DOORS: 7 PM / SHOW: 8 PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15
RESERVED SEATING: $25
21+
NO REFUNDS.
ABOUT SOFIA GOODMAN
Sofia Goodman is a drummer, composer, and bandleader residing in Nashville, TN. Her work has been internationally recognized in the press from sources like DownBeat and JAZZIZ. Since 2017, her group has toured the U.S and Canada, appearing at many notable venues and festivals, including the USM Jazz & Blues Festival, where her quartet was the headliner, and The Elkhart Jazz Festival, where she has returned to perform 5 times.
As a bandleader and arranger, she has developed repertoire for her trio, quartet, septet, octet, and more. Her work has been called “mesmerizing and compositionally rich” by DownBeat, and she has been called a “splendid composer and drummer” by All About Jazz. The Nashville Scene noted Goodman is “something to be excited about in the evolution of jazz in Music City.”
Goodman started playing drums in middle school. In high school, she was placed in Esperanza Spalding’s student ensemble at Berklee College of Music, where she was encouraged and inspired by the Grammy award-winning artist. Goodman has released three albums on Joyous Records. Her 2023 album, Secrets of the Shore, won Best Jazz Album by The Nashville Scene. In 2024, The Sofia Goodman Group won the NIMA award for Best Jazz Group. Goodman has also won the Pathways to Jazz Grant and the CMA Performance Plus Grant and has received several nominations from NIMA. As a sidewoman, Goodman has performed with blues legend Bobby Rush, The Music City Big Band, Altin Sencalar, world folk group HuDost, and many more. Outside of performing, Goodman is a passionate educator and mentor, and she is also involved in groups like This is A Movement and Nashville Women in Jazz.
"Mesmerizing...These are the sounds that honor the transformative possibilities inherent in the essential elements that surround & sustain us." - Joshua Myers, DOWNBEAT
"Sofia Goodman is the real deal! She's a great composer, drummer, arranger, band leader, educator, and human being. She's dedicated to the art of making music, and I believe you'll be hearing about her for a very long time." - Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band, Bela Fleck)"
"Her new album, Secrets of the Shore, is fantastic and lush, in the vein of Miles with Gil Evans or Maria Schneider. Complex but not out there or overly dissonant. The horn charts are just gorgeous. But live, oh wow, I was floored. I don't know where she found these young hotshots, but man, the talent in this town is crazy.” - Craig Havighurst, award-winning music journalist.
For more information, including details on the accompanying lineup, please follow her on Instagram and Facebook and visit www.thesofiagoodmangroup.com for links!
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