ERIC GOLETZ
Genres: Hard Bop, Classic Fusion, Big Band • United States

Growing up in a musical environment, his father being a professional Pianist, and arranger, Eric Goletz was drawn to the Trombone at the age of 14. Having studied classical Piano, Guitar, and Music Theory from the age of 6, he found the transition to trombone very natural, having learned all the positions and partials (overtones) in each position before he ever actually had a trombone. Already having Keyboard and Theory knowledge, Goletz also began composing music at a young age and was soon writing and arranging music for the various groups he was involved with both at school and other music endeavors. Being influenced by many different genres of music, Goletz became intrigued with the sound of Jazz fused with other influences of music, such as Rock, Funk, Latin, etc. He started to formulate his own vision of composing music that was a fusion of different elements with the sound of read more...