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Dave Goldberg

@davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social

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I’m a professional jazz saxophone player based in Los Angeles. You can check out my music on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, or www.davegoldberg.com

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 42m

Tune of the day…Duke Ellington - Let’s Go Fly a Kite. Just stumbled on this one recently. There is so much amazing Duke out there, and sometimes when you hear a Duke/Strayhorn arrangement of such a well known song, you appreciate their genius and the band even more. #jazzsky youtu.be/6cw0IqA0Egg

Let's Go Fly a Kite

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 23h

Self Promotion Sunday…Night Crawlers. This is an original by Duane Allen definitely honoring Wayne Shorter’s compositional style. I’m for sure channeling Wayne here in my lines and choices, maybe some Joe Henderson too. I haven’t listened to this one in a while. #jazzsky youtu.be/dACkuZTrGS0

YouTube video by The Dave Goldberg/ Duane Allen Quartet - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tune of the day…Sam Most - The Eyes Have It. This is a blowing session over the changes of The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, no melody, the band gets right to it. Some blistering double tonguing bebop lines from the Flute master in his prime. And nice trading with piano. #jazzsky youtu.be/l7OiAHFzlS8

The Eyes Have It

YouTube video by Sam Most - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tune of the day…Oscar Peterson - Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars. Anytime I have to play one of those $$$ gigs, where you are playing background jazz, while people are talking all around you, I think of this album as a reminder, every gig you should bring your A game. #jazzsky youtu.be/rnXOo1yM5MA

Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)

YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Tune of the day…Louie Bellson - Melody for Thelma. This original of Blue Mitchell has a nice Bellson Latin swing feel underneath it pushing it forward. Blue and Pete Christlieb form a formidable front line. One of the last recordings of Blue and he sounds great here. #jazzsky youtu.be/R-SBAIiGAEw

Melody For Thelma

YouTube video by Louis Bellson - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tune of the day…Branford Marsalis - Dienda. This beautiful Kenny Kirkland composition is one of my favorites from my youth. I worked backwards into the history of jazz. This album was one of the 1st Jazz albums I fell in love with, especially Branford’s soprano sound. #jazzsky youtu.be/AY7nO2B2vf0

Dienda (Instrumental)

YouTube video by Branford Marsalis Quartet - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tune of the day…Rufus Reid - Celebration. This tune really shows off his composition and arranging chops. Often with these things the string quartet is textural accompaniment, but here it’s the melodic focus and interactive with a true jazz rhythm section foundation. #jazzsky youtu.be/6mxuW7LZkwI

YouTube video by Rufus Reid - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tune of the day…The Bloomdaddies - Hick as Heck. You might not know you need this in your playlist, until you check it out. Part Dessert Noir, part New Orleans Swamp Rock … the 2 sax line up with wah wah pedals, electric bass, & 2 drummers to thicken the gumbo works. #jazzsky youtu.be/3s7L1JLu_g4

YouTube video by Release - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Self Promotion Sunday - Trio Eclectic- Interstices (video). When we performed live for the 1st few years, we met up with a video projectionist named Bill Almas, who would join us for gigs. He put together this trippy video for this original of mine. Enjoy. #jazzsky youtu.be/Y31StOto0cI

Interstices - Trio Eclectic

YouTube video by Trio Eclectic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tune of the day…Ben Monder - Emily. This is a heck of an arrangement of the classic standard for solo guitar. You have beautiful counterpoint creating this non stop 8th note subdivision. I’m guessing he has tuned his strings differently to get more dynamic range. #jazzsky youtu.be/6jGm1_6eKeU

YouTube video by Ben Monder - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tune of the day…Duke Pearson Big Band - New Girl. This is a great chart on Duke Pearson’s first Big Band album which took his arranging skills to another level. He served as A&R man and one of the top arrangers for small groups at Blue Note Records. #jazzsky youtu.be/sFAMJm6ewBc

YouTube video by Duke Pearson - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tune of the day…Take 6 - Spread Love. Thick chord voicings like the Hi-Lo’s did in the 50’s, combined with Bobby McFerrin’s more rhythmic approach of a bass line and groove, you have an ear opening combination. Late 80’s crystal clear digital CD was perfect timing. #jazzsky youtu.be/ene2ngaPLRM

YouTube video by Take 6 - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tune of the day…John Coltrane - Chasin’ The Train. On his 100th birthday today, take 16 minutes and 11 seconds of time, don’t do anything, close your eyes, listen to this 12 bar blues in its entirety and imagine being in that crowd hearing him soar off the stage. #jazzsky youtu.be/bFMRQcxjP2Q

John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard - Chasin' The Trane

YouTube video by 밥물

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tune of the day…Chick Corea - Quartet No. 1. Four powerful voices all let you feel their presence right away. The composition is kind of a blowing vehicle, but with this band, why wouldn’t you want that? For Brecker its’s open, then more structured for Chick and Eddie. #jazzsky youtu.be/pf-gb3Fgx88

Quartet No. 1 (Album Version)

YouTube video by Chick Corea - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tune of the day…Cyrus Chestnut - In the Underground. Starts off with a tribute to Horace Silver’s Song for my Father intro. Melody comes in and drops a bar of 3 at the end of a 4 bar phrase to keep it fresh. Then vibes solo over a completely new unrelated bass line. #jazzsky youtu.be/758DPkxH8Vs

In the Underground

YouTube video by Cyrus Chestnut - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Self Promotion Sunday - Don’t Panic. This is the 1st tune off Coldplay’s first album. Early 2000’s I was caught up in the drum & bass craze & jazz versions of pop music. I came up with my own bass line to use under the 1st half of the tune. It works well. #coldplay #jazzsky youtu.be/Ikq8_y0lBns

YouTube video by Dave Goldberg - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Tune of the day…Irakere - Ilya. This is like the Brecker Brothers meets Afro-Cuban Jazz. Recorded live at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1978, includes the introduction of the band over a Herbie Chameleon like bass line. This one track has it all and is a fusion landmark. #jazzsky youtu.be/44dUAruBdwE

YouTube video by Irakere - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tune of the day…Kenny Wheeler - Smatter. Wheeler’s brilliant composition is right in Keith Jarrett’s wheelhouse. The rubato melody at the beginning between Wheeler and Jarrett, then Jarrett having that all to himself after his solo is exceptional. #jazzsky youtu.be/YGQ2a11UYog

YouTube video by Kenny Wheeler - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tune of the day…Jimmie Noone - My Daddy Rocks Me. The soulful bluesy clarinet playing of Noone is on display here. The sliding between notes and technique got the attention of classical composers like Maurice Ravel, as this new powerful sound could be taken seriously. #jazzsky youtu.be/8nxZd-PtomA

My Daddy Rocks Me with One Steady Roll (Remastered)

YouTube video by Jimmie Noone - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tune of the day - Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart - They Say It’s Wonderful. This may be the longest active jazz group at the moment, together for 35 years. You can tell they are really just enjoying playing this standard, and don’t want to let it go at the end. youtu.be/QgZPWCr7Pow

They Say It's Wonderful

YouTube video by Larry Goldings - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tune of the day…George Adams & Don Pullen Quartet - Mingus Metamorphosis. Oh the places you’ll go. Starts off Coltrane Quartet like, gets a bit wild, Don Pullen lights a fire during his wild solo of energy with amazing phrasing, that spreads to George Adams & drums. #jazzsky youtu.be/z8Y-8In7ovQ

Mingus Metamorphosis

YouTube video by Don Pullen Quartet - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tune of the day…Johnathan Blake - Synchronicity 1. If you are a Police fan you’ll appreciate these 3 great musicians cutting their teeth on this high energy opener from the Synchronicity album. Use some nice headphones to enjoy the bass in the arrangement. #jazzsky #thepolice youtu.be/mNy5on8iEGU

Synchronicity 1

YouTube video by Johnathan Blake - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Self Promotion Sunday…Trio Eclectic - What Should Be. This is a simple folk melody I wrote. I had a sadness about how society is pulled apart by different ideologies, and it shouldn’t be that way. Subconsciously the whole thing channeled John Lennon’s Imagine. #jazzsky youtu.be/V-gy7uXA1xo

YouTube video by Trio Eclectic - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tune of the day…Tim Ries - For Elis. I love how tim’s saxophone settles into harmony and counter melody underneath the harmonica/ guitar melody. Seamlessly has a nice extended 3/4 C section at the end of the ABAC form. 8-8-8-17 if you are keeping score (ABA in 4/4). #jazzsky youtu.be/kmT3EsGWTC0

YouTube video by Tim Ries - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Tune of the day…John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - Lush Life. This is a masterpiece of a composition by Billy Strayhorn who wrote the music and lyrics as a teenager. Handed off to 2 masters who just welcome you into this world that the song exists in. #jazzsky youtu.be/sgbLtG8PBv4

John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman : Lush Life

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Tune of the day…Pat Metheny / Brad Mehldau - Unrequited. This Mehldau original has classical influences and improvising on it takes understanding of how the voice leading moves between harmonies. Feels like soloing within the harmony rather than on top of it. #jazzsky youtu.be/_BkojSNPAAs

YouTube video by Pat Metheny Group - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Tune of the day…Oscar Peterson - I’ve Got Rhythm. Yesterday I commented on how Oscar changed his style to match Lester Young on their famous session. Here he is, same year, as a young guy getting in his more virtuosic right hand bag. Barney Kessel is more himself too. #jazzsky youtu.be/82XcLns18WE

YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Tune of the day…Lester Young - Ad Lib Blues. They just get to it here, no melody required. Notice how Oscar Peterson changes his playing so it’s more swing riff oriented from an earlier era. Most likely this was both a conscious and subconscious decision. #jazzsky youtu.be/gtSi7vdCsE0

YouTube video by Lester Young - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tune of the day…Fred Hersch - A Lark. Written in the style of the great Kenny Wheeler, this is a beautiful tribute to him. It has that wonderful circular motion to it. You never want it to end and are happy to keep peeling back the layers. Nice flugel & sax at the end. #jazzsky youtu.be/bsUgYijsyDc

YouTube video by Fred Hersch - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Self Promotion Sunday - Trio Eclectic - Roger Dodger. Written by Duane Allen for our good friend & bassist Roger Shew, a joyous person who enjoyed playing St. Thomas with us to end gigs. Also Chris Wabich keeps a shaker going in his left hand, while also playing drums. #jazzsky youtu.be/HgivVFnnZWk

YouTube video by Trio Eclectic - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Tune of the day…Ray Bryant - Golden Earrings. I get the feeling Ray could have played on this tune all day. Non stop ideas are spilling out with perfect triplets and 16th notes. Bass and drums just happy to support him and dig the swing, perhaps what the label wanted. #jazzsky youtu.be/WDeG3toOboI

Golden Earrings

YouTube video by Ray Bryant - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tune of the day…Jesse Van Ruller - Holistic. This is a beautiful composition of his. Sam Yahel’s organ padding throughout grounds the performance so you can have all these busier cascading lines spilling all over the place but never forget this is a soothing ballad. #jazzsky youtu.be/jr1dAWXK5GE

YouTube video by Jesse Van Ruller - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tune of the day…Miles Davis & Gil Evans - New Rhumba. This is an Ahmad Jamal tune. Miles and Gil were attracted to the space and how this tune breathes. Is it just me or could you just put this tune in the middle of West Side Story, the vibe really covers an era. #jazzsky youtu.be/YMoOIJCPbLw

YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tune of the day…Willie the Lion Smith - Echoes of Spring. This is the 1939 version which is the first time he recorded his signature tune solo piano. Known for his virtuosic stride piano, this tune shows his melodic side as a composer and influences of Impressionism. #jazzsky youtu.be/0sTRPp8wV6w

Echoes of Spring - Willie "The Lion" Smith |1939|

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Tune of the day…Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan - Sophisticated Yenta. Gary Dial’s tune starts off and ends with this beautiful chorale of two flugelhorns, in between Ira switches to alto flute over a relaxed Latin feel. Great tune and album if you can find it. #jazzsky youtu.be/a6q405PzPiY

Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan - Sophisticated Yenta

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Tune of the day…Sonny Criss - Criss Cross. This is a Barney Kessel tune, not the more famous Monk composition by the same name. It’s an AABA call and response minor tune to jam on, with an interesting train inspired intro and outro, also a pun on a railroad track sign. #jazzsky youtu.be/DSfKeUR7KGI

YouTube video by Sonny Criss - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Self Promotion Sunday - Surreality. I revisited this tune that was the title track from an album of mine 20 years prior. Ended up with a spooky minimalist version of it that creates a mood. Didn’t plan on playing a combined solo with organ, it just naturally happened. #jazzsky youtu.be/uWcLFyeX3Js

YouTube video by Dave Goldberg - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tune of the day…Victor Wooten - Liz & Opie. Ok so you have this electric bass, sax with effects, drums trio, but they’ve added an Indian vocalist doubling the melody & who learned Wooten’s solo and doubled that too. And the Police Academy guy doing vocal DJ scratching. #jazzsky youtu.be/rm0ueNnzpQw

YouTube video by Victor Wooten - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Tune of the day…Max Roach - Effi. Some nice post bop Max Roach here. Like Miles, Max used younger musicians to keep his music fresh so he could tap into what was currently happening and allow that youthful energy to inspire him. 2:53 playing off of Bartz’ trill 😮. #jazzsky youtu.be/cxoZ8GdOzAc

YouTube video by Max Roach - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Tune of the day…Teddy Edwards - I Hear a Rhapsody. Often you discover that the standards you have learned from historic jazz recordings, were originally ballads or very relaxed tempo tunes. Most guys do this tune - Up. But Teddy brings out the beauty and takes his time. #jazzsky youtu.be/BP7gN1oZEXU

I Hear A Rhapsody

YouTube video by Teddy Edwards - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tune of the day…Zakir Hussain, Dave Holland, Chris Potter - J Bhai. This original by Zakir as well as this recording comes out out his Crosscurrents project, of which it was streamlined to this trio, released under their names. This tune is dedicated to John McLaughlin. #jazzsky youtu.be/L9VOE8HeMS0

YouTube video by Dave Holland - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Tune of the day…Roland Hanna - Yesterdays. Filling so much solo piano space here with classical choices but still in a jazz context, Sir Roland Hanna can go wherever he wants with this simple 16 bar tune. Everything is a surprise, even the very end. #jazzsky youtu.be/r7ZBlmbF8CI

YouTube video by ROLAND HANNA - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Tune of the day…Dexter Gordon - Second Balcony Jump. Gershwin’s I’ve Got Rhythm changes, along with a 12 bar blues, are the 2 forms that all young players must learn to master. Learning this Dexter solo over Rhythm Changes was my moment as a kid when the light went on. #jazzsky youtu.be/lLyWhan-5pg

Second Balcony Jump (Rudy Van Gelder Edition / Remastered 1999)

YouTube video by Dexter Gordon - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tune of the day…Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian - Eighty-one. This just hits all the right spots. 3 great voices interacting on Ron’s open blues. I could listen to them play this tune all day. Each had played with one another but this is the 1st time together. #jazzsky youtu.be/gwzm5AZGKe8

YouTube video by Bill Frisell - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Tune of the day…Kendrick Scott - Gingerbread Boy. This one pays homage to the original Jimmy Heath version & the more famous Miles version. I like how the use the original guitar comping and end phrase that Miles dumped & make it more like how Miles would have done it. #jazzsky youtu.be/As3f6cSSpCQ

Gingerbread Boy

YouTube video by Kendrick Scott - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tune of the day…Bobby Hutcherson - 8/4 Beat. Which of course starts in 7/4, because why not. 4 bars of 7/4, 3 bars of 8/4, 4 bars of 7/4, 2 bars of 8/4 if you are keeping score at home. Solos just swing out in 4. Which is how we think of it. Maybe 8/4 is a joke. #jazzsky youtu.be/pvO-cRg78ks

Bobby Hutcherson - 8/4 Beat

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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Tune of the day…Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau - Always August. This Mehldau original has just the right amount of melancholy and beautiful melody to it. It’s the perfect vehicle for these two to explore as a duo. Recorded live on a European tour in 2011. #jazzsky youtu.be/aGBannU8lVc

YouTube video by Joshua Redman - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Tune of the day…Wynton Marsalis - Stop and Go. This is a fun song that emulates the hustle bustle of the city. Composers have always enjoyed capturing that musically, and Wynton’s attempt really nails it, constantly changing, just like the city that never sleeps. #jazzsky youtu.be/93JLewcxX4I

YouTube video by Wynton Marsalis - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Tune of the day…Keith Jarrett - Country. The gift of creating a beautiful melody, can be underrated in the jazz world. When he stopped composing, he left a lot on the table that we could enjoy. Of course he provided many special in the moment moments after that as well. #jazzsky youtu.be/cAtEoPBd5aQ

YouTube video by Keith Jarrett - Topic

Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Tune of the day…Jimmie Lunceford - Sleepy Time Gal. Amazing virtuosic sax soli at 1:08. The execution is flawless, then after Edwin Wilcox’s piano interlude, you get this shout section with trademark laying back on the time that made the Lunceford band so danceable. #jazzsky youtu.be/42AZLGpDWfY

Sleepy Time Gal - Jimmie Lunceford - 1935

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