In 1998, he moved to Los Angeles and was selected by Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter to be a member of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz.

[3] He has performed with Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Roy Haynes, Kenny Barron, and Wayne Shorter.

Goldman received a master's degree from the University of Southern California in 2002, then began teaching there[4] as an adjunct professor and Director of Jazz at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.

Before leaving the band in 2005, Goldman was asked by Foster to arrange "Let It Snow" for Bublé's Radio City Music Hall debut.

[5] He arranged and orchestrated the big band songs on the album including "I Wanna Be Around", "My Kind of Girl", and "My Baby Just Cares for Me".