Sofia Goodman is an award-winning drummer and composer residing in Nashville, TN. In high school she was placed in Esperanza Spalding’s student ensemble at Berklee College of Music, where she was encouraged and inspired by the Grammy Award winning artist. She started her own group The Sofia Goodman Group in 2017. The ensemble has performed at a variety of festivals in the U.S.A and has released two albums. Her first album Myriad of Flowers was nominated by NIMA for Best Jazz album. Her second album, Secrets of the Shore, won Best Jazz Album of 2023 by the Nashville Scene, was featured in JAZZIZ and received 4 stars in DownBeat. Her upcoming album, Receptive, produced by Pascal Le Boeuf, will be out in 2024. Goodman has also received a nomination for Best Jazz Instrumentalist by NIMA, won the Pathways to Jazz Grant and the CMA Performance Plus Grant. She has been described as a "risk taking, progressive jazz drummer" by multiple press sources. She is also an educator, mentor and an advocate for women in jazz.

“Mesmerizing, compositionally rich...These are the sounds that honor the transformative possibilities inherent in the essential elements that surround and sustain us. 4 STARS” - Joshua Myers

— DownBeat October 2023