
• American male jazz pianists
• Berklee College of Music alumni
• Grammy Award winners
• Living people
• Jewish American musicians
• Muse Records artists
• 20th-century American pianists
• 21st-century American accordionists
• 21st-century American pianists
• 20th-century American male musicians
• 21st-century American male musicians
• Elements (band) members
• SFJAZZ Collective members

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