Stu Goldberg

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Stu Goldberg (born July 10, 1954 in Malden (Massachusetts) as Stuart Wayne Goldberg ) is an American jazz keyboardist (piano, synthesizer) and film composer .

Live and act

Goldberg received instrumental lessons in Seattle from the age of ten and learned piano, later also organ and trombone. Already at the age of 16 he performed as a child prodigy at the Monterey Jazz Festival with Mundell Lowe , Ray Brown and Louie Bellson . He studied music at the University of Utah and made a record under his own name in 1974. He became known to a wide audience as the companion of John McLaughlin , with whom he went on tour and made several records. He also went to the studio with Don Ellis , Miroslav Vitouš , Alphonse Mouzon , Michal Urbaniak and Al Di Meola and recorded his highly acclaimed LP “Solos, Duos and Trio” in 1978 with Larry Coryell and L. Subramaniam . He also played with Wayne Shorter , Freddie Hubbard and Charlie Mariano ("Crystall Bells") and, since 1978, with Toto Blanke's "Electric Circus" . He also appeared in solo concerts, but also played in a duo with Christoph Spendel and in a trio with Palle Danielsson and Jon Christensen ("Live", 1982).

In 1985 he moved to Los Angeles , where he mainly concentrated on working for the film studios and worked for composers such as Lalo Schifrin and Ira Newborn , before producing television and film music in his own studio . It wasn't until 2001 that he released another jazz album, “Going Home”.

Prizes and awards

In 1994 he received an award at the Cannes Film Festival for his film music for Vanished . He received the BMI Composer Award in 1993 and 1994 and the Peabody Award in 1997 . He received the CINE Golden Eagle Award in 1999.

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SURNAME Goldberg, Stu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldberg, Stuart Wayne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz keyboardist and film composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Malden, Massachusetts