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Jason “Spicy G” Goldman is a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum selling record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger and engineer. 

Goldman has produced and arranged over a dozen songs over several albums for Michael Bublé, all of which have been nominated for Grammy and Juno awards. He was a producer and writer on Bublé’s last four albums, including his most recent 2023 Grammy-winning album, Higher. He produced and arranged Bublé’s most recent No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary charts, “Let It Snow.” He co-wrote and produced the title track from the album, Nobody But Me, featuring Bublé and Black Thought from The Roots. 

Goldman has produced, written and arranged music for some true heavy weights in the music industry including mega-producer David Foster, Rod Stewart, Herbie Hancock, Steve Tyrell, Engelbert Humperdinck and Meghan Trainor, among others. He has released four albums under his own name featuring some of the hottest young vocalists in the world.

As a performer, he has performed with the likes of mega-producers JR Rotem and David Foster, as well as legendary artists Michael Bublé, Queen Latifah, Wayne Newton, Chris Isaak, Michael Feinstein, Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard and Wayne Shorter.
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Goldman has been involved in music education for over 20 years. He currently serves as Professor of Practice and Chair of the Jazz Studies department at the USC Thornton School of Music. He is also the founder and leader of the award-winning 7Teen Big Band.

Career Highlights:

• Produced Michael Bublé’s GRAMMY-nominated and Juno-winning 2016 album Nobody But Me as well as cowriting the lead single “Nobody But Me”
• Arrangements for big band and orchestra on multiple platinum-selling albums for Michael Bublé
• Performances with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Bobby Watson
• Arrangements for legendary multi GRAMMY-winning producer David Foster as well as Meghan Trainor

Honors, Awards & Competitions:

• Nominated for a 2017 GRAMMY Award for Michael Bublé’s Nobody but Me
• Winner of the 2017 Juno Award in the Adult Contemporary Album of the Year category for Michael Bublé’s Nobody but Me

Music Festivals:

Performances at:

• North Sea Jazz Festival
• Kennedy Center
• Montreal Jazz Festival
• Tri-C Jazz Festival
• New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Recordings:

As producer/co-producer

• 2016 – Nobody But Me – Michael Bublé
• 2016 – Take You Away – Michael Bublé
• 2018 – Love – Michael Bublé

As arranger

• 2003 – Come Fly with Me – Michael Bublé
• 2005 – Caught in the Act – Michael Bublé
• 2006 – Let it Snow – Michael Bublé
• 2016 – Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 – Tony Bennett
• 2018 – Love – Michael Bublé

As leader

• 2001 – The Definitive Standard
• 2008 – Wave Street Sessions

Compositions:

• That’s “A” Duck, winner of the 2005 ASCAP Young Composers Award
• Catch Me If You Can, winner of the 2001 IAJE/ASCAP Commission honoring Dr. Billy Taylor
• Smile, arranged for Michael Bublé’s Caught In The Act CD
• Mack The Knife, arranged for Michael Bublé’s Come Fly With Me CD

Other academic experience:

Advanced performance certificate from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

Studied with:

Terence Blanchard, Bobby Watson, Jim McNeely, Manny Albam