Guitarist

Berkeley clarinetist Ben Goldberg has spent the past four decades expanding jazz’s frontiers as an improviser, composer and pioneer of the radical Jewish music movement. A relentlessly creative composer, he’s written chamber orchestra song cycles, gutbucket blues, and minimalist soundscapes.

Dividing his time between the Bay Area and New York City in recent years, Goldberg has forged deep ties to a vast and varied constellation of improvisers, including guitarist Mary Halvorson, pianist Myra Melford, and drummers Allison Miller, Gerald Cleaver, Kenny Wollesen, and Ches Smith.

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Ben Goldberg

SFJAZZ Center

Marking its 20th anniversary, the Hudson Jazz Workshop returns to Hudson Hall for its culminating concert. Led by pianist Armen Donelian and saxophonist Marc Mommaas, with special guest guitarist Steve Cardenas, this one-afternoon performance brings together an international ensemble of musicians at the close of an intensive week of collaboration.

Guitarist

Steve Cardenas

Events

Upcoming events

Aug 9, 2026

Hudson Jazz Workshop Concert · Hudson Hall

Past events

Nov 17, 2023

Ben Goldberg · San Francisco Jazz

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