Press for “Live at Dizzy’s” (2024)
“A Jazz Prodigy, Pianist Brandon Goldberg Releases His Third Album at Age 18“
Will Friedwald
The New York Sun
September 2024
“As on ‘In Good Time‘, Goldberg plays with intense contextual consciousness, takes chances, resolves self-imposed conundrums and facilitates three-way conversation. – Beat Feature“
Ted Panken
Downbeat
May 2024
“Goldberg’s touch is reminiscent of guys like Cedar Walton and John Hicks, classy on a bluesy read of ‘It Ain’t Necessarily’ and graceful on ‘An Affair To Remember’.“
George Harris
Jazz Weekly
May 2024
“An 18-year-old pianist very much inspired by the jazz piano tradition of such past giants as Ahmad Jamal, Oscar Peterson, Red Garland and Sonny Clark, Goldberg pays respect to the past whilst modernising it for today’s listeners…“
Lance Liddle
Bebop Spoken Here
April 2024
“His talent and his dedication have made him a master at such a young age … there is no doubt that a bright future awaits him.“
Turgay Yalçin
Dark Blue Notes
March 22, 2024
“no matter the tempo, Goldberg has chops to spare and imagination to match…With young jazz musicians like Goldberg on the scene, the future of jazz looks bright.“
Joe Lang
New Jersey Jazz Society
April 2024
“Goldberg, on piano, is the group leader at the unbelievable age of eighteen years young. But don’t let his age fool you. This talented musician sparkles and shines with a talent far beyond his age.“
Dee Dee McNeil
Making a Scene
March 2024
“Just at the age of 18, Brandon Goldberg, a gifted pianist, keeps the tradition of jazz alive with ‘Live at Dizzy’s,’ a recording of remarkably high technical quality, in a resolutely modern piano playing style. A true gem, this very young artist deserves to be discovered for those of you who are not yet acquainted with him.“
Thierry De Clemensat
Paris Move
March 2024
“He plays nine classic standards with an abundance of poise and maturity. There’s nothing but upside here.“
D. Oscar Groomes
O’s Place Newsletter
June 2024
Press for “In Good Time” (2021)
“…unassailable technique, advanced harmonic understanding, a deep sense of swing and, most impressively, a clarity and plethora of ideas executed to near-perfection.”
Gary Fukushima
Downbeat
November 2021
“not only is he a sensitive, imaginative accompanist…his touch, use of pedals and his interpretive skill are of a high order… Goldberg really is the real deal.”
Stuart Nicholson
Jazzwise
March 2022
“…this album takes a further step: ‘In Good Time‘ is Goldberg’s second release, an emphatic statement to indicate that artistic development has rendered his lack of years irrelevant”
Leonard Weinreich
London Jazz News
September 2021
“Filled and fired by the pianist’s wizened yet youthful enthusiasm, Dillard, Curtis, and Evans run the bop gamut on ‘Ninety-Six’ while Peterson holds ‘El Procrastinator’ to its 7/4 course, but burns the map along the way.”
Mike Jurkovic
All About Jazz
October 2021
“he’s a ton of fun on the trio session of the bop classic ‘Monk’s Dream’…and gives a gorgeous solo aria to ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’. The team gets frisky on the extroverted ‘Ninety Six’ with the album closing on a gorgeous conversation between Goldberg and Drye on a lovely ‘Send In The Clowns’ . Timeless atmospheres.”
George W. Harris
Jazz Weekly
December 2021
Press for “LET’S PLAY!” (2019)
“‘Let’s Play!’ is the premiere album from an energetic, swinging new force on the piano, with a hopeful and happy side note that he happens to be thirteen! Hopeful and happy, because this means we have decades of new music to look forward to from this young artist.”
Bob Blumenthal
“…he’s got not only the chops, but an inspiring sense of restraint and style in both playing and composing on this album…”
George W. Harris
Jazz Weekly
June 27, 2019
“Pianist Brandon Goldberg — a fresh new face in the literal and figurative sense — made a nice push into the Top 10 with his new album ‘Let’s Play!’, on which the abundantly skilled young keyboardist showcases his ample dexterity and wise-beyond-his-years sound.”
Brian Zimmerman
JAZZIZ
June 2019
“‘Let’s Play!’ introduces the listener to a gifted pianist and composer, a sensitive interpreter, and an inventive improviser who is deeply immersed in jazz.”
Lucy Tauss
JazzTimes
July/August 2019
“’McCoy’…sizzles with Tyner-like speed, flair and intricacy. Even more impressive is his take on Thelonious Monk’s ‘Well, You Needn’t,’ which under Goldberg’s adroit and nimble fingers evokes Bud Powell. It’s this kind of maturity and proficiency that pervades ‘Let’s Play!’…”
Downbeat
Herb Boyd
August 2019
“the young man with his name at the top of the bill here no more needs to flaunt his instrumental technique than his composing chops: a preponderance of standards like Duke Ellington’s ‘In A Sentimental Mood’ and Lennon/McCartney’s ‘Blackbird’ surround three comparably distinct originals.”
Doug Collette
All About Jazz
May 2019
“He is a player who follows his own muse opening with Monk’s ‘Well You Needn’t,’ where he perhaps plays less angularly and with more fluidity than usual. He hints at the melody more than stating it but impresses with his imagination and the logic of his solo…It is engrossing to see how Brandon constructs and develops a solo showing a musical maturity well beyond his age.”
Ron Weinstock
June 2019