Paul Goldberg (born 25 April 1959) is an American jazz/rock/R&B drummer. Goldberg was born in Washington DC. At age seven, relocated to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Graduated from Atlantic City High School (where he played lead snare drum in that school's marching band's drum line). He studied music at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree. Majoring in "drums and percussion", and minoring in psychology. Goldberg also studied drumset privately with Kenwood Dennard, and Gerry Brown. He went on to perform in casino shows in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Lake Tahoe, before moving to Los Angeles, California. This excerpt was quoted in a 2005 article on Goldberg, (part of a Modern Drummer Magazine feature entitled "On the Move").