Goldberg's Variations

Selections featuring saxophonist Harrison Goldberg
recorded over 25 years with multiple music groups

Goldberg's Variations
(2024)

Goldberg's Variations
is available in Mendonoma at:
Gualala Arts Center & Dolphin Gallery
Four-Eyed Frog Books, & Sea Ranch Lodge

Disc 1: Track title - Group, Album

1. Motif - Harrison Goldberg, Motif
2. Passage to Djibouti - Neon Egypt, Tales of Kings
3. Rejoice - Early Leaves, First Light
4. East-West - Cloudfire, Live at the Arena Theater - video
5. Finisterre - Pacific Woods, Finisterre
6. Teardrops - Ellipsis, Brushstrokes
7. Bridge to Unity* - Chateaux Pax, STOP WAR
8. Rhapsody - Pacific Woods, Rhapsody
9. Canterbury - Cloudfire, Underground
10. Alluvium - Neon Egypt, Tales of Kings
11. Remembrance - Pacific Woods, Reflections
12. Day of Six and Four* - BAKU, Live at Sea Ranch Lodge
13. Combination and Coil - duo'Xplore, Dream Smuggler
14. Twilight - Pacific Woods, Pool of Mirrors
15. Underground - Cloudfire, Underground

Disc 2: Track title - Group, Album

1. Return to the Golden Land - Neon Egypt, Unearthed
2. First Light - Early Leaves, First Light
3. Rêves de Paix* - Chateaux Pax, STOP WAR
4. A Desire - Ellipsis, Brushstrokes
5. Eyes of a Lonely Heart - duo'Xplore, Dream Smuggler
6. Harry's Hat - Pacific Woods, Sanctuary
7. Caro Czarcel* - BAKU, Live at Sea Ranch Lodge
8. Many Voices, One Song* - Chateaux Pax, STOP WAR
9. Flight of Birds - Pacific Woods, Pool of Mirrors
10. Long Way Round - Cloudfire, Live at the Arena Theater
11. Barbarian in the Garden - duo'Xplore, Dream Smuggler
12. Nejd - Neon Egypt, Tales of Kings
13. Echoes in a Cave - Pacific Woods, Sanctuary
14. Call to Peace - Cloudfire, Cloudfire & Friends

* Excerpt from a longer track

Total run-time: 2 hours and 25 minutes

Harrison Goldberg, photo by Alfred B. Hansted

Harrison Goldberg
recorded on tenor, alto & soprano saxophones
(& spoken word on Canterbury),
as a member of the following musical groups:

Musical groups

Neon Egypt
Steve Miller - Shendai ceremonial drums, percussion

Early Leaves
Gretchen Barton - dulcimer
Dave Jordan - electric bass guitar

BAKU
Chris Doering - 7-string guitar
David French - upright bass & percussion
Nancy Feehan - cajon & percussion
Tim Mueller - electric guitar

Ellipsis
Elijah Carreiro - guitar

Cloudfire
Gretchen Barton - oud, dulcimer, bansuri flute
Janet DeBar - didjeridu
Dave Jordan - electric bass guitar
Leon Schneiderman - drumset, metallophone
Johny Heubel - guest kora on Call to Peace

duo'Xplore
Tim Mueller - guitar, bass & other instruments

Pacific Woods
Dave Jordan - electric bass guitar
Chesmond Jyvonne - guest keyboards on Remembrance

Chateaux Pax
Andy Graham - SlapStick, aFrame drum
Kevin Village-Stone, Native American flute, fretless bass, keyboards

℗ and © Copyrights owned by the respective musical groups

Cover artwork by Harrison Goldberg, "Interplay"
Producer: Dave Jordan
Layout Design: PT Nunn

Package layout

(click to enlarge)

Goldberg's Variations is a kaleidoscopic music journey through 25 years of recordings.

Silences, shadows, and shafts of sunlight color this diverse collection of improvisations in concert with northern California saxophonist, Harrison Goldberg.

In his Variations, Goldberg has conjured a world of sound, from "an eclectic life, shaped by an exposure to colorful experiences and people."

More than that, it is the saxophonist's manifesto, his personal commitment to sharing his love of music with humanity.

Harrison Goldberg, photo by Barbara Pratt
photo by Barbara Pratt