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  • Comment: This does not meet the requirements for musicians, in that the reviews are very far from independent. One review is on a blog site, two of them are effectively PR pieces on All About Jazz which trace back to the subject. The Thomas wording looks to be a publisher review. There are also signs of AI assistance with the wording, and that isn't allowed either. ChrysGalley (talk) 12:48, 8 June 2026 (UTC)


Gregory Golub
Gregory Golub performing in Tel Aviv, 1 October 2021
Gregory Golub performing in Tel Aviv, 1 October 2021
Background information
Born (1956-04-07) 7 April 1956 (age 70)
Zaporozhye, Ukraine (USSR)
GenresJazz, Jazz fusion, Classical, Contemporary music
OccupationsComposer, jazz pianist, songwriter - musician
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards
Years active1974–present
LabelsGregory Golub Music Concept, Gregory Golub

Gregory Golub is an Israeli composer, jazz pianist, keyboardist and arranger. Born and raised in the Soviet Union, he has been based in Israel since 1990.[1] His albums include Idioms (2004), Jazz Aftertaste (2019) and African and Other Jazz Passions (2025).

Career

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Golub taught himself to play piano at the age of 12 and later received formal musical training.[1]

In June 1980, he participated in a jazz festival in Saratov, where he received a prize for original composition.[1] His ensemble Otrazhenie (Russian: Отражение) was also mentioned among the festival's leading groups in the local newspaper Zarya Molodyozhi.[2]

Golub moved to Israel in 1990.[1] From 2003 to 2005, he performed a solo piano program titled Revelations in the Inner Circle (Russian: Откровения в круге ближнем). The program was covered in the Israeli Russian-language press. Critic Viktor Likht wrote a full-page feature in Non-Stop, a weekly cultural supplement of the newspaper Vesti,[3] while theatre director Pavel Shtifman wrote about the program in Gazeta Maximum[4] and Sputnik.[5]

Golub's earlier releases appeared under the Gregory Golub label. In 2025, he began using G.G. Music Concept alongside the earlier label.[6]

Tracks from African and Other Jazz Passions received radio airplay on jazz programs in the United States, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. These included Jammin' Jazz: Jazz for the New Generation on WDCB in Illinois,[7] Aeropuerto Jazz Café in Spain,[8] Take 5 Jazz in the Netherlands,[9] and the All About Jazz-affiliated programs Exploration[10] and World of Jazz.[11]

His first two albums were Idioms (2004) and Jazz Aftertaste (2019).[1] His third album, African and Other Jazz Passions, was released by G.G. Music Concept on November 30, 2025.[12][13][14]

The single "Waltz-Rag" combines waltz, ragtime and blues within a single theme.[15] It topped All About Jazz's listener-voted Top 10 Songs list for May 2024[16] and ranked eighth on the site's year-end list of its most-listened-to songs of 2024.[17]

Awards and nominations

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In 2026, "Waltz-Rag" was listed among the Global Music Awards' Bronze Medal Winners–Finalists in the creativity/originality category.[18]

At the 6th ISAC International Popular Music Composition Competition in Japan, Golub received a Special Prize for "Waltz-Rag" and a Special Prize (Special Mention) for "African Passions".[19]

He was also a nominee in the Jazz (Fusion/Bebop) category at the 2026 Hollywood Independent Music Awards.[20]

Critical reception

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African and Other Jazz Passions received reviews in several jazz publications. Writing in All About Jazz, critic Scott Yanow discussed the album track by track, noting Golub's use of acoustic and electric piano, electronic timbres, vocal sounds and influences drawn from blues, Latin, Spanish and Jewish music.[1] Yanow also reviewed "Waltz-Rag", describing the way the piece moves between waltz, ragtime and blues while retaining a single melodic theme.[15]

In Spain, B!Ritmos critic Cándido Querol compared aspects of the album with the music of Oscar Alemán and Bola de Nieve.[21] The Belgian publication JazzMania published a review by Philippe Thirionet in March 2026.[22] Paris-Move editor-in-chief Frankie Pfeiffer reviewed the album in April 2026 and drew a comparison with Paolo Conte.[23]

The album was also covered by JAZZIZ Discovery[24] and the British publication Jazz Journal.[25] In Japan, it was included in a 30-release new-jazz roundup in The Walker's.[26] The album also topped JAZZIZ Discovery's listener-voted Inside Track chart in December 2025.[27]

Archival holdings

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African and Other Jazz Passions is cataloged in the Library of Congress Recorded Sound Collection and is held by Columbia University Libraries' Music & Arts Library.[28][12] Its bibliographic record is also indexed in WorldCat.[29]

Discography

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  • Idioms (The Classical Studio, 2004)[30]
  • Jazz Aftertaste (Gregory Golub, 2019)[1]
  • African and Other Jazz Passions (G.G. Music Concept, 2025)[13][12][29]
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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Yanow, Scott (5 December 2025). "Composer/Pianist Gregory Golub Unveils Third Original Jazz Album, African and Other Jazz Passions". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Fatkul'dinova, I. (7 June 1980). Дискотека. Выпуск № 6 (31) [Discotheque. Issue No. 6 (31)]. Заря молодёжи (in Russian). No. 69 (8219). p. 4.
  3. ↑ Likht, Viktor (18–24 February 2005). "Откровения в круге ближнем" [Revelations in the Inner Circle]. Weekly supplement of Vesti. Non-Stop (in Russian). p. 7.
  4. ↑ Shtifman, Pavel (10 February 2005). "Откровения в круге ближнем" [Revelations in the Inner Circle]. Gazeta Maximum (in Russian). No. 62. p. 35.
  5. ↑ Shtifman, Pavel (22 February 2005). "Откровения в круге ближнем" [Revelations in the Inner Circle]. Sputnik (in Russian). No. 444. p. 11.
  6. ↑ "A New Label In Two Faces — Gregory Golub: From Jazz To Classics And Back". All About Jazz. 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Jammin' Jazz: Jazz for the New Generation". WDCB. 26 December 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026 – via Spinitron.
  8. ↑ "Aeropuerto Jazz Café #1429". Aeropuerto Jazz Café. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Shows". Take 5 Jazz. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Tribute to Jesse Jackson; Also, Classic Jazz From Woody Shaw And Others". All About Jazz. 19 February 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Osborne, Bob (19 March 2026). "New Music From Landrus, Imboden, Crispell & Jormin, Frisell, And More". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "African and Other Jazz Passions". CLIO (Catalog record). Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  13. 1 2 "African and Other Jazz Passions". Apple Music. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "African and Other Jazz Passions". Spotify. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  15. 1 2 "Pianist/Composer Gregory Golub Releases 'Waltz-Rag,' a Multi-Genre Piece for Solo Piano and Strings that Covers Several Styles and Moods". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "All About Jazz Top 10 Songs: May 2024". All About Jazz. 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  17. ↑ Ricci, Michael (2 January 2025). "Popular Jazz Songs: 2024". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Global Music Awards: Current Honorees". Global Music Awards. Archived from the original on 25 July 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "6th ISAC International Popular Music Composition Competition – List of Winners" (PDF). Ise-Shima Art Committee. 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "2026 Winners and Nominees". Hollywood Independent Music Awards. 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  21. ↑ Querol, Cándido. "Gregory Golub". B!Ritmos (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  22. ↑ Thirionet, Philippe (24 March 2026). "Gregory Golub – African and Other Jazz Passions". JazzMania (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  23. ↑ Pfeiffer, Frankie (1 April 2026). "Gregory Golub – African and Other Jazz Passions". Paris-Move. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  24. ↑ "African and Other Jazz Passions". JAZZIZ Discovery. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "New Releases: February–March 2026 (E–G)". Jazz Journal. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  26. ↑ "New Jazz Disc". The Walker's (in Japanese). 85: 14. 2026.
  27. ↑ "Inside Track". JAZZIZ Discovery. Archived from the original on 23 December 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  28. ↑ "African and Other Jazz Passions". Library of Congress Online Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  29. 1 2 "African and Other Jazz Passions". WorldCat (Catalog record). OCLC. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  30. ↑ "Idioms". National Library of Israel (Catalog record). Retrieved 6 August 2026.

Category:Israeli jazz pianists Category:Israeli jazz composers Category:Living people Category:Soviet emigrants to Israel Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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