Dave Goldberg
@davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social
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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Happy to announce my latest album is now available on all streaming platforms. Hope you enjoy.
Tune of the day…Steve Swallow - Item 2, D.I.T. This album has one tune blending into another, thus ends with a drum solo, which is actually a transition. But Item 2 stands alone nicely as a bluesy soulful tune that moves around harmonically but brings you back home. #jazzsky youtu.be/S4Wn9GF5OYk
Item 2, D.I.T.
YouTube video by Steve Swallow - Topic
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November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tune of the day…Steve Swallow - Item 2, D.I.T. This album has one tune blending into another, thus ends with a drum solo, which is actually a transition. But Item 2 stands alone nicely as a bluesy soulful tune that moves around harmonically but brings you back home. #jazzsky youtu.be/S4Wn9GF5OYk
Self Promotion Sunday…Blown Away. I was doing some gigs with vocalist Jules Day, who asked if I had any original tunes she could write some lyrics to. I recorded this previously as “The Path You Choose”, but with her lyrics & beautiful voice, we now have “Blown Away”. #jazzsky youtu.be/938lLFAZVLs
Blown Away
YouTube video by Dave Goldberg, Matt Politano, Roger Shew, Al Sergel & Jules Day - Topic
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November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Self Promotion Sunday…Blown Away. I was doing some gigs with vocalist Jules Day, who asked if I had any original tunes she could write some lyrics to. I recorded this previously as “The Path You Choose”, but with her lyrics & beautiful voice, we now have “Blown Away”. #jazzsky youtu.be/938lLFAZVLs
Tune of the day…Nat King Cole - This Will Make You Laugh. It’s easy to get distracted by his great singing, but this interaction between his piano and Oscar Moore’s guitar is next level harmonically and rhythmically. Swing 8ths to triplets to doubletime feel. #jazzsky youtu.be/he_dBMZ3-5Q?...
This Will Make You Laugh
YouTube video by Nat King Cole - Topic
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November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tune of the day…Nat King Cole - This Will Make You Laugh. It’s easy to get distracted by his great singing, but this interaction between his piano and Oscar Moore’s guitar is next level harmonically and rhythmically. Swing 8ths to triplets to doubletime feel. #jazzsky youtu.be/he_dBMZ3-5Q?...
Meme away America….
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Meme away America….
Tune of the day…Steve Lacy - Evidence. The openness of Monk’s music allows the individual musician to find their own voice. Don Cherry is in his microtonal bag here. Lacy’s solo is so quirky in its simplicity & development. Bad splice going back into the melody though. #jazzsky youtu.be/ckk41Jj5viI
Evidence
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Tune of the day…Steve Lacy - Evidence. The openness of Monk’s music allows the individual musician to find their own voice. Don Cherry is in his microtonal bag here. Lacy’s solo is so quirky in its simplicity & development. Bad splice going back into the melody though. #jazzsky youtu.be/ckk41Jj5viI
Tune of the day…Richie Beirach - Snow Leopard. Richie is a musician’s musician, he flies under the radar for most jazz fans. His playing on this tune and album leaves so much space for DeJohnette to just fill it all with some of the greatest drumming you will ever hear. #jazzsky youtu.be/c_Bycxhhby0
Snow Leopard
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November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Tune of the day…Richie Beirach - Snow Leopard. Richie is a musician’s musician, he flies under the radar for most jazz fans. His playing on this tune and album leaves so much space for DeJohnette to just fill it all with some of the greatest drumming you will ever hear. #jazzsky youtu.be/c_Bycxhhby0
Tune of the day…Kai Winding - Speak Low. Maybe this arrangement is little too tight and polished for some, but that’s also kind of the joy of trombone. The great players are concise and their solos just get to the good notes without wasting any time. #jazzsky youtu.be/Knpy-7Nuea4
Speak Low
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November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tune of the day…Kai Winding - Speak Low. Maybe this arrangement is little too tight and polished for some, but that’s also kind of the joy of trombone. The great players are concise and their solos just get to the good notes without wasting any time. #jazzsky youtu.be/Knpy-7Nuea4
Tune of the day…Eddie Henderson -
Dr. Mganga. This was his nickname in Herbie’s Mwandishi band, since he is a real doctor. You can hear Miles’ influence on Henderson here, but maybe Miles also was inspired by him, because these orchestrated lines sound like later Miles. #jazzsky youtu.be/qkisyHkXJAo
Dr. Mganga. This was his nickname in Herbie’s Mwandishi band, since he is a real doctor. You can hear Miles’ influence on Henderson here, but maybe Miles also was inspired by him, because these orchestrated lines sound like later Miles. #jazzsky youtu.be/qkisyHkXJAo
Dr. Mganga
YouTube video by Eddie Henderson - Topic
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November 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tune of the day…Eddie Henderson -
Dr. Mganga. This was his nickname in Herbie’s Mwandishi band, since he is a real doctor. You can hear Miles’ influence on Henderson here, but maybe Miles also was inspired by him, because these orchestrated lines sound like later Miles. #jazzsky youtu.be/qkisyHkXJAo
Dr. Mganga. This was his nickname in Herbie’s Mwandishi band, since he is a real doctor. You can hear Miles’ influence on Henderson here, but maybe Miles also was inspired by him, because these orchestrated lines sound like later Miles. #jazzsky youtu.be/qkisyHkXJAo
Tune of the day…Ike Quebec - Blues for Charlie. This Grant Green blues is dedicated to Charlie Christian & Parker. Ike starts off behind the piano lightly backing guitar, taking just 4 bars to pick up his tenor and play a hell of a soulful solo, quoting Parker’s Mood. #jazzsky youtu.be/-q2vwVpI39I
Blues For Charlie
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November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tune of the day…Ike Quebec - Blues for Charlie. This Grant Green blues is dedicated to Charlie Christian & Parker. Ike starts off behind the piano lightly backing guitar, taking just 4 bars to pick up his tenor and play a hell of a soulful solo, quoting Parker’s Mood. #jazzsky youtu.be/-q2vwVpI39I
Self Promotion Sunday…When Time Approaches. This brisk waltz written by Duane Allen, has a strong melody and fun changes. After we get warmed up, Duane and I blow 2 more choruses together, then the melody leads nicely into a drum solo vamp where Adam and I get loose. #jazzsky youtu.be/0nh702gYFbc
When Time Approaches
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November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Self Promotion Sunday…When Time Approaches. This brisk waltz written by Duane Allen, has a strong melody and fun changes. After we get warmed up, Duane and I blow 2 more choruses together, then the melody leads nicely into a drum solo vamp where Adam and I get loose. #jazzsky youtu.be/0nh702gYFbc
Tune of the day…Mulgrew Miller - It’s Easy to Remember. And definitely hard to forget the many times I enjoyed listening to Mulgrew live. He would always suck me in playing solo on a beautiful ballad, embodying everything great about the piano. #jazzsky youtu.be/j5F9TiJNqrQ
It's Easy to Remember (Live)
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November 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tune of the day…Mulgrew Miller - It’s Easy to Remember. And definitely hard to forget the many times I enjoyed listening to Mulgrew live. He would always suck me in playing solo on a beautiful ballad, embodying everything great about the piano. #jazzsky youtu.be/j5F9TiJNqrQ
Tune of the day…Charlie Christian - Breakfast Feud. Christian’s electric guitar allowed him to play single note lines at a volume that could blend in with the band. His comping swing feel is intense behind Goodman’s solo, then there’s his perfect clean single note solo. #jazzsky youtu.be/4A4-tAy5eno
Breakfast Feud
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tune of the day…Charlie Christian - Breakfast Feud. Christian’s electric guitar allowed him to play single note lines at a volume that could blend in with the band. His comping swing feel is intense behind Goodman’s solo, then there’s his perfect clean single note solo. #jazzsky youtu.be/4A4-tAy5eno
Tune of the day…Roy Hargrove - Nusia’s Poem. This is a beautiful arrangement that Roy did of Gary Bartz’ original tune. Really just highlights the composition and allows it to keep evolving, solos from Gary and Roy are nicely understated as not to disrupt the vibe. #jazzsky youtu.be/p2-gBoa2SJI
Nusia's Poem
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October 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Tune of the day…Roy Hargrove - Nusia’s Poem. This is a beautiful arrangement that Roy did of Gary Bartz’ original tune. Really just highlights the composition and allows it to keep evolving, solos from Gary and Roy are nicely understated as not to disrupt the vibe. #jazzsky youtu.be/p2-gBoa2SJI
Tune of the day…Jack DeJohnette - India. Jack starts off quietly on piano, moves over to his throne behind the drums, gets loose during the solos, when the melody comes back in, you realize you would be happy just listening to him play behind the melody over and over. #jazzsky youtu.be/QcNzWzf0lmA
India
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October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tune of the day…Jack DeJohnette - India. Jack starts off quietly on piano, moves over to his throne behind the drums, gets loose during the solos, when the melody comes back in, you realize you would be happy just listening to him play behind the melody over and over. #jazzsky youtu.be/QcNzWzf0lmA
Tune of the day…Lou Donaldson - One Cylinder. Can you make a one chord vamp interesting? I mean modal jazz does this all the time, but here Donaldson and co. are focused on creating an almost trance like state, keeping their solos sparse as not to disrupt the vibe. #jazzsky
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One Cylinder
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October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tune of the day…Lou Donaldson - One Cylinder. Can you make a one chord vamp interesting? I mean modal jazz does this all the time, but here Donaldson and co. are focused on creating an almost trance like state, keeping their solos sparse as not to disrupt the vibe. #jazzsky
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Tune of the day…Carol Sloane - Autumn Nocturne. Sometimes you just need a great singer to sing you a beautiful tune to make you feel good. Add in the soulful clarinet of Phil Woods, and you have a great track. #jazzsky youtu.be/OoNqxhxp150
Autumn Nocturne
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October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Tune of the day…Carol Sloane - Autumn Nocturne. Sometimes you just need a great singer to sing you a beautiful tune to make you feel good. Add in the soulful clarinet of Phil Woods, and you have a great track. #jazzsky youtu.be/OoNqxhxp150
Self Promotion Sunday…Lonely Woman/ Nefertiti. I liked the idea of pairing Ornette and Wayne together. Recorded live and on the CD there is no break between the 2 tracks. But now in the day of streaming, they are unfortunately separated, so I’ll post them together. #jazzsky youtu.be/wrwQTzwOmns
Lonely Woman
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October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Self Promotion Sunday…Lonely Woman/ Nefertiti. I liked the idea of pairing Ornette and Wayne together. Recorded live and on the CD there is no break between the 2 tracks. But now in the day of streaming, they are unfortunately separated, so I’ll post them together. #jazzsky youtu.be/wrwQTzwOmns
Tune of the day…Jimmie Blanton/ Duke Ellington - Pitter Panther Patter. I put Blanton’s name 1st because it’s clear he’s doing something that hadn’t been done in jazz before with his virtuosity and tone. Duke knew it and offered him a job, the 1st night he heard him. #jazzsky youtu.be/xTA7-U-fjoU
Pitter Panther Patter (take 1) - Duke Ellington / Jimmy Blanton
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October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Tune of the day…Jimmie Blanton/ Duke Ellington - Pitter Panther Patter. I put Blanton’s name 1st because it’s clear he’s doing something that hadn’t been done in jazz before with his virtuosity and tone. Duke knew it and offered him a job, the 1st night he heard him. #jazzsky youtu.be/xTA7-U-fjoU
Tune of the day…Joe Zawinul - Baptismal. Third Stream the blending of jazz & classical. This William Fischer composition is a great blend of modal, free, loose straight 8th groove with strings. Richard Davis’ bass is all over this especially interactive with Zawinul. #jazzsky youtu.be/s59qYNlN-0A
Baptismal
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October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tune of the day…Joe Zawinul - Baptismal. Third Stream the blending of jazz & classical. This William Fischer composition is a great blend of modal, free, loose straight 8th groove with strings. Richard Davis’ bass is all over this especially interactive with Zawinul. #jazzsky youtu.be/s59qYNlN-0A
Tune of the day…Rick Margitza - Ferriss Wheel. Although not well known, this is one of my favorite blues heads to play and I call it often. This melody has a great circular motion and shape to it that inspires a different approach and breaks blues solo cliches for me. #jazzsky youtu.be/atsBY2U9CrA
Ferriss Wheel
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October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tune of the day…Rick Margitza - Ferriss Wheel. Although not well known, this is one of my favorite blues heads to play and I call it often. This melody has a great circular motion and shape to it that inspires a different approach and breaks blues solo cliches for me. #jazzsky youtu.be/atsBY2U9CrA
Tune of the day…Jimmy Giuffre - Mack the Knife. This trio arrangement is set up more like a big band chart. There are 10 choruses of this tune and only 3 are improvised solos, one for each of them, the rest are different combinations of the 3 playing written lines. #jazzsky youtu.be/RnsHqQJwuC8
Mack The Knife
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October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tune of the day…Jimmy Giuffre - Mack the Knife. This trio arrangement is set up more like a big band chart. There are 10 choruses of this tune and only 3 are improvised solos, one for each of them, the rest are different combinations of the 3 playing written lines. #jazzsky youtu.be/RnsHqQJwuC8
Tune of the day…Adam Nussbaum - Relax Your Mind. Not publicized enough, Adam released 2 discs of reinterpretations of Lead Belly’s music. Featuring 2 guitar players to make up for the 12 strings that Lead Belly played. I enjoy listening to the original version first. #jazzsky youtu.be/ROFhgRkqUN0
Relax Your Mind
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October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tune of the day…Adam Nussbaum - Relax Your Mind. Not publicized enough, Adam released 2 discs of reinterpretations of Lead Belly’s music. Featuring 2 guitar players to make up for the 12 strings that Lead Belly played. I enjoy listening to the original version first. #jazzsky youtu.be/ROFhgRkqUN0
Tune of the day…Nat Adderley - Pretty Memory. This Bobby Timmons tune feels perfect for 1960, it’s bluesy hard bop soul jazz, but also with the pairing of cello and bass, has a Mingus like aggressive rawness to it. Nat is at his commanding bluesy best. #jazzsky youtu.be/YPJXseV1wRk
Pretty Memory
YouTube video by Nat Adderley - Topic
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October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tune of the day…Nat Adderley - Pretty Memory. This Bobby Timmons tune feels perfect for 1960, it’s bluesy hard bop soul jazz, but also with the pairing of cello and bass, has a Mingus like aggressive rawness to it. Nat is at his commanding bluesy best. #jazzsky youtu.be/YPJXseV1wRk
Self Promotion Sunday…Mirror Mirror - this tune of mine has two sections to it, one very dark sounding, and one with the same shape and bright sounding. They are separated by a short drum solos. Saxophone solos on the 1st section, guitar on the 2nd. #jazzsky youtu.be/oRqbxS-CB7M
Mirror Mirror
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October 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Self Promotion Sunday…Mirror Mirror - this tune of mine has two sections to it, one very dark sounding, and one with the same shape and bright sounding. They are separated by a short drum solos. Saxophone solos on the 1st section, guitar on the 2nd. #jazzsky youtu.be/oRqbxS-CB7M