Gualala, California resident Harrison Goldberg is a familiar face along the Mendonoma coast. With his trademark tools of musical expression, his three saxophones: tenor, alto and soprano, Harrison can be seen and heard in several local venues as well as on a variety of CD recordings. He changes these three instruments as easily as one might change hats, which brings something to mind: As the grandson of a Russian immigrant hat maker in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Harrison has “worn a few hats of his own making,” including that of an abstract artist in the Dadaist tradition, a wine label designer, a writer of music education workshops, and a mentor for young musicians. He has his share of awards for his visual art pieces which have found their way into some corporate and private collections worldwide. Harrison is an alumnus of the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and he has been playing saxophone professionally since the age of 17.
Harrison is also featured on All About Jazz »
Remembering in the Rain
I lie in bed listening to the rain
and I imagine
I’m back in Arcos de la Frontera, Spain
and it dulls the pain
of this oh so tired refrain
each of us locked in the prison of our brain
the unraveling of the world order has all become so insane.In another time
preceding the Inquisition
five Centuries sublime
Christians
Jews
and
Muslims
formed
a
Brotherhood
Divine.Harrison Goldberg
Gualala, CA
11-18-2023
Collage du Jazz: Living In the Land of Imagination (2019) »
ImproVArt: Jazz Musician as Painter »
The Muse »
Cultivating the Spirit And Harvesting the Bounty Within »
Why I Create Art »
How I Look At Art »
Voyage Without A Compass »
I know many musicians who paint, many people who can look at an object and see the music in it, or listen to music and hear its colors.
Clark Terry
Seeing Jazz »
Although we have over twenty years of wine marketing and sales experience, we often look outside of the somewhat narrow confines of traditional wine marketing for inspiration. Harrison’s synergy of music, art and wine resonates with our philosophy of brand marketing and identity management: his unique works could be utilized for labels, posters, etc.
Jennifer G. Tincknell
Tincknell & Tincknell
Wine Marketing Merchants
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Harrison Goldberg stopped by the other day: 30-minute max. When he left I felt energized, by the pulse of his everyday reality. And all I did was listen. As he talked about his life, I imagined the juggling act of The Brothers Karamazov: wild but focused. He is a jazz musician and writer of music and stories; he is entrepreneurial as a wine consultant, graphics designer, and collage artist. Each endeavor holds to its own vitality and direction, yet all are within the confluence of his being.
Sandy Thompson
Arts Editor
Coast & Valley Magazine
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