Gil Goldstein (born November 6, 1950, in

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) is an American

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pianist and accordionist. He has won 5

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s and he was nominated 8 times.

Biography

He began studying accordion at age 5 after noticing it in

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and stating he instantly connected with it personally, but later moved on to cello and piano at age 10. He studied at the

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and by 1973 was working with

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and

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. He started with the

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Orchestra in the early 1980s and also worked with

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, and Jim Hall. He returned to accordion for an album by

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and occasionally uses it on his solo albums. As an accordionist he toured with

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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

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, temporarily replacing

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on keyboards. In 2007 he released the album ''The Music of Elton John'' (

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, 2007) with

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, and Italian saxophonist

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. The quartet performed jazz arrangements of some of

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's most popular songs. Goldstein composed music for the films ''

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'' (1994) and '' Simply Irresistible'' (1999). He performed "I Love Paris" in the film ''

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''. Two of his Grammy Awards were for his production and arrangement credits for the album ''

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'' by

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. He has taught at

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Discography

As leader

Sources:

As sideman

With

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* ''Days We Can't Forget'' (GOWI, 1994) With

* ''Stratus'' (INAK, 1981) With

Eliane Elias Eliane Elias (born 19 March 1960) is a Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger. Biography Elias was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on 19 March 1960. She started studying piano when she was seven, and at age twelve she was transcribing ...

* ''

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'' (Blue Note, 1996) With

* ''

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'' (Electric Bird/King, 1986

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* '' Farewell'' (

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, 1986

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* ''Live at Umbria Jazz'' (Appecorsa, 1987) * ''

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'' (EmArcy, 1988) with

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With Letizia Gambi * '' Introducing Letizia Gambi'' (Jando Music, Via Veneto Jazz, 2012) * '' Blue Monday'' (RP Records, 2016) With Jim Hall * '' All Across the City'' (Concord Jazz, 1989) * ''Dialogues'' (

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, 1995) With

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* ''

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'' ( Sunnyside, 2015) With

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* ''Foot On The Road'' (Verve, 1994) With

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* '' Abbey Sings Abbey'' (Verve, 2007) With

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* '' Infinite Love'' (Big World Music, 1993) With

* ''

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'' (Muse, 1976) * ''

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'' (Muse, 1976) * '' Starbright'' (Warner Bros., 1976) With

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* '' Secret Story'' (Geffen, 1992) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1999) With

Tiger Okoshi Toru "Tiger" Okoshi (born March 21, 1950) is an American jazz fusion trumpeter born in Ashiya, Japan. After studying at Kwansei Gakuin University, Okoshi moved to the U.S. in 1972. In 1975 he completed studies at the Berklee College of Music. ...

*''Echoes of a Note'' (JVC, 1993) *''Two Sides to Every Story'' (JVC, 1994) With

Wallace Roney Wallace Roney (May 25, 1960 – March 31, 2020) was an American jazz ( hard bop and post-bop) trumpeter. He won one Grammy award and was nominated twice. Roney took lessons from Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie and studied with Miles Davis from ...

*''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1994)

References

External links

Official website

NYU page

Hollywood.com
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Biography

Discography

As leader

As sideman

See also

References

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