Gordon Goodwin
Gordon L. Goodwin (* 1954 in Wichita (Kansas) ) is an American jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor.
Live and act
Goodwin began his musical education at California State University . After graduating, he played with musicians such as Pete Christlieb and Don Menza in Louie Bellson's Big Band . He continued to play there under Les Hooper and Grant Geissman .
Since then, Goodwin has achieved a high profile in the American jazz scene with his band, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band . Talents such as Wayne Bergeron , Eric Marienthal and Peter Erskine play in the band . So far, the band has released five albums: Swingin 'for the Fences , which has received two Grammy nominations and on which Arturo Sandoval is a guest soloist , XXL , which received three nominations, and The Phat Pack , Act Your Age and That's How We Roll . Goodwin himself has won several awards, including a Grammy for best instrumental arrangement for the film The Incredibles . The Big Phat Band also has the Warner production Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas 2006 set to music. At the end of 2012, his arrangement of Salt Peanuts (for Arturo Sandoval's album Dear Diz (Every Day I Think Of You) ) was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Arrangement . Two years later , he won the award in that category for arranging On Green Dolphin Street, and another year later , Life in a Bubble was named Best Ensemble Album.
Goodwin's music with the Big Phat Band is distributed through Silverline Records .
Discographic notes
- Swingin 'for the Fences (2002)
- XXL (2005)
- The Phat Pack (2006)
- Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006)
- Act Your Age (2008)
- That's How We Roll (2011)
- Life in the Bubble (2014)
- Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Wrap This! (2015)
- The Gordian Knot (2019)
Web links
- Website (English)
- Gordon Goodwin at Discogs (English)
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- ↑ All About Jazz states 1955 differently.
- ↑ Grammy Nominations Announced (2012) in ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. JazzTimes
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SURNAME | Goodwin, Gordon |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goodwin, Gordon L. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and conductor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wichita, Kansas |