Career
In 2008, his first solo album, Solids & Stripes, was released by Posi-Tone Records. The album features Randy Napoleon (guitar), Seamus Blake (tenor sax), and Mark Ferber (drums). Gold appears on two CDs with guitarist Randy Napoleon and drummer Quincy Davis.
The first is a collaboration between Gold and Napoleon and prominently features two of Gold"s compositions.
He is also featured on The Dave Stryker Trio Civil Defense, The Chaser, the Avi Rothbard Trio Civil Defense, Going Somewhere, the William Ash Trio Civil Defense, Broadway Alley, and the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet"s Springloaded. Gold plays the Hammond B-3.
He has been influenced by Larry Young, Jack McDuff, and Don Patterson, and believes in extending harmony and solidifying groove. He continues to work with Dave Stryker, John Abercrombie, Editor Cherry, Jon Gordon, Oliver Lake, Bill Goodwin, Adam Nussbaum, Jimmy Ponder, Ralph Bowen, Bruce Williams, Cecil Brooks III, Don Braden, Ralph Peterson, William Ash, David Gibson, John Swana, Randy Napoleon, and Tony Reedus.
In 2004, Dave Stryker included Gold in his newly formed organ trio with drummer Tony Reedus.
This trio performs often. Gold appeared at Chez Hanny in 2005 with the Dan Pratt Organ Quartet. In 2007, he toured the United Kingdom with the Randy Napoleon Trio.