Beginning piano studies at the age of nine, Mr. Goldings left Boston to enroll at the Jazz Program. While in school, his talents were soon discovered by jazz vocalist John Hendricks whose band he joined for three years. Throughout college, Mr. Goldings also began exploring a new interest, the Hammond organ. He began playing in an organ trio with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart and, after graduation, was quickly recruited by legendary alto saxophonist Maceo Parker to tour throughout Europe, the U.S., and Japan.

Mr. Goldings went on to play with a long list of jazz luminaries, including Jim Hall, John Scofield, and Stanley Turentine. He has performed all over the globe in such venues as The JVC Jazz Festival, The Blue Note, Carnegie Hall, Sweet Basil, the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Village Vanguard. Mr. Goldings has also appeared on The Tonight Show, the Arsenio Hall Show, and a HBO special with James Brown.

In 1990, Mr. Goldings began his solo career with the release of The Intimacy of the Blues for Minor Music (later picked up by Verve) and then signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1994. A DownBeat Critics Poll winner, he has recorded six albums as a leader and more than twenty as a sideman, including albums with Jon Hendricks, Maceo Parker, James Moody, Jim Hall, and John Scofield.

In a recent interview, Mr. Goldings commented on his future projects. "I continue to write music for any situation that appeals to me. There are so many different sides of me that I want to express musically. I guess the ultimate goal is to write and play in such a way that it is completely personal, and yet respectful of what came before me. I want to somehow combine everything that has influenced me and not just within the realm of music.²