One of the joys in my professional life as a music educator is to see and hear vibrant pro musicians reaching out to younger generations. Gordon Goodwin is living up to that, bringing big band jazz music to life with his CD's, videos, arrangements and school appearances. His Big Phat Band are all superstar studio musicians who get together when they can to record Gordon's newest charts. That music is published and sold to schools at all levels, and is readily available.
I have done several of his charts with my band, and my kids absolutely love the music. We've also had the pleasure of having a clinic in person this spring with Eric Marienthal, his lead alto sax player. Eric is a great guy and had very insightful comments to help us along at the Chandler-Gilbert Community College Jazz Festival in February. We've put in our name into the the ring to have Mr. Goodwin come to our school next year and work with us. We'll see how that goes. Here's the latest video promoting that album. These guys truly do have fun!
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