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Mick Goodrick
Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny. Biography An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar in his pre-teens and was performing professionally a few years later. When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz at a Stan Kenton Band Camp. He attended the Berklee School of Music from 1963–1967. He taught at Berklee, then spent a few years touring with Gary Burton. After returning to Boston, he settled into a career largely as an educator. Goodrick has had many notable students, including Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, John Scofield, Lage Lund, Mike Stern, Avner Strauss, and Rale Micic. His first book, ''The Advancing Guitarist,'' is an instruction manual for guitarists of all styles. He has also written a series of books addressing the intricacies of harmonic voice leading. Goodrick worked with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Sharon is a city in western Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city, located along the banks of the Shenango River on the state border with Ohio, is about northeast of Youngstown, about southeast of Cleveland and about northwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 13,147 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. History The Sharon area was first settled in 1795. It was incorporated as a borough on October 6, 1841, and incorporated as a city on December 17, 1918. The city operated under the Pennsylvania third-class city code until 2008, at which point it adopted a home rule charter under which the elected position of mayor was replaced with a hired city manager and financial officer. The founding families of Sharon first settled on a flat plain bordering the Shenango River, between two hills on the southwestern edge of what is today Sharon's downtown business district. According to local legend, the community received its name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Muthspiel
Wolfgang Muthspiel (born 2 March 1965) is an Austrian jazz guitarist and record label owner. He is the brother of musician Christian Muthspiel. Music career When he was six, he began playing violin, and at fourteen he moved on to classical guitar. He went to the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship. Beginning in 1985, he recorded three albums with his brother Christian. He released his first solo album, ''Timezones'', in 1989. For two years, he toured with Gary Burton and guitarist Mick Goodrick, one of his teachers at Berklee. During the 1990s, Muthspiel lived in New York City and recorded more solo albums. His sidemen included Don Alias, Larry Grenadier, Tom Harrell, and Kenny Wollesen. He appeared as a guest on albums by Patricia Barber, Marc Johnson, Paul Motian, and Gary Peacock. He was the given the award for Austrian Jazz Musician of the Year in 1997. He founded his own label, Material Records, in 2000, and recorded again with his brother Christian and with Norwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballad Of The Fallen
''The Ballad of the Fallen'' is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, with arrangements by Carla Bley, that was recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted jazz album of the year in ''Down Beat'' magazine's 1984 critic's poll. Haden and Carla Bley placed first in that 1984 poll's Acoustic Bass and Composer categories, respectively. The album is the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the follow-up to their 1969 ''Liberation Music Orchestra''. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself appeared in the LMO's new incarnation with six new members. Track listing * LP side A:''Ballad of the Fallen'' adiscogs.com/ref> :1. "Els Segadors" ("The Reapers") (Catalan traditional) – 4:14 :2. "The Ballad of the Fallen" (folk song from El Salvador) – 4:19 :3. - "If You Want to Write Me" ("Si Me Quieres Escribir") (traditional) – 3:55 :4. - " Grandola Vila Morena" (José Afonso) – 2:11 :5. - "Introduction to Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Fasoli
Claudio Fasoli (born 29 November 1939) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist (tenor and soprano saxophone) and composer of modern jazz. Music career Born in Venice, he now lives in Milan, Italy. After a long apprenticeship and many sessions with various prominent musicians, he achieved popularity in the '70s playing with Perigeo Quintet, among whose other artists were Giovanni Tommaso and Franco D'Andrea. This group performed throughout Europe and also overseas, and with it Fasoli gained considerable experience both as soloist and composer. In 2017, Claudio Fasoli's book "Inner sounds. In the orbit of jazz and free music", published by Agenzia X. The forewords are by philosopher Massimo Donà, musicologist Carlo Boccadoro, and Franco Caroni, president of Siena Jazz; the book also contains many other contributions, including those by Ashley Kahn, Stefano Zenni, and Flavio Caprera (in 2020 the second expanded and updated edition came out). In 2018, a referendum held by the magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audio-Visualscapes
''Audio-Visualscapes'' is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, featuring Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Mick Goodrick, and Lonnie Plaxico, recorded in 1988 and released on the MCA/Impulse! label. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' called the album "raw and tumultuous, hardly the work of someone settling into an easy middle age of refinement." ''The Boston Globe'' and ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' considered it one of the best jazz albums of 1988. The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This single-CD (formerly a double-LP) from Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition contains music that mixes together advanced hard bop, fusion, M-Base funk and avant-garde jazz... The results are sometimes unsettling but rarely dull, well worth several listens." Track listing :''All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated'' Side one # "PM's AM" - 5:50 # " Donjo" (Greg Osby) - 6:20 # "Master Mind" (Osby) - 8:07 Side two # "Slam Tango" - 6:06 # "The Sphinx" (Ornette C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positive critiques of his recordings, the label came to be known as "the house that Trane built". History Impulse!'s parent company, ABC-Paramount Records, was established in 1955 as the recording division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). In the 1940s and 1950s, ABC benefitted from the U.S. government's antitrust actions against broadcasters and film studios who were forced to divest parts of their companies. In the early 1950s, ABC acquired the Blue Network of radio stations from NBC and later merged with the newly independent Paramount Theaters chain, formerly owned by Paramount Pictures. The new recording division was located at 1501 Broadway, above the Paramount Theatre in Times Square. Under the leadership of Leonard Goldenson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irresistible Forces
''Irresistible Forces'' is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Mick Goodrick, Lonnie Plaxico and Naná Vasconcelos. It was recorded in 1987 and released on the MCA label. Retrieved September 11, 2009. 's wrote that "the somewhat unique music gives all of the musicians opportunities to express themselves and inspire each other." Track listing :All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated # "Introduction" - 0:41 # "Irresistible Forces" - 7:48 # "Preludio Pra Nana" - 4 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prestige Records
Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City which issued recordings in the mainstream, bop, and cool jazz idioms. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them on subsidiary labels. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord. History The Prestige office was located at 446 West 50th Street, New York City. Its catalogue included Gene Ammons, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Thelonious Monk, and Sonny Rollins. Audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder was the recording engineer of many Prestige albums in the 1950s and early-to-mid-1960s. Prestige created new labels in 1960: Swingville, Moodsville, covering jazz, Bluesville featuring blues revival artists, Lively Arts featuring spoken word recordings and Prestige International, Prestige Folklore, Irish and Near East with folk and world music. By the later 1950s, We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorcery (Jack DeJohnette Album)
''Sorcery'' is an album by Jack DeJohnette featuring Bennie Maupin, John Abercrombie (guitarist), John Abercrombie, Mick Goodrick, Dave Holland and Michael Fellerman recorded in 1974 and released on the Prestige Records, Prestige label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states, "A lot of rambling takes place on this interesting but erratic CD reissue... While one admires DeJohnette's willingness to take chances, this music has not dated well".Yanow, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed 1 September 2009 Track listing :''All compositions by Jack DeJohnette except as indicated'' # "Sorcery, No. 1" - 13:50 # "The Right Time" - 2:21 # "The Rock Thing" - 4:14 # "The Reverend King Suite: Reverend King/Obstructions/The Fatal Shot/Mourning/Unrest/New Spirits on the Horizon" (John Coltrane/DeJohnette) - 14:19 # "Four Levels of Joy" - 3:09 # "Epilog" (DeJohnette, Dave Holland) - 3:11 :*Recorded at Willow, NY in March 1974 and at Bearsville Studios, NY in May 1974 Personnel *Jack De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams So Real (album)
''Dreams So Real'' is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton featuring compositions by Carla Bley recorded in 1975 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography accessed September 6, 2011 It features Burton with guitarists and , bassist and drummer . The album reached number twe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra
''Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra'' is an album by Gary Burton. A collection of compositions by Michael Gibbs, it features Burton with guitarist Mick Goodrick, bassist Steve Swallow, drummer Ted Seibs and the NDR Symphony Orchestra. Track listing All tracks composed by Michael Gibbs; except where indicated #"Nocturne Vulgaire/Arise Her Eyes" (Mike Gibbs, Steve Swallow) - 9:27 #"Throb" - 5:27 #"By Way of a Preface" - 4:33 #"Phases" - 7:23 #"The Rain Before It Falls" - 4:04 #"Three" - 6:12 Personnel * Gary Burton – vibraharp * Mick Goodrick – guitar * Steve Swallow – bass * Ted Seibs – drums * NDR Symphony Orchestra The NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (german: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester) is a German radio orchestra. Affiliated with the ''Norddeutscher Rundfunk'' (NDR; North German Broadcasting), the orchestra is based at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Ge ... conducted by Michael Gibbs References {{Authority control 1974 albums Gary Burton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring (Gary Burton Album)
''Ring'' is an album by the Gary Burton Quintet with acoustic bassist Eberhard Weber. Burton’s quintet consists of guitarists Mick Goodrick and Pat Metheny, bass guitarist Steve Swallow and drummer Bob Moses. Track listing Personnel * Gary Burton – vibraharp * Eberhard Weber – double bass * Mick Goodrick – guitar * Pat Metheny – guitar, electric 12-string guitar * Steve Swallow – bass guitar * Bob Moses – percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ring (Gary Burton album) 1974 albums Gary Burton albums Eberhard Weber albums ECM Records albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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