**Neranenah presents Josh Goldberg Sings Broadway w/ Joe Alterman live at Eddie's Attic!**
Josh Goldberg is an accomplished vocalist, prolific songwriter, music producer, music director, award-winning filmmaker, and Cantor. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Josh began his singing career performing in musical theatre, and then went on to study voice, piano, music composition, and theatre at Dallas’ Arts Magnet High School. As a child, Josh was mentored by Cantor Richard Cohn at Temple Emanu-El, Dallas and was a songleader at Greene Family Camp in Bruceville, TX.
Josh moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to study at the University of Southern California’s prestigious Thornton School of Music under the tutelage of luminaries such as Melissa Man chester, Patrice Rushen, and Lamont Dozier. After graduating with a degree in Popular Music Performance, he found his calling in Jewish music, touring nationally and internationally with Jewish musicians Rick Recht, Craig Taubman, and Mikey Pauker, as well as serving as an artist in residence nationally.
Josh’s compositions have been published in several anthologies by Transcontinental Mu sic Publications including Ruach, High Holy Days Anthologies I and II, and the Complete Jewish Songbook for Children Volume III. His music been shared by other songleaders, Cantors, and vocal ensembles in synagogues, Jewish summer camps, BBYO and NFTY conventions, concert halls and even at the White House Hanukkah party in 2013.
Josh founded Jewish record label and production company, Kosher Style Records, pro ducing dozens of outstanding Jewish recording artists from all over the U.S. including Charlie Kramer, Lucy Greenbaum, Emily Groff, and Ellie Flier, as well as production work for major reform synagogues such as Stephen Wise Temple, Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills, Congregation Emanuel San Francisco, and more. Josh produced two albums featuring the winners of the Jew ish Star Talent Search by Jewish Rock Radio.
While studying at the Academy for Jewish Religion, CA, Josh interned at two outstand ing Southern California URJ synagogues: Temple Akiba and Stephen Wise Temple in Los Ange les. Josh received his smicha (ordination) and Master of Sacred Music from AJRCA in 2023, af ter submitting his thesis entitled “From the Studio to the Sanctuary and Back: The Evolution of recorded commercial worship music in Judaism and Christianity in the United States” which in cluded 100 pages of groundbreaking interviews with Jewish and Christian clergy, worship lead ers, and recording artists.
Josh now serves as Cantor at Congregation Micah, a URJ Synagogue in Nashville, TN, where he is part of a clergy team crafting innovative programming for all ages. His initiative, MicahNections, is attracting young adults from all over middle Tennessee to participate in Jew ish life.
Josh continues to concertize all over the United States, and has expanded his creative horizons to include creative writing and filmmaking. In 2024, Josh had three different projects debuted on Jewish Life Television; his original film, Morning A Journey: A Visual Album, fol lowed by Music City USA Shabbat, and finally, the network live streamed all of the High Holy Day services at Congregation Micah, garnering over half a million viewers.
You can find Josh’s extensive catalog of music, including four full-length Jewish music albums as well as a Broadway covers album on all streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon.
For more information visit www.joshgoldbergmusic.com and www.kosherstylerecords.com and congregationmicah.org
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Atlanta native Joe Alterman expresses a certain upbeat naivete, with a broad smile and bright eyes that make you feel welcome. One would not guess that this is a man hailed by greats; Ramsey Lewis describes his piano playing as ‘a joy to behold’, Les McCann states ‘As a man and musician he is already a giant’. Journalist Nat Hentoff championed three of Alterman’s albums, as well as his writing (Joe wrote liner notes to three Wynton Marsalis/JALC albums, calling one of Joe’s columns “one of the very best pieces on the essence of jazz, the spirit of jazz, that I’ve ever read, and I’m not exaggerating.”
Joe Alterman began at NYU with a BA and Masters in Jazz Piano, followed by performances with Houston Person, Les McCann, Dick Gregory, and Ramsey Lewis. Downbeat describes his sound as ‘ rooted in the blues, and with a touch reminiscent of the great pianists of the 1950s—Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Bill Evans. It is clear Joe hits all of the necessary points for Jazz critics and fans alike.
But there is more to the story, of course. The twenty-first century has thus far seen yet another transition for this thing called Jazz. In one moment we see the push and pull between tradition and progression, and in another we see Pop and Hip-Hop musicians emulating and sampling. In Joe Alterman we find none of this struggle; the music just sounds good. Our conscious faculties are instantly disabled as we tap our feet, feeling the intent and joy of his playing. An old classic is new when you feel good in the moment.
This fresh and joyful intent is captured on Joe Alterman’s new release The Upside Of Down. Taken from two live shows at Birdland in November 2019 and February 2020, the album reminds us of a not-too-distant time when we gathered and danced. Joined by Nathaniel Schroeder on bass and Marlon Patton on drums, Alterman cruises gently and delightedly through timeless selections from Les McCann, Oscar Peterson, Henry Mancini and more, with some of his compositions in the mix.
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