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Paul Goldberg is an American

United States

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Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

/rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

/R&B drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

.

Goldberg was born in Washington DC. At age seven, relocated to Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...

, where he began studying the drumset w/ jazz great Don Hirsh, and continued studying drumset through grade school. Through high school, Paul studied w/ award winning "monster drummer" Doug Laughlin, as well as playing in the drumline in that school's marching band.) Upon graduation from A.C.H.S., Paul continued his studies (at a serious level) at the University of the Arts

University of the Arts (Philadelphia)

The University of the Arts is one of the United States' oldest universities dedicated to the arts. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia...

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

, studying w/ The Phila. Orchestra percussionists "Nick D'Amico & Micky Bookspan." Paul graduated with a Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...

degree ... "Majoring in Drums/Percussion," and "minoring in psychology." During college, Goldberg also would commute to NYC, to study drumset privately with Kenwood Dennard, and Gerry Brown

Gerry Brown

Gerry “The Gov.” Brown is a recording engineer and producer based in Los Angeles credited on over 47 Platinum and Gold Records. He has received over 15 Grammy bids, including five nominations for Alicia Keys’ “Songs In A Minor,” a Song of the Year Award for Erykah Badu’s “Love of My Life,” two...

. Upon graduating from the music university, Paul went on to perform in casino

Casino

In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...

shows in Atlantic City, Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, and Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...

, before moving to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. This excerpt was quoted in a 2005 article on Goldberg, (part of a Modern Drummer Magazine feature entitled "On the Move"). It read:

Goldberg works as an independent studio / touring drummer. He recorded on the theme to Amy Poehler's new NBC show Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on NBC that focuses on Leslie Knope , a mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, the series debuted on April 9, 2009; it has run for three seasons and...

. Paul also worked on Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a 2008 American romantic comedy film directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis and Russell Brand...

(Band leader/Hawaiian bar scene), American Carole (Band Leader), The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
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, Along Came Polly
Along Came Polly
Along Came Polly is a 2004 American romantic comedy film written and directed by John Hamburg, starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston in the lead roles.-Plot:...

, and Rumor Has It… (were on camera appearances), Poseidon
Poseidon (film)
Poseidon is a 2006 disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, the third film adaptation of the novel The Poseidon Adventure written by Paul Gallico, and a loose remake of the 1972 film of the same name. It stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss. It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen...

(Soundtrack, featuring "FERGIE" singer from The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...

on vocals), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a 2000 comedy film directed by Peter Segal. It is the sequel to the 1996 film The Nutty Professor and stars Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson. Murphy plays not only the inept but brilliant scientist, Sherman Klump, as in the first film, but also most of Sherman's...

(Soundtrack, featuring "EDDIE MURPHY

Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician....

" on vocals), Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 2
Rush Hour 2 is a 2001 martial arts action comedy film. This is the second installment in the Rush Hour film series. A sequel to the 1998 film Rush Hour, the film stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker who respectively reprise their roles as Inspector Lee and Los Angeles police detective James Carter...

(soundtrack), American Dreams
American Dreams
American Dreams is an American television comedy-drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios...

(theme soundtrack), HOUSE
House
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(soundtrack, and appearance), Starter Wife(soundtrack),The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor....

(on camera, and recording), Boston Legal
Boston Legal
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC...

(featuring Carl Reiner on vocals), Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
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(in Zach's Band), Eli Stone
Eli Stone
Eli Stone is an American TV series, and also the name of the title character.San Francisco lawyer Eli Stone begins to see things, which leads him to discover a brain aneurysm...

(new Disney pilot), Cavemen (new Disney pilot), Girlfriends
Girlfriends
Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008...

(soundtrack), Less than Perfect
Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers...

starring Eric Roberts

Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...

(Band leader/Marching Band), American Pie
American Pie (film)
American Pie is a 1999 teen comedy film written by Adam Herz. American Pie was the directorial film debut of brothers Paul and Chris Weitz, and the first film in the American Pie film series...

(prom scene), Taurus World Stunt Awards Show (Televised "Featured Drum/Percussion squad"), VH1's Vinyl Justice, and Good Morning America
Good Morning America
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(Paul's Philly band / recorded TV performance) to name a few.

He has performed and/or recorded with artists Tom Petty

Tom Petty

Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...

("Live performance / Recorded at "Malibu Inn Show"), Songwriting Legend Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin

Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...

(studio recordings), Songwriting Legend P. F. Sloan

P. F. Sloan

P.F. Sloan is an American pop-rock singer and songwriter. He was very successful during the mid-1960s, writing, performing and producing Billboard top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, Jan & Dean, Herman's Hermits, Johnny Rivers, The Grass Roots and the Mamas and the Papas...

(live & studio), Howard Kalan (live), Bill Medley

Bill Medley

William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers....

(live), Multi platinum "The Manhattans" (studio), "LA session greats" Peggi Blu (European Tour, & studio), & Ted Perlman (studio), Vocalist / pianist Terry Bradford (European tour w/ Peggi Blu), Vocalist Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III is an American actor and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me and Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers...

(Perlman /Blu sessions), Brandon Fields

Brandon Fields

Brandon David Fields is an American football punter for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Dolphins in the seventh round in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan State.-Early years:Fields attended St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo,...

/ Gerald Albright

Gerald Albright

Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist.Albright has sold over 1,000,000 albums in the U.S. alone. His self-produced music features him on bass guitar, keyboards, flutes, drum programming, and background vocals.- Biography :...

/ Grant Geismann (sessions for Goffin > recorded & produced by Ted Perlman, Johnny Rivers

Johnny Rivers

Johnny Rivers is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. His styles include folk songs, blues, and revivals of old-time rock 'n' roll songs and some original material...

(live), Terry Black

Terry Black

Terry Black was a Canadian pop singer and teen idol, born in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Career:Black's debut U.S. single, "Unless You Care", was released in 1964, when Black was 15. The song was written and produced by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri and featured backing from Glen Campbell and Leon...

(live), Jan Berry (live), Gospel greats The Edwin Hawkins Singers (studio), Andrew Woolfolk (sax great w/ Earth Wind & Fire) (live shows), Jazz Legend bassist Bob Cranshaw

Bob Cranshaw

Melbourne R. "Bob" Cranshaw is an American jazz bassist. His career spans the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long association with Sonny Rollins...

(live), Tap Dance star Maurice Hines

Maurice Hines

Maurice Hines is an American actor, director, jazz singer and choreographer.Born in New York City, Hines began his career at the age of five, studying tap dance at the Henry LeTang Dance Studio in Manhattan. LeTang recognized his talent and began choreographing numbers specifically for him and his...

(live concerts/opening for Roberta Flack), Blackstone (live), Keyboard great Clare Fisher and bassist Brent Fisher (at Clare's studio), English vocal legend Terry Reid

Terry Reid

Terry Reid is an English rock vocalist and guitarist. He has performed with high profile musicians, as a supporting act, a session musician, and sideman.- History :...

(live), Ron Kayfield (lead guitarist w/ "Golden Earring") (live), Keyboardist Merry Stewart (w/ "Nina Hagen"), Bass legend Tom Fowler (studio), Bruce Fowler

Bruce Fowler

Bruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band...

(Trombone legend) (live), Trumpet legend Walt Fowler (studio), Keyboard virtuoso Matt Rohde (studio & live). Currently playing w/ band "Comfort Zone" featuring LA greats Christian Mostert on Sax, John Balbuena on Keys, Craig Sharmatt on Guitar, & David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain

David Chamberlain is a cross-country skier from the United States. He was born and raised in Wilton, Maine and took up cross-country skiing in high school...

on Bass. Sax great Pete Christlieb

Pete Christlieb

Pete Christlieb is a jazz bebop, West Coast jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Christlieb was born in Los Angeles, California and is the son of bassoonist Don Christlieb...

(studio), Trumpeter Steve Huffsteter (live), Guitarist Larry Contreras's CD featuring Keyboard virtuoso Otmaro Ruíz

Otmaro Ruiz

Otmaro Ruíz is a Venezuelan pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger.-Career:Ruíz began his formal musical studies at the age of eight on piano, classical guitar, harmony, history and aesthetics. He also was exposed to other artistic activities such as drawing and acting...

, & Electric violin great Jimbo Ross), Great Guitarist / Writer / Arranger / Producer Rick Fleishman (numerous live & studio dates), Guitar great Terry Wollman (numerous Disney TV & Film work), Guitar great Jamie Glaser

Jamie Glaser

Jamie Glaser , is an American guitarist. He is well known for his guitar work on shows like Seinfeld, Saved By The Bell, Married With Children and many others...

(of Jean Luc Ponty) (live), Bob Sheppard

Bob Sheppard

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(featured sax player on Dave Arnay session), Jean Michel Byron (substitute lead vocalsist w/ Toto

Toto (band)

Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...

(band), (live), Jazz guitarist Rick Zunigar Band featuring Biff Hanon, Tom Warrington, & Doug Webb

Doug Webb

Doug Webb is an American musician.Doug was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1960 and moved to California at the age of 3. He is a graduate of Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California and received his Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. He began playing...

), (live & studio), (Two GOLD records on the "Varese Saraband label" for Michelle Nicastro

Michelle Nicastro

Michelle Nicastro was an American actress and singer.-Life and career:Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist...

), "Japanese Recording Artist" Kishiko (Debut CD). Comic legends Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Jerome Allen "Jerry" Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer, known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the situation comedy Seinfeld , which he co-created and co-wrote with Larry David, and, in the show's final two seasons,...

(live show), Jeff Ross (Film), Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor, born into a prominent entertainment industry family. Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon...

(live), Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during this career...

(TV), Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser

Paul Reiser is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television personality, author, screenwriter and musician. He is most widely known for his role on the long-running television sitcom Mad About You.-Early life:...

(live show), and Rita Rudner

Rita Rudner

Rita Rudner is an American comedienne, writer and actress.-Early life:Rudner was born in Miami, Florida, the daughter of Frances, a homemaker, and Abe Rudner, a lawyer. Her mother died when she was 13. After graduating from high school at 15, Rudner left Miami and headed to New York City to embark...

(live show). Paul was also the house drummer / percussionist for "The Chromolume Theatre Company" (in LA), which performed the re-creation of the broadway show City of Angels
City of Angels (musical)
City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. The musical weaves together two plots, the "real" world of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay, and the "reel" world of the fictional film.-Productions:City of Angels...

, and recently performed the re-creation of the broadway show Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along (musical)
Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart....

(both shows ... music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...

.

Goldberg is featured in articles in Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer is a monthly publication targeting the interests of on drummers and percussionists. The magazine features interviews, equipment reviews, and columns offering advice on technique, as well as information for the general public...

magazine, entitled "The Drummers of Atlantic City", "On the Move", "The Wire", and "News Updates". He also transcribed "The Terry Bozzio

Terry Bozzio

Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...

Solos" in that magazine's "Best Of / Treasury issue." Modern Drummer's founder / editor Ron Spagnardi said in print ("Great Bozzio transcriptions from the pen of Paul Goldberg"). Paul has also been featured in several reviews in "LA Jazz Scene", and LA's "Music Connection Magazine". Here is an excerpt from Bob Comden's January 2005 article of Paul's CD release party from "The LA Jazz Scene":

Goldberg has taught drumset/percussion for more than twenty years privately, at numerous schools, music stores, and is currently teaching privately in Los Angeles. Paul still studies "musical drumming concepts" privately with friend, mentor, and drum guru Freddie Gruber

Freddie Gruber

Freddie Gruber was a jazz drummer and teacher to a number of professional drummers.Gruber grew up in the nascent New York be-bop scene, and played with Charlie Parker, among many others. Gruber's student list includes Vinnie Colaiuta, Neil Peart, Steve Smith and Dave Weckl...

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