Victor Goines
Victor Goines (* 1961 in New Orleans ) is an American jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet ) and university teacher.
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Victor Goines played the clarinet when he was eight; he later learned to play the saxophone while attending high school. From 1980 he studied clarinet and saxophone at Loyola University in New Orleans and earned a Bachelor of Music Education in 1984 . Goines belongs to the generation of New Orleans musicians who were tutored by Ellis Marsalis ; In 1987 he left his hometown to continue his studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond (Virginia) , where he received his Master of Music in 1990 . He became known in the 1990s through his membership in the bands of Wycliffe Gordon and Wynton Marsalis , where he played on albums such as Joe Cool's Blues, Mr. Jelly Lord and Blood on the Fields . In 1999 he performed with Marsalis in New York's Village Vanguard ; he also played in the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during this time . In addition, he recorded a number of albums under his own name from 1996, on which musicians from the Marsalis environment participated, such as Eric Reed or Herlin Riley . In 2005 Goines switched to the Criss Cross label and recorded the album New Adventures , with original compositions ( Pres' New Clarinet ) and a reinterpretation of Sidney Bechet's Petit Fleur . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 105 recording sessions between 1985 and 2018, according to Tom Lord .
Goines is director of jazz studies at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University and has worked as a composer of film scores.
Discographic notes
- Joe 'Blues (Rosemary Joseph Records, 1997) with Eric Reed, Victor Atkins, Herlin Riley
- To Those we Love so Dearly (Rosemary Joseph Records, 1999) with Nicholas Payton, Wycliffe Gordon, Rodney Whitacker
- Sunrise to Midnight (Rosemary Joseph Records, 2000) with Wycliffe Gordon
- New Adventures (Criss Cross, 2005)
- Wynton Marsalis / Eric Clapton Play the Blues: Live from Jazz at Lincoln Center (2011)
Web links
- Northwestern University
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Bio
- Entry in the All Music Guide
- Victor Goines at Discogs (English)
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goines, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |