Alex Goodman Explained

Alex Goodman
Birth Date:1987 12, mf=yes
Origin:Toronto, Canada
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar

Alex Goodman is a Canadian jazz guitarist.[1] [2] [3]

Biography

A native of Toronto, Canada, Goodman initially attended McGill University as a political science major. He later opted to return to Toronto to study music at the University of Toronto before relocating to New York City to complete a Master's degree at Manhattan School of Music.[4]

In 2013, Goodman received a nomination for Canada's Juno Award for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.[5] The album, Bridges, featured original music by Goodman as well as arrangements of compositions by Béla Bartók and Frédéric Chopin.[6] [7] He also received the 2013 ASCAP Herb Alpert Jazz Composer Award.[8] [9]

In July 2014, Goodman became the first Canadian to win both first prize and the Public's Choice Award at the prestigious SOCAR Montreux International Jazz Guitar Competition.[10]

He has worked with artists including John Patitucci, Bob Mintzer, Manuel Valera, Ari Hoenig, Tim Ries, Dick Oatts, John Riley, Jimmy Macbride, Rich Perry, Dan Tepfer and others.[11] [12] [13]

As a bandleader, he has released seven albums, including Impressions in Blue and Red (2020), Second Act (2017), Border Crossing (2016), Etudes for Solo Guitar (2014), Bridges (2011), Convergence (2009) and Roots (2007).[14] [15]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Manuel Valera

With Lucas Pino

With Jihye Lee

With Mareike Wiening

With Remy Le Boeuf[25]

With Amanda Tosoff[28]

With Martina DaSilva

With Cy Leo

With Ernesto Cervini

With Leo Sherman[35]

With Andrew Van Tassel

With Allegra Levy[37]

With Tomoko Omura[38]

With Chad Lefkowitz Brown

With Matthew Sheens[40]

With Garry Dial & Dick Oatts[41]

With San Fermin[42]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guitarist Alex Goodman, on his complete immersion in music in New York . Peter. Hum . Ottawa Citizen . HMTL. 2019-03-10 .
  2. Web site: First Listen: Alex Goodman, Border Crossing . Jazz.FM91 . HMTL. 2019-03-10 .
  3. Web site: In conversation with jazz musician and composer Alex Goodman . Wojtek . Gwiazda . 19 November 2014 . Radio Canada International . HMTL. 2019-03-10 .
  4. Web site: Alex Goodman: Biography . Canada Jazz Archive . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025073747/http://www.canadianjazzarchive.org/en/musicians/alex-goodman.html. usurped. October 25, 2022. HMTL. 2019-03-10 .
  5. Web site: Alex Goodman, Toronto jazz star, makes mark on world stage . CBC . 2019-03-10 .
  6. Web site: The Alex Goodman Quintet: Bridges . Glenn . Astarita . 8 April 2012 . All About Jazz . 2019-03-10 .
  7. Web site: Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year 2013 . Juno Awards . 2019-03-10 .
  8. Web site: Alex Goodman . Small's Live . 2019-03-10 .
  9. Web site: 2013 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced . ASCAP . 2019-03-10 .
  10. Web site: U of T's Alex Goodman is first Canadian to win Montreux international guitar competition . University of Toronto . 2019-03-10 .
  11. Web site: Alex Goodman Second Act . Kyle. Mullin . Exclaim . 2019-03-10 .
  12. Web site: Ari Hoenig w/ Alex Goodman Trio . Toronto Jazz Festival . 2019-03-10 .
  13. Web site: JAZZBIRD NIGHTS: Second Life Trio with Alex Goodman, featuring Lucas Pino – The Ravenscroft . 2022-10-19 . theravenscroft.com.
  14. Web site: Alex Goodman. All Music . 2019-03-10 .
  15. Web site: Alex Goodman: Impressions in Blue and Red. Friedrich. Kunzmann . 5 April 2020 . All About Jazz . 2020-04-16 .
  16. Web site: Alex Goodman: Second Act . Mark. Sullivan . 23 August 2017 . All About Jazz . 2019-03-10 .
  17. Web site: 2020: Etudes for Solo Guitar - method book & recordings . 2022-10-19 . alex-goodman . en.
  18. Web site: 2022-01-11 . Announcing a new album from Manuel Valera's New Cuban Express Big Band, 'Distancia'! . 2022-10-19 . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2020-07-10 . New release: Manuel Valera's New Cuban Express Big Band Greenleaf Music by Dave Douglas . 2022-10-19 . en-US.
  20. https://www.allaboutjazz.com/covers-lucas-pino-outside-in-music
  21. https://jihyeleeorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-connections
  22. https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/reveal
  23. Web site: Jazz . All About . 2021-10-19 . Mareike Wiening: Future Memories album review @ All About Jazz . 2022-10-19 . All About Jazz . en.
  24. Web site: 2021-02-17 . Mareike Wiening Metropolis Paradise Greenleaf Music by Dave Douglas . 2022-10-19 . en-US.
  25. Web site: Assembly of Shadows: Remy Le Boeuf . Ted. Pakinson . Whole Note . 2019-04-16 .
  26. https://remyleboeuf.bandcamp.com/album/heartland-radio
  27. Web site: Architecture of Storms, by Remy Le Boeuf . 2022-10-19 . Remy Le Boeuf . en.
  28. Web site: Hum . Peter . Jazzfest review: Amanda Tosoff Words Project . 2019-03-10 . Ottawa Citizen .
  29. Web site: Jazz . All About . 2021-02-10 . Amanda Tosoff: Earth Voices album review @ All About Jazz . 2022-10-19 . All About Jazz . en.
  30. https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZkyOhA50QOFe15m0PwCMR
  31. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/living-room-christmas-ep/1712916571
  32. https://martinadasilva.bandcamp.com/album/living-room-3-2
  33. https://www.alexgoodmanmusic.com/grid
  34. Web site: Live at the Jazz Room, by Ernesto Cervini . 2022-10-19 . Ernesto Cervini . en.
  35. Web site: Leo Sherman: Tonewheel (Outside In) . J.D.. Considine . Jazz Times . 2019-04-16 .
  36. Web site: BJUR 072 Andrew Van Tassel - Shape-shifter (CD) . 2022-10-19 . BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDS - NEW MUSIC FROM NYC SINCE 2008 . en-US.
  37. Web site: Allegra Levy: Looking at the Moon (SteepleChase) Review of the vocalist's lunar-themed album . Christopher. Loudon . Jazztimes . 2019-03-10 .
  38. Web site: Tomoko Omura, Post-Bop Gypsies . Dan. Bilowsky . 30 June 2017 . All About Jazz . 2019-03-10 .
  39. Web site: CHAD LEFKOWITZ-BROWN - Chad LB Virtual Big Band : Quarantine Standards . 2022-10-19 . JazzMusicArchives.com . en.
  40. Web site: Matthew Sheens, Cloud Appreciation Day . All Music: Credits . 2019-04-16 .
  41. Web site: Dial & Oats, That Music Always Round Me . All Music: Credits . 2019-03-10 .
  42. Web site: San Fermin, San Fermin . All Music: Credits . 2019-04-16 .

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