bio

Brooklyn-based punk jazz trio GoldBloom wants to be your new favorite garage band. Originally hailing from Texas, the trio began playing together while attending the New School for Jazz and soon after cultivated a musical sensibility that combines the hard-hitting and visceral nature of a rock band with the high technical skill of a top-shelf jazz trio. Since 2019, the band has been actively performing around NYC, bringing raucous intelligence to their performances and earning praise at jazz and rock venues. With their first release, “Peaked in High School,” the band challenged listeners to tap their toes and bang their heads. With their second release, "For Money and Power," the trio further solidifies their style, exploring a broader range of influences from country music to Charles Mingus. Goldbloom is a new kind of saxophone trio made for casual music fans and aficionados alike.

Blake Opper is a Brooklyn-based saxophonist, composer, and arranger. Blake was born in Texas in 1995 and has earned degrees from the New School in Jazz Performance (BFA) and NYU in Music Composition (MFA). His works have been performed at Lincoln Center, the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, as well as The Menil Collection. Currently, Blake can be seen performing around NYC with his alternative jazz trio Goldbloom.

Grant Martin is a Brooklyn, NY-based drummer and producer. A native of Houston, TX, Grant became an integral part of the music community in his hometown before relocating to New York to pursue his degree in Jazz Studies, which he completed at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Grant can be heard on recent recordings by Marissa Nadler and Belaver, as well as his own projects, Apparitions and Loom.

Steve Williams is a writer and musician based in Brooklyn. He claims to be bad at both.