Charles Ned Goold was born near Chicago and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York in1983 spent the latter part of the 80's performing regularly at the legendary Village Gate with a trio he formed with bassist Ben Wolfe. During this time, Goold started experimenting with hybrid forms of twelve tone composition and metric modulations incorporated into standard blues and jazz chord structures. In 1990, he began a long-standing gig with Harry Connick Jr. and currently plays lead alto and serves as musical director of the big band. He is also featured on tenor with Harry's quartet, which recorded the critically acclaimed OTHER HOURS in 2003. His trio spent the summer of 1999 as the opening act for Connick and was featured at the JVC Newport Jazz Festival as well as other major venues around the country (documented on his latest CD, THE FLOWS). Goold continued to hone his compositional system during a year-long engagement at Smalls in New York City that started in the Fall of 2000. He has produced three independently released CDs, samples of which can be heard at NedGoold.com, along with whole tunes recorded by his current group. He continues to live outside of New York City with his wife and two children.

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