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John Goldsby
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Since 1994, John Goldsby has been a member of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Big Band(the Cologne Radio Big Band). From 1980 to 1994, John lived in New York City and was an active fixture on the New York jazz scene, performing everywhere from Carnegie Hall, to the nightclubs of Greenwich Village, to concert stages around the world. John is actively involved in the jazz scene as a bassist, bandleader, composer, teacher, clinician and author. The son of a Baptist minister, John was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He played piano, guitar, and electric bass before taking up the double bass at age 18
Life Songs
Label: Alternate Side Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Fresh Start; Back in the Groove; Cora’s Tune; My Unanswered Prayer; All the Pretty Little
Horses; Middle Ground; Sin Filtro; This Nearly Was Mine; Sugar Rush.
Marshall Gilkes and WDR Big Band: Life Songs
by Jack Bowers
Maryland-born trombonist Marshall Gilkes, who spends much of his time working in and around various jazz bases in North America, returns to his second" home, Cologne, Germany, for Life Songs, his eighth album as leader and third with his former employer, Cologne's world-class WDR Big Band. Gilkes spent the years 2010-13 in the WDR trombone section, ...
Renderings
By Chuck Owen
Label: MAMA Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Knife’s Edge; …And Your Point Is?; Of Mystery and Beauty; This Love of Mine; Fall Calls; Arabian Nights; A Ridge Away; Canoe.
Chuck Owen: Renderings
by Pierre Giroux
Renderings by Chuck Owen and The WDR Big Band is a remarkable jazz album that showcases the artist's mastery as a composer, arranger and bandleader. This release stands as a testament to Owen's innovative approach to jazz music blending traditional elements with modern influences to create a unique and captivating sonic experience. ...
Chuck Owen and the WDR Big Band: Renderings
by Jack Bowers
Anyone who uses YouTube to search for contemporary jazz must surely be familiar with Germany's blue-ribbon WDR Big Band, as it is abundantly represented at the site. Bearing that in mind, it may come as no surprise to those seekers (and others) that the WDR's latest recording, on which it is paired with the esteemed Florida-based ...
Samba Jazz Odyssey
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: A Night in Jakarta; Manhattan Samba; Prague in March; Sambatropolis; Mountain Drive; You Again; Bolero Para
Paquito; Samba Tonto; Choro.
Hendrik Meurkens and the WDR Big Band: Samba Jazz Odyssey
by Jack Bowers
One could probably count the number of big-band albums featuring a harmonica player on the fingers of one hand and leave some unused. Only one other springs to mind here, and it was released so many years ago that the names have long since been forgotten. And so it is indeed a genuine pleasure to hear ...
The John Goldsby Trio: Segment
by Mike Jurkovic
Let's humor one another and just say that it's the hardest of the hard core who won't find themselves swept up in this snazzy little tart of a disc. It's music that gives you enough rope to range and get your chores done but holds you always in its easeful sway as the world is in ...
Segment
By John Goldsby
Label: Basic Lion Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Things That Go Bump In The Night; Goodbye Porkpie Hat; Coming Down Roses; Sergio; Shadows of
Change; Spinning; Segment; Blue Dahlia; Fall Calls; The Sequence of Things.
Digital-only bonus tracks: Cinema Paradiso; Love Is Enough; Carousel; Black Forest Blues.