Gil Goldstein is a 5-time Grammy-winning arranger, producer, pianist and accordionist.

He has crossed paths with many important jazz musicians of our time, including Michael Brecker, Esperanza Spalding, Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Gil Evans, Bobby McFerrin, and Steve Swallow.

On his journeys, he has met many of his idols, most notably Bill Evans, who remains a major influence on Gil’s music and composition. Gil also learned everything he knew about arranging from Gil Evans, with whom he played in Evans's orchestras from 1984 until Evans's death in 1988. Goldstein was asked by Quincy Jones to reconstruct Gil Evans’s classic arrangements for Miles Davis, which were performed at Montreux Jazz in 1991, one of Miles’s last performances.

This concert will connect Gil’s experiences, which will be reflected in his arrangements, adaptations, and original compositions. Gil’s work as a pianist is broad, having worked with James Moody, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Joe Lovano, David Sanborn, Astrid Gilberto, Toninho Horta and Pat Martino. In addition, Gil has expanded the scope of the accordion as a jazz instrument: having played in so many bands and jazz venues he is now considered one of the leading voices on the instrument, which he began studying at age 5.

Gil has arranged for the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra on several occasions, but this will be first time he has appeared with this fantastic collection of musicians; he looks forward to guiding the Orchestra and its audiences through a travelogue of musical experiences.